Antonio Costa
Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa, left, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, and European Parliament President David Sassoli attend a signing of the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility document, designed to help the bloc with the economic impact of COVID-19, at the European Parliament building in Brussels Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)
EU aims to release virus recovery fund billions by summer

Feb. 12, 2021 05:54 AM EST

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gestures during a joint news conference with his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa following their meeting at the Sao Bento palace in Lisbon, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Pedro Rocha)
EU looks at vaccine certificates to help summer tourism

By Raf Casert Jan. 15, 2021 12:22 PM EST

A couple wearing face masks are reflected on the window of a hat shop in downtown Lisbon, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Portugal unveils its national vaccination plan for COVID-19

By Barry Hatton Dec. 03, 2020 01:25 PM EST

A paramedic wearing protective gear drives an ambulance in central Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Greece has been experiencing a resurgence of the coronavirus, with the number of new daily cases, most in the Greek capital, often topping 400, and both deaths and the number of those in intensive care units rising. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
European nations mixed in their response to virus spikes

By Mike Corder Oct. 20, 2020 08:59 AM EDT

A bus carrying the Atalanta soccer team arrives at the Pina Manique stadium in Lisbon for a training session, Tuesday Aug. 11, 2020. Atalanta will face PSG in a Champions League quarterfinals match on Wednesday in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Portugal ready for Champions League after subduing virus

By Tales Azzoni Aug. 11, 2020 11:18 AM EDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, is greeted by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, July 17, 2020. Leaders from 27 European Union nations meet face-to-face on Friday for the first time since February, despite the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic, to assess an overall budget and recovery package spread over seven years estimated at some 1.75 trillion to 1.85 trillion euros. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP)
Elbows? Masks? Presents? Let this divisive EU summit begin!

By Raf Casert Jul. 17, 2020 09:08 AM EDT

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, and Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa take off their masks to pose for pictures as they meet at the Sao Bento palace in Lisbon, Monday, July 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Spain, Portugal press EU partners for swift deal on spending

Jul. 06, 2020 11:03 AM EDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 24, 2020, a woman wearing a face mask walks past workers washing the street in Lisbon's old center. Portugal avoided the dramatic numbers of infections and deaths recorded by some other European Union countries during the early months of the coronavirus outbreak but since ending its state of emergency and lockdown at the end of April, its total of officially recorded new infections has remained stubbornly high. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Portugal scrambles to regroup amid 100s of new virus cases

By Barry Hatton Jun. 26, 2020 02:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 file photo Eurogroup President Mario Centeno, center, shakes hands with German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, right, next to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, left, Cyprus' Economy Minister Constantinos Petrides, second left, and European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni, second right, during a meeting of European Union Finance Ministers in Eurogroup format at the Europa building in Brussels. Governments from the 19 countries that use the euro overcame sharp differences to agree Thursday on measures that could provide more than a half-trillion euros ($550 billion) for companies, workers and health systems to cushion the economic impact of the virus outbreak. Mario Centeno, who heads the finance ministers' group from euro countries, called the package of measures agreed upon "totally unprecedented... Tonight Europe has shown it can deliver when the will is there." (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Portugal finance chief and eurogroup chair quits government

Jun. 09, 2020 08:39 AM EDT

In this photo taken on Sunday, May 10, 2020, a swimmer bathes in the sea off an empty stretch of "Adams" beach in Ayia Napa, Cyprus a seaside resort that's popular with tourists from Europe and beyond. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Beaches, nightclubs? Europe mulls how to get tourists back

By Menelaos Hadjicostis And Barry Hatton May. 19, 2020 02:47 AM EDT

French police officers patrol in the access corridors in Roissy airport, north of Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. France is cautiously easing the two-month lockdown across the country. Specific measures, such as more widely spaced stalls, have been implemented to enforce physical distancing. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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By The Associated Press May. 15, 2020 04:39 AM EDT