Lisbon

Ms Ramos, born in Lisbon, came to South Africa as a child with her mother and bricklayer father.

It is not as if the Lisbon treaty is such a wonderful text.

Its remnant as the name of the first pillar is to be abolished along with the pillar system once the Treaty of Lisbon comes into effect.

It is unlikely to come to that, although Lisbon's fate could still turn into a race against the British electoral clock.

The Lisbon treaty is meant to streamline the workings of the enlarged EU and give it a stronger voice in the world.

Even Lisbon is really only overrun with tourists in August and Easter weekend when most of Spain seems to have crossed the border.

So with a fast internet connection, it should be easy to find the best deals from Lisbon to Lapland.

Moving to Lisbon at such a young age must have been a big change for you.

And less than a year after the Lisbon treaty came into force, the EU is talking of a new treaty.

And now I began to think of leaving my effects with this woman, and setting out for Lisbon, and so to the Brazils.

It had taken years of tribulation to agree on the European Union's Lisbon treaty, which had only recently come into effect.

During the Lisbon treaty referendum the European Commission made clear that this was not and would not be under threat.

After all, NATO in two or three weeks before the Lisbon summit, NATO and Russia relations have made a breakthrough.

THE reverberations from last month's ruling by Germany's Constitutional Court on the European Union's Lisbon treaty seem to be growing.

Lisbon Zoo said it had closed a hole in a fence from which the lemur is believed to have made its escape.

You do not have to be a British Eurosceptic to break out in a rash at the very mention of the Lisbon treaty.

If nobody can find more convincing arguments in favour of the Lisbon treaty, the EU as a whole may yet find itself whistling in the dark.

"We did not agree with the Lisbon treaty's establishment of these posts. But they are now a fact, " Hague said.

With United determined not to sell Ronaldo, the former Sporting Lisbon youngster admits he would be happy to stay at Old Trafford.

The Lady of the Hill stands in her illuminated belvedere as the sun descends on Lisbon, Portugal, below.

Some claims are, frankly, mad: a leaflet given out in Cork claims that Lisbon would let the EU bring in a Chinese-style one-child policy.

Earlier, President Kaczynski had said he would ratify the Lisbon Treaty only if Ireland did.

My coach was kind enough to come and see me in Lisbon a few days ago, which I think is common knowledge.

Missing out on the prolific marksman may just be the one regret in a fabulous season for the Lisbon club. Dominic Vieira explains.

The Lisbon treaty offers a few other sanctions, notably the suspension of a country's membership rights by a majority vote of other members.

Lisbon is one of Europe's most beautiful and livable cities, with a variety of cuisines, cultures, and leisure activities.

The ceremony took place in Lisbon, where the treaty was signed two years ago.

Even the British Conservatives, who have wisely dropped their promise of a referendum on Lisbon, are slowly realising this (see Bagehot).

Lisbon removes the distinction between the Solana and Ferrero-Waldner empires, which should at least eliminate rivalry and duplication.

In his interview, Mr Byrant said the time for arguing over the Lisbon Treaty had passed.

Pro-Lisbon campaigners hinted that Ireland would be ejected from the European mainstream if it voted No again.

Francisco Lobo, now at the University of Lisbon, and his colleagues have found a good match with the movement of planets.

I had just been hitchhiking around Europe and was shocked to see beggars on the streets of Lisbon.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, as the main architect of the Lisbon treaty, wants swift approval of a law that does not hamstring the government.

Pope Benedict XVI holds a press conference aboard his papal plane as he heads to Lisbon, Portugal for a four day visit.

Europe will remember this year for the "Lisbon Treaty" , its entry into force ushering the European Union into a new phase of development.

After the early disclosure of a draft statement showed that the "Lisbon Treaty" will add two sentences related provisions.

However the worst tragedy occurred when an American submarine sank the ship the 'Lisbon Maru', without knowing who was on board.

In Lisbon the annual International Half Marathon kicks off and is considered to be one of the most important athletic events in Lisbon.

The Lisbon treaty created a permanent president of the European Council and a foreign-policy supremo, leaving less scope for agenda-setting.

