Portuguese lorry drivers have ended their strike against rising fuel prices, after a union reached a deal with the government.
The distribution of food and fuel is expected to resume in the country within the next few days.
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Strikers say the price of diesel has soared by more than 20% this year. They want a minimum price for haulage, to prevent firms from being undercut.
Despite the continuing strike, access routes to Spain's big cities and the borders are open and traffic is normal, the government said.
More than 6,000 lorries are travelling under police escort, while some 70 people have been arrested for strike-related violence, the interior ministry said.
Some supplies reached Madrid's central food market overnight.
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has offered hauliers emergency credit and early retirement incentives, but refuses to set minimum tariffs, saying they must accept fair competition.
On Wednesday, hauliers' unions resumed negotiations with the government. Talks had been suspended after a truck driver was run over and killed while manning a picket line in Granada on Tuesday.
Another striking driver was also killed in Portugal on Tuesday.
Deal
In Portugal, the government granted the strikers tax relief and reduced motorway tolls for lorry drivers to compensate for expensive fuel.
Protesters were asking for a special diesel rate and the levelling-out of fuel prices with neighbouring Spain, where diesel is cheaper.
"We are lifting the blockade of all trucks involved in the stoppage," Antonio Loios, spokesman for the Portuguese strike organisers, said on Portuguese radio, after the hauliers' union Antram announced on Wednesday evening that a compensation deal for truckers had been agreed.
"All trucks will now be able to move with no problems," Mr Loios said.
Economy Minister Manuel Pinho said the measures would "allow hauliers to adapt to the rise in fuel costs".
The hauliers' action follows the lead of British lorry drivers, and Spanish and French fishermen, many of whom have been on strike because of the soaring price of fuel.
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