Brussels, 24/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - Portugal is faced with a fall in tax receipts that could force the country to adopt further austerity measures or revise its objective of reducing public deficit to 4.5% of GDP this year, a source from the Ministry of Finance told the Portuguese agency Lusa, on Thursday 23 August. According to DG Budget, tax receipts during the first half of the year were down by 3.5% calculated on a year-on-year basis, while the government was pinning its hopes on an...