Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday with another heatwave pushing temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius across parts of Europe.
Thousands of firefighters battled wildfires in northern Portugal and central Spain—the largest wave of blazes in the Iberian Peninsula so far this year after weeks of summer heat.
For many Portuguese, the hope for Sunday's general election is pretty simple: a government that can navigate the challenges thrown up by global trade tensions and other geopolitics
Portugal's parliament approved a bill allowing rural land to be reclassified for urban use and allocated to affordable housing, a key proposal by the government to curb the worsening housing crisis.
Portuguese aerospace engineer Pedro Monteiro planned to join many of his peers moving from Portugal to its richer European neighbours seeking better-paying jobs after his master's in Lisbon.
