Foreign relations of Portugal holds claim to the disputed territory of Olivença on the Portugal-Spain border. Foreign relations of Portugal Foreign relations of Portugal are linked with its historical role as a major player in the Age of Discovery and the holder of the now defunct Portuguese Empire.Portugal is a European Union member country and a founding member of NATO. It is a committed proponent of European integration and transatlantic relations. Augusto Santos Silva is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal. Historically, the focus of Portuguese diplomacy has been to preserve its independence, "vis-à-vis", the danger of annexation by Spain, and the
CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A. CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A. Postal Services of Portugal, plc () is the national postal service of Portugal. The acronym CTT comes from the former name of this department (, meaning "Post, Telegraph and Telephone"), which was also the designation of postal services for the former Portuguese Colonies and still for the Macau Postal Service nowadays. CTT has become a public limited company in 1991, and in December 2013 the shares were listed on Euronext Lisbon. In 2007, CTT started to offer a mobile phone service in Portugal, under the brand name Phone-ix. CTT were privatised in 2014, in order