In 2007 it was chopped up and repackaged as the Lisbon treaty, shorn of fancy bits like the anthem.

Portugal's prime minister has said similar things about Lisbon. But the words may not be enough to stop it happening.

Under Lisbon, there will also be a quasi-foreign minister who will double up as the external-affairs commissioner.

It's too soon to say whether the Lisbon treaty reforms will stiffen backbones and advance this unlikely but desirable prospect.

As he belted a ball around the slum streets of Lisbon, the young Nani fantasised about being Luis Figo.

NEXT week's NATO summit in Lisbon is likely to be one of the most crucial in the 61-year history of the military alliance.

She was instrumental in securing the passage of the Lisbon treaty, which strengthens the EU's role in justice, migration and foreign policy.

Belem Tower is one of the most famous landmarks in Lisbon, one of the leading tourism cities in Europe.

The top of the Tivoli Lisboa Hotel was reserved to offer guests and non-guests one of the finest views over Lisbon.

She smuggled to the Free French in neutral Lisbon secret messages written in invisible ink on her music.

After arriving Lisbon, I enjoyed myself as a typical tourist. Apart from that, I also spent some time visiting s various museums in town.

A big trade union has just come out for a No, claiming that the Lisbon treaty harms "workers' rights" in favour of "big business" .

Such a merger has a precedent when the EU created the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy in the Lisbon treaty.

IN LISBON at the end of this week, the leaders of the European Union will sit down with the leaders of the African Union.

Accordingly, France set out to overcome Britain by extending its military domination from Moscow t Lisbon, from Jutland to Calabria.

But even during those darker, rainy weekends, Lisbon is the best choice in Europe for a quick city break.

As this map shows, Columbus's voyages took him from Lisbon, Portugal, to Palos, Spain, and the Canary Islands before crossing the Atlantic.

Officials of the Portuguese Football Federation were in Manchester last night and reports in Lisbon claimed Queiroz has accepted the post.

Ferguson was delighted United opened the group with a win and was especially pleased with their improved second half display in Lisbon.

The Maputo stock exchange in Mozambique was set up in 1998 with the help of the Lisbon stock exchange.

Supporters of the Lisbon treaty insist that its institutional changes will give the EU new strength to cope with a tricky new world.

Lisbon reinforces our capacity to act, but at least as important is our willingness to act.

A French daredevil climber was arrested once again after reaching the top of a bridge overlooking Lisbon.

Perhaps the most impressive achievement in Lisbon was the alliance's commitment to stay the course in Afghanistan.

But this would require a formal treaty change, which few are willing to consider after the long travails over Lisbon.

Finally, the Lisbon process underestimated the true differences in the member countries' economies and failed to adequately address them.

Lisbon starts the new millennium as the capital of the European Union for six months, just days after handing Macau over to China.

All 27 countries of the EU must ratify each new treaty and Ireland is the only one which must still hold a vote to approve Lisbon.

Europe set out in 2000 at Lisbon to turn itself into the world's most competitive, knowledge-based economy by 2010.

Frequented by locals, can be considered as the "capital" of Dance music in Lisbon that never sleeps.

The Treaty of Lisbon will not change the EU overnight, but I regard the EU integration as the choice of 500 million EU citizens.

The country's cosmopolitan capital, Lisbon, on the broad estuary of the Tagus, is one of the most strikingly situated cities in the world.

The job may require deputies with real clout: Lisbon is silent on this point.

There is no sign of a bilateral deal on the allocation of the senior jobs being created by Lisbon.

After Lisbon, Europe will continue to conduct its complex affairs in Africa in the usual way, through a network of bilateral relations.

Under Lisbon the European Council is to gain a semi-permanent president, to replace the system of rotating presidencies.

It is the position we wanted to be in, especially with two home games -against Kiev and Sporting Lisbon - to come.

Since the Lisbon treaty created a permanent president of the European Council the role has become less important.

He is an ardent opponent of the Lisbon treaty streamlining the way the EU is run and is the continent's leading climate change denier.

