Energy shortages in Portugal sharpened on Wednesday as a strike by fuel-tanker drivers entered its third day in the worst industrial unrest of the Socialist government’s four-year rule. Panicked motorists formed long lines at petrol stations, some crossing into Spain to refuel, while at airports reserves reached critically low levels in the run-up to the tourism-dependent economy’s busy Easter season. Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s government on Tuesday ordered striking drivers to supply essential services such as hospitals and airports, and to provide a minimum amount to fuel stations – but the decree did not seem to be fully heeded. “The government will do everything to overcome the conflict,” Costa, whom the opposition accuses of mishandling the crisis, told parliament. Crowd-sourced emergency services platform VOST Portugal said […]