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epa03125477 Portuguese Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar speaks during a press conference on the third troika positive assessment into Portugal's bailout programme at the Finance Ministry in Lisbon, Portugal, 28 February 2012. Reports state that Lisbon is currently applying austerity policies agreed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, which granted it a bailout of 78 billion euros or 110 billion US dollars. EPA/JOSE SENA GOULAO