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Madeleine McCann went missing, aged three, while on holiday in Portugal in 2007.

Fake Madeleine McCann contacted girl’s mother 60 times in one day, court told

Julia Wandelt, who is on trial for stalking, was obsessed with the idea she was Kate McCann’s missing three-year-old when she allegedly bombarded the British mother with calls, messages and home visits.

  • Samuel Montgomery

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Orca ramming boat in Portugal.

Orcas sink tourist boat off Portuguese coast

Footage shows an orca repeatedly hitting the yacht before it starts to sway and sink.

  • Akhtar Makoii
The world’s best book shop? Livraria Lello, Porto.

You can forget what century you’re in when visiting this glittering European city

Porto is the glittering finale to a nine-day river cruise, where every new experience brings you closer to the lifeblood of its majestic river.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
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Lisbon streetcar company casts doubt on cable-break claim after deadly crash

“The city needs answers,” the mayor of the Portuguese capital said as the death toll rose to 16, adding that talk of possible causes was “mere speculation”.

  • David Crowe
Emergency teams work at the site of a derailed electric streetcar in Lisbon on Wednesday.

Lisbon mourns victims of streetcar crash

The electric streetcar is one of the Portuguese capital’s landmarks and a big draw for tourists. Eyewitnesses said it careened down the hill.

  • Barry Hatton and Josefine Ganko
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Tourism comes full circle

And parenthood goes by the book.

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Try Greek salad on Samos, an island in the eastern Aegean Sea.

The only place you should ‘go on a diet’, according to a food writer

It’s the last thing any sane person would think about on holiday. But in the Mediterranean, you may already be eating some of the healthiest food in the world.

  • Terry Durack
The spectacular Dom Luis I Bridge.

Portugal’s second-largest city is packed with highlights

A magnificent bridge, beautiful buildings and a monstrous local sandwich are just some of what Porto has to offer visitors.

  • Rob McFarland
On the river in the cappuccino-coloured MS Estrela.

On board the new, Aussie-owned luxury ship cruising Europe

One of APT’s newest ships, the MS Estrela, is a gleaming beacon of contemporary sophistication purpose built for the Douro River.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
A family eats by candlelight during the blackout in Barcelona.

Did renewables cause 60 million people to lose power?

Power had not yet been restored to 60 million people in Spain and Portugal when a culture war over the cause of this week’s blackout began.

  • Nick O'Malley