Lisbon ? Stockholm ? Bern ? Bratislava ? Ljubljana ? San Marino? ? Kiev ? Madrid ? Athens ? Budapest ? Rome ? London?

The party line is that the institutional changes in the Lisbon treaty ought to be put to a referendum.

he remains vague on what he would do if the Lisbon treaty, which his party loathes, is ratified before the election.

The Eurocrat elite in Brussels might not admit it, but the Treaty of Lisbon is essentially a constitution for a "country" called Europe.

TAP Portugal, which already flies between Newark and Lisbon, is adding service between the Portuguese capital and Miami this summer.

Better still, its debt is deficit-related: Lisbon has not had to provide significant support to Portuguese banks.

The Czech Republic is the only EU country, apart from Ireland, that has yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty.

The moves sharply brought down the cost of borrowing for Lisbon and Dublin and sparked a euro rally.

Estremoz, 200 kilometres east of Lisbon, is in a region where the siesta enjoys a traditional popularity.

Three other games and a "toy" were created by a Lisbon -based digital media company.

Differences in incomes, growth and price movements are inevitable in a union that stretches from Aran to Athens and from Lapland to Lisbon.

To be clear, I am not talking about a change to the Lisbon Treaty but a new agreement.

"The reality is Lisbon has not entered into force, " said a diplomat. "Blair has yet to say whether he will stand. "

The government and the main opposition parties are united behind Lisbon but little else as they prepare for a possible snap election.

EDP is also arguably Portugal's most attractive asset; from now on Lisbon is more likely to be competing with Athens for buyers' attentions.

In my view, with the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, a new European Parliament is now emerging.

The two men also discussed efforts at the upcoming NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, aimed at improving Russia's relations with the alliance.

Woman: Oh, no, we flew from Lisbon by plane up to Edinburgh in Scotland.

The impenetrable Lisbon treaty is verbose on this but uncharacteristically brief on the role of representation.

For now, you can only find pictures from Lisbon but soon Oporto will be considered too.

Our location, comfort and atmosphere guarantee you great memories of a good time spent in Lisbon.

This would do nothing for Portugal's economy, but it would shift the burden of Lisbon's mistakes onto the taxpayers of Germany and France.

The two schools ultimately agreed the Lisbon MBA project could provide both, with the added cachet of the Sloan imprimatur.

Having bungled the creation of the Lisbon treaty, Europe should now strive to make it work.

An upcoming architecture triennial, which the president opens in Lisbon this month, has taken on the title: "Let's Talk About Houses" .

By comparison with the rest of Europe, Lisbon is hoarding disproportionately large quantities of gold.

After some months I decided to go down to Lisbon in Portugal.

In retrospect, the much-vaunted Lisbon agenda marked the summit of ambitions coinciding with the bursting of the dotcom bubble.

But, he warned: "No one should read out of Lisbon that the fighting is over. There is a lot of hard fighting that lies ahead. "

One of the many UNESCO sites in the country, Torre de Belem lies on the banks of the Tagus River in Lisbon.

Lisbon is widely backed not on its merits but because its failure would risk pushing the EU into yet another interminable internal debate.

But it fell to Lisbon MBA students to create, as part of their programme, a fado song to address the global financial crisis.

Ghosts from the colonial past haunted the agenda, even though the Lisbon meeting was billed as the occasion to exorcise them and move on.

They opposed the Lisbon treaty and its previous incarnation, the EU constitution (as did this newspaper).

But investors know from experience that treaty amendment is neither simple nor quick (it took years to push through the Lisbon treaty).

Straight narrow side streets lead toward the Tagus and offer some of Lisbon's most picturesque views.

But arguably, the historic significance of the French presidency has little to do with Lisbon.

Mr Jouvet acknowledged that ratification in the UK parliament of the Lisbon treaty setting new rules for the EU could be difficult.

A new five-year package was offered to the winger as reward for his progress at United since joining from Sporting Lisbon.

In Lisbon I found the Portuguese captain, who took me in his ship to Brazil, all those years ago.

CCB Cultural Centre WORK PERFORMED: Inspection and non-destructive testing of metallic structures, Lisbon, PORTUGAL.

