Portugal

Portugal

Public sector workers put Portugal's leftist coalition under pressure

Portugal’s new Socialist-led coalition government is facing its first test; a strike by around half of the country’s 600,000 civil servants. Courts

29/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal elects veteran centre-right Rebelo de Sousa as president

Portugal has a new president! The veteran centre-right candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa notched up a convincing win in Sunday’s ballot, avoiding

25/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal goes to the polls for a new president

People in Portugal have been voting in the presidential election against an unstable political backdrop that has seen the country ruled by a shaky

24/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal's new president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wants to 'heal wounds'

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been elected as the new president of Portugal. Euronews followed the centre-right politician’s election campaign and

24/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal picks a new president amid turbulent political times

The people of Portugal are voting for a new president on Sunday in a country never far from political turmoil in recent months. Voters have a record

24/01/2016

Portugal

Who will Portugal choose as president on Sunday?

Analysts say the power to dissolve parliament is key

22/01/2016

Sport

Jose Peseiro joins FC Porto

Former European champions Porto have named Jose Peseiro as their new coach. The 55-year-old has signed an 18 month contract and replaces Julen

19/01/2016

Portugal

Rebelo de Sousa: the pundit leading opinion polls in Portugal's presidential election

Advance polls favour Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to win Portugal’s January 24th presidential election. He has managed to convert his years of popularity

19/01/2016

Portugal

Maria de Belém puts socialist strife aside to focus on presidency bid

Maria de Belém was the first woman to preside over the Portugal’s Socialist Party (PS), between 2011 and 2014, but she is not its official candidate

19/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal's Sampaio da Nóvoa sets sights on the presidency

Antonio Sampaio da Nóvoa wants to reset Portugal’s political clock if he is elected president on January 24. The independent candidate wants to end

19/01/2016

Portugal

Portuguese want new president to maintain political non-bias

The Portuguese will vote for a new president on the 24th of January. There are (a record) ten candidates to succeed the outgoing Cavaco Silva, but

19/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal's presidential candidates launch campaigning

A record ten candidates have officially launched their campaigning to become president of Portugal in elections on 24th January. They run as

12/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal given back four public holidays

Four public holidays have been reintroduced in Portugal, two years after they were axed in an austerity drive. The new Socialist government obtained

08/01/2016

Sport

Porto sack coach Lopetegui

Porto have sacked manager Julen Lopetegui after one and a half seasons in charge. The decision to dismiss the 49-year old comes following a poor run

08/01/2016

Economy

Will anti-austerity Portugal become the new Greece?

Is Portugal about to take the same path as Greece? That’s the question being asked as the country’s new Socialist government was sworn in promising

27/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's new government sworn in

Portugal’s new government has been sworn in, ending weeks of political uncertainty. It is led by the moderate Socialist party and backed in

27/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's political turmoil set to end as Antonio Costa named prime minister

Portugal’s president has named Socialist leader Antonio Costa as prime minister after weeks of political stalemate. The move by Anibal Cavaco Silva

24/11/2015

Portugal

Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva appoints Socialist leader António Costa Prime Minister

24/11/2015

Culture news

'Madame Bovary' and the danger inherent in art

“Madame Bovary” is considered a masterpiece and a seminal work of realism and as such one of the most influential works of fiction ever written

24/11/2015

Business Planet

Start-up city: why Lisbon is luring entrepreneurs

Lisbon has much to offer the multitudes of tourists who visit every year but it’s now also proving attractive to entrepreneurs. Under a special

13/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal government approves final details of TAP sell off

The Portuguese government has approved the final details in the sell off the country’s national airline TAP. It claimed time had run out for the

12/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's president caught in polarity that aborted the government

Portugal is hovering in uncertainty after left-wing MPs brought about the government’s collapse on Tuesday. It had stood for 11 days. Prime Minister

11/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal PM Passos Coelho defeated by anti-austerity MPs

Anti-austerity lawmakers have ousted Portugal’s centre-right government by rejecting its policy proposals less than two weeks after it was sworn in

10/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's centre-right coalition government ousted

Portugal’s centre-right coalition government has fallen less than two weeks after it was sworn in. A group of left-wing parties rejected Passos

10/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's government falls

Portugal’s centre-right coalition government has fallen less than two weeks after it was sworn in. A group of left-wing parties rejected the

10/11/2015

Portugal

Key vote could topple Portugal PM Coelho's minority government

Portugal’s prime minister has warned that leaving the path of reforms and meeting eurozone commitments would ruin the country. Pedro Passos Coelho

10/11/2015