Extreme-Right politics in Portugal
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Popular Party defence minister calls for cut in immigration
In an interview with the newspaper Publico, the right-wing defence minister, Paulo Portas, called for a cut in immigration on the grounds that 'a country has obvious limits' and that 'Portugal, does not have, especially at a time of rising unemployment, conditions to accept many more immigrants'.
3 March 2002 (96 words)
Roma mayor proposed to represent town associated with racism
Vila Verde, a small town in northern Portugal, has become a synonym for racism.
1 May 1998 (207 words)
Nationalists fear Spanish economic domination if regional power devolved
Portuguese nationalists claim that government plans to devolve more powers to the regions could threaten the nation's separate identity within Iberia.
1 May 1998 (159 words)
Skinhead killers of Alcindo Monteiro jailed
Eleven skinheads have been sentenced to between 14 and 18 years' imprisonment for the murder in June 1995 of Alcindo Monteiro, a Portuguese citizen of Cape Verdean origin.
1 August 1997 (60 words)
Liberian footballer responds to racist insults
The world football player of the year and the winner of the FIFA fair play award says he broke the nose of a fellow player after suffering racial abuse over two fixtures.
1 March 1997 (79 words)
Portugal linked to nazi-gold scandal
The Bank of Portugal are investigating allegations that between 1943 and 1944 Portugal was the second biggest recipient, after Switzerland, of gold - including bullion bars, trinkets from jewellers shops and gold from the teeth of those who died in the death-camps - looted during Nazi conquests.
1 March 1997 (85 words)
Opinion poll reveals youth intolerance
According to a recent study, Portuguese youth are among the most intolerant and most inhibited group in Europe.
1 January 1996 (59 words)
More arrests follow racist murder
Following a further six arrests, 15 skinheads are now being held for the killing of Alcindo Bernardo Fortes Monteivo.
1 January 1996 (28 words)
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