Until recently the Irish Establishment had assumed that its citizens would rubber-stamp the Lisbon treaty, the repackaged EU constitution.

By the time the ECB chiefs met in Lisbon, the euro zone was in danger of coming unglued.

I had a neighbour, a portuguese of Lisbon, but born of English parents, whose name was wells, and in much such circumstances as I was.

She backed the appointment of relative lightweights for both the EU presidency and the foreign minister's job created by the Lisbon treaty.

IT IS a coincidence, but an appropriate one nonetheless, that Europe should try to relaunch its relations with Africa in Lisbon.

The ambitious economic goals of the 2000 Lisbon agenda have since been significantly scaled back as reforms needed to meet them stalled.

Lisbon is already "the inside-out version of the constitutional treaty. " Or, as Eurocrats put it: Lisbon is already Plan B.

The proposed Lisbon treaty would centralise power over foreign direct investment into the Commission's hands.

He insists that the Treaty of Lisbon is shorn of all constitutional content and that it preserves key aspects of British sovereignty.

At the same time Monroe cruises through Lisbon with a camcorder and tries to catch unseen pictures. . . A quiet immersion in a city.

Since the Lisbon summit in 2000, the European Union has set itself the goal of becoming a knowledge-based economy.

Jockeying continued for the two top European Union jobs being created by the Lisbon treaty.

Some leaders may point to the new Lisbon treaty and predict that it will bring about a "Europe of results" .

NATO also wants to hold the summit in Lisbon this spirit, continue to deepen cooperation with Russia.

Something other than pure efficiency, then, must explain the enthusiasm of Lisbon supporters for the treaty.

The Associated Press says Lisbon hopes to save more than $900, 000 by turning off the traditional lights.

Carla Leitao is an architect, designer and professor who lives and works in NY and Lisbon, Portugal.

British Airways canceled all flights out of Heathrow until 5 p. m. except for Edinburgh and Lisbon routes.

EU's Lisbon reform treaty Germany will be expected to take a central role in deciding what to do if Ireland rejects the treaty on Friday.

In reports to the Eurostat statistics authority, Portugal classified its subsidies to the Lisbon subway as equity.

The European Parliament will throw its weight around, using new powers from the Lisbon treaty to oversee almost all areas of EU regulation.

Webb presented the findings last week at the Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.

The team presented its work at the Mobile Human Computer Interaction conference in Lisbon, Portugal, this week.

Lady Ashton has a perilously big job: "the sexiest innovation of the Lisbon treaty, " says one senior official.

Summit also seeks to reform EU institutions and decision-making mechanism of "Lisbon Treaty" the future of a compromise.

His breakthrough, however, came when Bobby Robson employed him as his translator at Sporting Lisbon.

Top European Union officials have marked the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty in the Portuguese capital.

Juventus are keen on landing Portuguese international Miguel Veloso from Sporting Lisbon, but the move is being planned for next year.

Fly to the Azores from Lisbon, Portugal, about two and a half hours.

Remember the Lisbon agenda and its goal to the turn the EU into the world's most competitive economy?

A city of northwest Portugal near the mouth of the Douro River north of Lisbon.

Their "Super Blonde" beer is exclusively served only in Lisbon and is worth tasting.

Most alarmingly, though, is that the Lisbon Treaty can be extended indefinitely without recourse to further treaties or referendums.

Lisbon wins Europe's Leading Destination, Best European City Break, and European Cruise Destination at the World Travel Awards .

But he confirmed Jonny Evans and Patrice Evans are doubtful for Wednesday's Champions League match with Benfica in Lisbon.

The Czech Republic's constitutional court deferred a hearing on the European Union's Lisbon treaty until after this week's EU summit.

Tower of Belem Lisbon Not even famous, rich, important people are exempt from having their moments of solitude and deep bitterness.

She will meet African countries' representatives at an African Development Bank meeting in Lisbon Friday.

Would you insure our goods to be shipped from Shanghai to Lisbon next month?

