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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 3 May 2013

    #Portugal's retirement age to rise from 65 to 66 & another 30,000 civil service jobs to be cut under new spending measures

    12:45 PM - 3 May 2013
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    19 replies 153 retweets 41 likes
      1. Tom Williams  ❌‏ @thetripodguy 3 May 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking wait so theyre increasing workers, and reducing the number of jobs? Sounds like they want their unemployment to rise

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      1. Javier Vidal  🇪🇺‏ @JVidalOlivares 3 May 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: #Portugal's retirement age to rise from 65 to 66 & another 30,000 civil service jobs to be cut under new spending measures”

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      1. irfinch‏ @_afinch 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Yet banks have profits in the billions. Hmmmm.

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      1. Dr Sammy BoBo‏ @RedDoorCafe 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking why do you report these austerity cut stories from everywhere else but the UK? The #BBC has become a spineless Tory mouthpiece.

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      1. Steve M.‏ @unjourlafrance 3 May 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: #Portugal's retirement age to rise from 65 to 66 & another 30,000 civil service jobs to be cut under new spending measures”

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      1. Bernier Bro‏ @WalmartNK 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld #Portugal Sad :(

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      1. Martin Ssempa‏ @martinssempa 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Another reason oder people hate this Euro project.

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      1. aquart‏ @aquart 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking So austerity kills Portugal's economy now? Bankers need to hang.

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      1. Cyriaque Bouchet‏ @CyriaqueBouchet 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking and thats supposed to be good for youth unemployment?

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      1. Shabnam ‏ @RC_Shabnam 3 May 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: #Portugal's retirement age to rise from 65 to 66 & another 30,000 civil service jobs to be cut under new spending measures”

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      1. Naeem Warind‏ @NWarind 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking one year's pensions saved while old getting older at work!

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      1. SisterlyLove‏ @elhilaly8 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Sounds like the Republician plan for America

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      1. Gunnar Johnsen‏ @_GunnarJohnsen 3 May 2013
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        Pensjonere seg fra hva? rt “@BBCBreaking: #Portugal's retirement age to rise from 65 to 66 & another 30,000 civil service jobs to be cut."

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      1. Andrew Lewis‏ @Pickle2884 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking is that all? - lucky buggers!

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      1. alison‏ @WilkinAlison 3 May 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Very glad I'm not moving/retiring there!! Lol

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      1. Martin jose‏ @makhno8 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking very good ideia! above all at a country where older than 45 nobody can get a job.

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      1. Łukasz Lisak 🇩🇪 🇪🇺‏ @RundfunkEuropa 3 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I agree with retirement age, but cutting jobs is pointles...

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