A view of one of the archive storage rooms in Sintra courthouse in Sintra, Portugal November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
LISBON (Reuters) - When international creditors released Portugal from onerous loan conditions two years ago, they hailed the nation for some major reform achievements - not least, an overhaul of the judiciary.
The International Monetary Fund applauded Lisbon for reforming a dysfunctional court system which had been a brake on the economy. And with the European Union, it approved Portugal's exit from a 78 billion euro (67 billion pounds) bailout programme which had begun in 2011.
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