While the emergence of the anti-immigrant Vox movement is alarming, the possible outcomes of the election look benign, says Ferdinando Giugliano

Once upon a time, everyone assumed that there was a single phenomenon called globalisation, whereby cross-border flows of financial capital drove innovation, industrialisation, development, and trade, writes Harold James.

Seven children are to sue European governments in a landmark lawsuit over the impact that climate change is having on their lives.

The Portuguese government minister in charge of emergency services has resigned after 106 people were killed in wildfires this year.

LATEST: Raging forest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 57 people, many of them trapped in their cars as flames swept over a road.

The €200 million conference rolls on.

Debt issuer the National Treasury Management Agency sold €1bn of 10-year debt to investors yesterday at a yield or interest rate just below 1%, reflecting in part the worldwide flight to safety into government securities, as stock markets tumbled again.

The European Commission says there are “big differences” in talks with Portugal about the nation’s draft budget plan for 2016, which aims to reverse measures that the previous government implemented as part of a bailout programme.

India: When a northern Indian state announced a few hundred job openings for low-level office workers who run errands and make tea, they were staggered by the response — 2.3m people applied.

TWO late goals by Portugal brought a disappointing end to a promising Ireland U21 performance in last night’s friendly.

Portugal has asked the European Union for help in fighting massive fires after more than 50 blazes burned through forests and farmland across the country.

FIREFIGHTERS returned to parched, sweltering forests yesterday to tackle huge wildfires that were racing out of control in Portugal for a second straight day.

Ten small earthquakes shook the mid-Atlantic island of Sao Miguel in the Azores today, rattling houses but causing no serious damage, officials said.

NEWCASTLE midfielder Nicky Butt will sit out the club’s next three European games after being banned by UEFA.

NEWCASTLE midfielder Nicky Butt is facing up to the possibility of a three-match European ban for his moment of UEFA Cup madness.

Newcastle midfielder Nicky Butt is facing up to the possibility of a three-match European ban for his moment of UEFA Cup madness.

Newcastle 2 Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin 0

Newcastle 2 Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin 0

Afghans gathered on a football pitch today and watched soldiers burn a pyre topped with more than half a ton of poppies today - a public display of the government’s commitment to purge the country of drugs.