The nation held up by the Liberal Democrats yesterday as a shining example of how to win the war on drugs is far from the unqualified success story they make out. For the number of children using drugs in Portugal has more than doubled since the country’s laws were liberalised, the latest figures show. A decade after the law was relaxed, nearly a fifth of 15 and 16-year-olds use drugs – well over twice the number in the years before decriminalisation.

A Hollywood stuntman who worked on the latest "Hunger Games" movies died after falling five stories while vacationing in Portugal's capital city, NBC News reported. Carlos Lopez, 25, fell from the fifth floor of the Goodnight Hostel in downtown Lisbon at 4 a.m. local time on Thursday, police said.

Why the Portugal star is routinely chastised for what is perceived to be arrogance and preening self-regard.