Portugal is also recognised, with Lisbon winning the hearts of many a curious female holidaymaker.

The post would be created under the Lisbon treaty, which would also establish an EU foreign minister.

The European Union's Lisbon treaty was finally ratified when the Czech president, Vaclav Klaus, signed it in Prague.

The rotating presidency has been stripped of many functions by the Lisbon treaty.

The quake followed by tsunami and fire that nearly destroyed the entire Lisbon and killed hampis quarter of the city residents.

And he has sensibly ditched any notion of holding a referendum on Lisbon, now it has been ratified.

Both issues, Lisbon and global warming, are at the top of the EU's agenda.

Lisbon , if ratified, will change things, by giving the European Commission and the ECJ a bigger role in justice and security affairs.

Lisbon's Alfama District rises dramatically to the base of the imposing Saint George's Castle.

That is the question many western governments might do well to ask themselves, particularly in places such as London, Lisbon and Madrid.

Three minutes later, he powered in a free-kick from the edge of Real's box to return the trophy to Lisbon.

In the new century, the European Union further moved ahead with the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty.

The defense ministers discussed the European missile defense plan for the first time since the 2010 Lisbon NATO Summit.

One of the oldest and most famous fado houses in Lisbon.

Out of therubble, Lisbon was rebuilt with wider, more modern streets and avenues.

special assistant to President Obama for Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaking from the NATO summit in Lisbon.

In 2009, the structure of EU governance was changed by the Lisbon Treaty, which diminished the power of the presidency.

He insists he will not sign off on a Lisbon treaty, which has already been ratified by the Czech parliament.

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake made two-thirds of a prosperous city uninhabitable.

Obama announced the aims of the new, so-called 'strategic concept' during a NATO summit in Lisbon.

Ms Lagarde will today meet African finance ministers at the African Development Bank in Lisbon.

Mr Cowen's only consolation is a favourable shift in views of the European Union's Lisbon treaty.

Research in neurobiology, cited by Jerome Goldstein in Lisbon last month, has served to reinforce this view.

Survey after survey shows that many are not interested in the Lisbon Treaty or the European institutions representing them.

As opposition leader in 2007, David Cameron offered a "cast-iron guarantee" to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty.

The Lisbon Treaty is set to tighten the existing structure of the European Union to strengthen its leadership and international clout.

Lisbon would tilt the balance of power a bit toward Luxembourg, but not as far as its opponents fear.

Woo! I could see this kind of trees in Lisbon. It made me feel like. . . I was in a beautiful island.

That was seen as a warning to Cameron to temper his demands and go along with changing the Lisbon treaty or be bypassed.

The Treaty of Lisbon crystallizes the EU's core belief that nation states are every bit as defunct as Stone Age tribes.

Under the new Lisbon treaty, the EU's 27 members will be represented by a single figure, serving for two-and-a-half years.

Today, of course, the idea of leaving the euro is treated as inconceivable, even in Athens and Lisbon.

She told me about her friend in Lisbon, a poet named Casimiro whom I should call when I returned there.

With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU will continue to grow in strength.

In 2008 they complained, with justice, that their elected political leaders had done a wretched job of explaining what Lisbon was for.

This newspaper thinks the Lisbon treaty is a useless muddle and should be binned.

In 2008 she rejected calls for a two-speed Europe when Irish voters rejected the Lisbon treaty.

The 20-year-old winger recently passed his Reds'medical and will officially join the Premiership champions from Sporting Lisbon next month.

Part IV: Hart manipulated Chinese representative Campbell, an British people, to sign the Draft Treaty Of Lisbon with Portuguese.

Sloan professors also visit Portugal and Lisbon faculty members undertake research in the US.

Politicians in Dublin, Lisbon and Madrid can barely contain their frustration.

This time it was the Irish, who voted no to the Lisbon treaty on June 12th by 53-47%, on a high turnout.

Parque Mayer is a sort of small Lisbon-style Broadway from the 20th century.

In the short run, Lisbon will throw up almost as many problems as it is supposed to solve.

Lisbon Casino opens to rival the largest one in Europe, in nearby Estoril .

