Antonio Costa

Two women killed in knife attack at Lisbon Ismaili center

Portugese Prime Minister Antonio Costa has said the alleged attacker in a deadly knife attack in Lisbon was a "relatively young man" with three young children whose wife died in a refugee camp in Greece.

Two women were killed and one person wounded in the knife attack, believed to have been carried out by an Afghan refugee at the Ismaili Center in Lisbon on Tuesday.

Mitsotakis, Costa, Meloni to meet Fri morning

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet with his Italian and Portuguese colleagues, Giorgia Meloni and Antonio Costa, Friday morning on the sidelines of the European Union summit to discuss a coordinated position on issues of economic governance.

State Athens New Agency reported that the tripartite meeting was scheduled on Mitsotakis' initiative.

Greek Islands Face Lockdown due to Covid Resurgence

Portuguese bars and nightclubs will remain closed until October, after which they can reopen for customers presenting a COVID-19 vaccination certificate or equivalent, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Thursday. Meanwhile in Greece, several islands face the risk of local lockdowns as the resurgence of COVID-19 cases has caused the government headaches.

EU and US Must Stand United to Safeguard Global Security – EC President Charles Michel

The European Union and the United States must together safeguard global security, democracy and stability, European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday (25 March) after chairing an EU summit that US President Joe Biden joined briefly.

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