Antonio Costa

EU countries reach agreement on vaccine certificate

Step forward to agree digital system aimed to ease travel in the summer

First Covid-19 stimulus funds expected by mid-year

Money aims to underpin economic growth as EU aims to vaccinate most adults by September 21st

Dutch ‘manager’ Mark Rutte polling well despite mixed results

Hague Letter: After a reasonable start, the pandemic response has been patchy at best

Pandemic exposes cracks in Portugal’s left-wing pact

‘Odd contraption’ that keeps minority government in power under serious strain

Taoiseach tests negative for Covid following contact with Macron

French president understood to have been a coronavirus contagion risk as of Monday

Emmanuel Macron tests positive for coronavirus

Several European leaders self-isolating or in quarantine after meetings with French president

Portugal stands by €11m annual fee to host Web Summit

Mounting criticism of deal in Portugal after the pandemic forced the event to be held online

‘Political will’ exists for Brexit trade deal, says Portugal’s premier

António Costa warns against UK attempts to negotiate directly with national leaders

Dutch go out on limb in fractious negotiations on aid for fellow EU states

Little empathy evident in the Netherlands for countries devastated by Covid-19

Spain’s riven politics fails to rise to the challenge of coronavirus

Conspiracy theories and grudges characterise approach by right-wing opposition

Fierce backlash to Dutch hard line on eurobonds

Portugese PM describes Dutch finance minister’s dismissal of eurobonds as ‘repugnant’

Coronavirus: Italy prepares to increase fiscal stimulus

Italian prime minister called on ECB to help shore up economy

EU to launch Europe-wide debate on future of the union

Europe Letter: Obsession with internal organisation must give way to focus on issues

Portugal’s PM eyes new leftist partnership after election success

Socialist leader António Costa given huge endorsement with 37% of Sunday’s vote

Portugal’s Socialists win election but no outright majority – exit polls

Main question is who prime minister Antonio Costa will pick to stay in power

Memory and a strong left keep Portugal free of far-right forces

Immigration barely figures in debate ahead of Sunday’s election

Portugal’s Socialist miracle offers lessons for a divided Spain

Both Iberian states face general elections. Only one can currently expect a stable outcome

Spanish leader confident of forming leftist minority government

Socialist Sánchez has three weeks before new elections are called

Portugal rationing petrol as lorry drivers strike

About 30% of filling stations run out of fuel during industrial action over pay

Marathon EU summit on ‘top jobs’ to reconvene amid recriminations

Donald Tusk to put forward new compromise list of possible nominations

Who is in the running for the EU's top jobs?

Europe Editor Patrick Smyth sets the scene and looks at the runners and riders

Row over future European Commission president likely to rumble on

Opposition growing to Weber, the European People’s Party ‘spitzenkandidat’

Elections round-up: how people voted across the EU

Country-by-country guide to elections that saw modest gains for the far-right in many member states

To the left? European social democracy shows signs of life

Europe Letter: Spain is proof that centre-left parties can regain lost ground with a more radical approach

Madeira begins three days of mourning after bus crash that killed 29

All victims of crash on Portuguese island were German tourists, authorities confirm

Viral video of stumbling Jean-Claude Juncker prompts questions

European Commission president was suffering from sciatica and was not drunk, spokesman says

Web Summit under fire over banquet in Portugal’s National Pantheon

Monument is home to tombs of Portuguese national heroes such as footballer Eusebio

Web Summit kicks off its second year in Lisbon

Some 60,000 expected at event with Al Gore and Intel chief among keynote speakers

Web Summit in Lisbon set to attract more than 60,000

Carbon-neutral tech event will plant 95,000 pine trees to erase footprint

Deadly Portugal fire extinguished as others continue to blaze

Prime minister Antonio Costa requests explanations for service failures

Portugal investigates cause of forest fire as death toll rises

Investigation launched into ‘greatest human tragedy in living memory’

Portugal fire: Death toll rises to 62 in ‘tragedy of human life’

Many of the dead were trapped in their cars as they tried to flee forest fires

Dijsselbloem not to step down over ‘booze and women’ remark

Portuguese leader calls for Eurogroup chief to resign over ‘xenophobic’ interview

Portugal pays respects to Mário Soares’s ‘life of combat’

Former socialist PM and president, who has died at 92, was key figure after dictatorship

Web Summit second day welcomes football legends to stage

Some 53,000 people from 167 countries expected to attend Lisbon conference

Wifi mishap mars Web Summit start in Lisbon

Relocated Web Summit kicks off in Portugal with attendance by PM Antonio Costa

Barry Andrews: Migration will not damage the European economy

The biggest challenges therefore are social and political and not economic

Portugal’s ‘Plan B’ deficit cuts do little to satisfy investors

Socialist government sees borrowing rates rise in worst week for markets in two years

Portugal’s centre-right president pledges to unite country

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa signals some common ground with leftist government

Europe Letter: Austerity wounds push Portuguese politics left

While PM António Costa is set on staying in the euro, Enda Kenny may fear left’s allure

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