Mr Blair has refrained from throwing his hat into the ring for a job that does not exist until the Lisbon treaty is ratified.

Under the Lisbon treaty, this can be adopted by majorities that circumvent a Cypriot veto.

Tower of Belem Lisbon Who has not yet felt lonely, extremely lonely, and had the sensation of having lost all hope?

The exemplar of the competent, post-Lisbon presidency is Belgium.

The most popular spot for shopping in Portugal is without a doubt in Lisbon.

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders of 28 member countries gathered in Lisbon to attend the two-day NATO summit.

Yet Ireland's vote on October 2nd in favour of the Lisbon treaty marks a milestone for the European Union.

Banco Efisa estimates construction costs for the airport, the design of which will be presented in Lisbon on Tuesday, to be 3 billion euros.

Now, under an obscure article of the Lisbon treaty, it is being revived in the European Parliament.

1588 - The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.

The Lisbon Treaty aims to streamline decision-making in the union with fewer national vetoes.

Organizers of the Lisbon conference say they are loath to create international rules.

European courts collaborate closely and there is little reason for this to change, whether Lisbon is ratified or not.

The latest version of the EU rule book, the Lisbon treaty, is a sorry case in point.

Yet that was the task entrusted to Lady Ashton when she was made the EU's "foreign minister" under the 2009 Lisbon treaty.

Smaller protests were also held on Sunday in Brussels, Madrid, Lisbon, Paris, Lyon and Toulouse in France, and as far afield as Tokyo.

We are pleased to note that with the Lisbon Treaty coming into effect, EU integration process has entered a new stage.

A night at the new LX boutique hotel, which opened in September in the Baixa district of Lisbon, starts at just 80 euros a night.

Angelo Callant, a Flemish speaking Belgian, says he supports the Lisbon Treaty and he is proud that a Belgian is the EU first president.

Lisbon, first proposed in 2001, is seen as vital to streamlining the EU and allowing it to project greater power on the world stage.

The strains on Portugal will be highlighted today as Lisbon launches its latest debt auction.

NATO summit scheduled two-day today and tomorrow in the Portuguese capital Lisbon.

Lisbon's (and Portugal's) oldest restaurant is Tavares Rico , opened in September of 1784 in the city's Chiado district.

But Portuguese police raided a safe house in Obidos, north of Lisbon, in early February.

Lisbon outshone Venice as a mart for oriental spices.

The Travellers House is ideally located in the most historic and central area of Lisbon (Baixa).

The Russian leader will pay a visit to the White House before both men go to Lisbon for the NATO summit.

If anyone still digs out their diaries to check what time zone Lisbon is in, or how many litres there are to a gallon, we don't know them.

The Lisbon treaty will change nothing on this front.

But why not write him from Lisbon?

Perhaps only Queen Elizabeth II can rescue her realm from the baleful Treaty of Lisbon.

In a ceremony Saturday, Poland became the 26th country to ratify the Lisbon Treaty.

If asked to vote on a specific treaty such as Lisbon, the British would have said no.

Last month, NATO-Russia summit held in Lisbon, both sides strive to make the co-operation "entering a new phase. "

On December 9, 2005, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council met with Portuguese Parliament Speaker Jaime Gama in Lisbon.

But there are no such germs in the Lisbon deal and the participants are exhausted by the eight-year effort to push it through.

The parliament cannot change the Lisbon treaty, however.

In addition, the European Commission says that Lisbon's assumptions of positive growth this year and next are optimistic.

The Lisbon treaty does not define the role in detail.

Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Sporting Lisbon winger Fabio Paim on a season-long loan.

The second mistake is to overlook the aims of the Lisbon treaty.

The threat to New START could exacerbate another difference that was papered over in Lisbon.

The Portuguese has taken time off since leaving West London, returning to live in his hometown of Setubal, about 40 miles south of Lisbon.

For some, decriminalization isn't enough, though: above, a pro-legalization March in Lisbon in 2008.

The Lisbon treaty creates a new post of an EU president.

Protesters in Lisbon went big in expressing their support for the 99% slogan.