In addition, mixed race ( European and African ) people amount to about 2 %, with a small ( 1 %) population of whites, mainly ethnically Portuguese ( as a former overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, the Portuguese make up currently the largest non-African population, with certainly more than 100, 000, a number that has been constantly increasing from the 2000s, because of Angola's growing demand for qualified human resources.

Thus the possibility of re-incorporating Portugal ( up to then Southern Galicia ) into a Kingdom of Portugal and Galicia as before was eliminated and Afonso became sole ruler ( Duke of Portugal ) after demands for independence from the county's church and nobles.

Greaves was not fit for the game against Portugal so Hurst and Hunt continued up front, and England won 2 – 1 thanks to a brace from Bobby Charlton, the second of which was set up by Hurst.

In the 15th century, the most important among all of the separate Christian kingdoms that made up the old Hispania were the Kingdom of Castile ( occupying northern and central portions of the Iberian Peninsula ) the Crown of Aragon ( occupying northeastern portions of the peninsula ) and the kingdom of Portugal occupying western iberian peninsula.

Portugal attempted to achieve pre-eminence by setting up forts at the important straits and ports.

The idea was taken up by Latin American intellectuals and political leaders of the mid-and late-nineteenth century, who no longer looked to Spain or Portugal as cultural models, but rather to France.

* In July 2008, Mozambique and Portugal have signed an agreement to set up a fund to support investments worth USD124 million in the Mozambican energy sector.

Thus if Portugal specialized in wine and England in cloth, both states would end up better off if they traded.

* 2001 – Hintze Ribeiro disaster: A bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.

Picking up momentum in the 1960s, events moved quickly after the overthrow of the Caetano dictatorship in Portugal in April 1974.

Various European powers – Portugal, the Netherlands, and England – competed for trade in the area from the 15th century onward, until in 1677, France ended up in possession of what had become a minor slave trade departure point — the infamous island of Gorée next to modern Dakar.

In the second half of the 16th century, the Crown gave up the monopoly on slave trade and the focus of European trade in African slaves shifted from import to Europe to slave transports directly to tropical colonies in the Americas – in the case of Portugal, especially Brazil.

Portugal: Included in total are 6, 000 killed or missing in action and died of wounds Total war dead reported by British War Office were 7, 022 including the following: killed and died of other causes up until January 1, 1920 ; 1, 689 in France and 5, 333 in Africa.

He had been the leading patron of all maritime exploration by Portugal up to that time.

When Gomes charter came up for renewal in 1474, Prince John ( future John II ), asked his father Afonso V of Portugal to pass the African charter to him.

Through a combination of specific deadlines for liberalisation and entry mechanisms for new market players, Portugal ’ s telecoms scene was successfully opened up to competition.

All economic sectors ranging from manufacturing and agriculture to tourism and finance, declined sharply after independence from Portugal in 1975, but picked up in the 2000s after the end of the Mozambican Civil War, although they are still performing well below potential.

Under the influence of the troubadours, related movements sprang up throughout Europe: the Minnesang in Germany, trovadorismo in Galicia and Portugal, and that of the trouvères in northern France.

But there were also new points of conflict: the decline of Spanish power at the end of the Thirty Years ' War in 1648, the colonial possessions of Portugal ( already in the midst of Portuguese Restoration War ), and perhaps even of a beleaguered Spain, were up for grabs.

In 1600, Portugal and other European powers, including France, England, Sweden, Scotland, Spain, Brandenburg-Prussia, Denmark and the Netherlands set up a thriving slave trade along the West African coast.

Howard had been travelling through Spain and Portugal, ostensibly lecturing on film, but also meeting with local propagandists and shoring up support for the Allied cause.

In recent few years immigration from Portugal has increased due to Portuguese poor economic situation.

There are an estimated one million Roma in the United States ; 800, 000 in Brazil, whose ancestors were deported by the government of Portugal during the colonial era ; and in more recent migrations, Romani have also moved to other parts of the Americas.

The historic disputes with Portugal over the Savage Islands in the Atlantic Ocean were resolved in recent times.

Continued immigration from the Azores Islands ( Portugal ) in recent decades has established a large Portuguese-speaking community within the city.

During the 1810 ( third ) Napoleonic invasion of Portugal, the Portuguese population retreated, destroying all the food supplies the French might capture ( it should be reminded that the recent invention of effective food preserving techniques was still not fit for military because a suitably rugged container had not yet been invented ).

" Taipa " is also what the Portuguese call the clay-mud, rammed into moulds, used to build mud houses in Portugal in times gone by, in recent times referred to as Rammed Earth.

Portugal is internationally known in the music scene for its traditions of fado, but the country has seen a recent expansion in musical styles, with modern acts from rock to hip hop becoming popular.

Dance, Rock, pop, kuduro, zouk, kizomba, Heavy metal, house and Hip Hop are among the most popular musical styles in Portugal ; however, the recent arrival of revivalist folk bands, such as Deolinda, led to a newfound interest in this type of music.

The actual value is unknown, but in recent years his daughter Isabel dos Santos, who manages the family fortune, has made multi-million dollar investments in Angola and in Portugal, in her name and that of her husband.

Scottish Opera has also staged many successful productions abroad, including Albert Herring in Florence, L ` Egisto in Venice, tours in Germany, Austria, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Iceland and recent years including Peter Grimes and Tristan und Isolde in Lisbon ; Macbeth at the Vienna International Festival and the European premiere of MacMillan's Ines de Castro in Porto, Portugal.

Plucked stringed instruments are common throughout Spain and Portugal, but they were proscribed in Galician or Asturian commercial folk music until recent years.

Herberto Hélder is a young poet highly considered in Portugal from the recent wave of writers such us Valter Hugo Mãe, José Luís Peixoto, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Jorge Reis-Sá, Maria Antonieta Preto, José Ricardo Pedro and others.

The driving force was the then tiny village of São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga, and its capital was made São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro as a result of the Emboabas ' War against Portuguese recent arrivals and coloners from Bahia, and the consequent shift of economical power to the gold-producing Minas dos Matos Gerais: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro was the port where the gold was sent to Portugal, and consequently the point of contact between metropolis and colony.

The first known venues of poetic activity were aristocratic courts in Galicia and the North of Portugal ( we know this thanks to the recent work of the Portuguese historian Antonio Resende de Oliveira ).

Valero de Bernabé was a recent graduate of the military instutution when Napoleon Bonaparte convinced King Charles IV of Spain to permit him to pass through Spain to attack Portugal.

Acacia House and Igbetti House, which was formerly known as Myrtle House, are from the same period, while Barle House, Holly House, The Sycamores and Portugal House are slightly more recent.

It has been introduced to Portugal and Madeira, though there are no recent records of this species on the latter islands.

* A recent interview published on the Bulletin of the International Center for Mathematics of Coimbra, Portugal ( Part I, Part II )

The massive presence of immigrants-especially from Portugal, Italy, Germany, Syria and Lebanon and more recent China-throughout its history has given the city a cosmopolitan spirit and diverse cuisine.

Portugal has also used its naval forces in recent NATO security operation aimed at combatting piracy in the East African coast.

The Republic's national team has punched above its weight in recent years, qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, and performing well against such teams as Brazil and Portugal.

It is consistently ranked as one of the best in Portugal, mainly in science, engineering and high-tech, according to recent national and international rankings.

* Large numbers of recent immigrants from Portugal ( the so-called " Portuguese Party "), who wanted to keep their privileges or who were still loyal to the metropolitan government.