Portugal and MIT Will Collaborate on Science and Technology Research

By AISHA LABI

The Portuguese government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology signed a groundbreaking agreement this month that is designed to strengthen scientific and technological competitiveness in Portugal.

The collaboration was announced at a meeting in Lisbon presided over by Portugal's prime minister, José Sócrates. The partnership "will be the broadest of its kind ever undertaken by the government of Portugal," according to a statement jointly issued by the government