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Portugal

Portugal faces snap elections after MPs reject budget

Portuguese MPs have rejected the proposed 2022 state budget, leading to the likelihood of an early election.

26/10/2021

Portugal

Portugal could see snap election as coalition in tatters over budget

A political crisis is looming in Portugal as the minority Socialist government struggles to win support for its state budget from other left-of-centre parties.

25/10/2021

Portugal

'Portuguese Schindler' honoured in ceremony at National Pantheon

Portugal has paid tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a diplomat who helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution during World War II.

19/10/2021

Portugal

Portugal seizes cocaine worth €200m from yacht in Atlantic Ocean

The haul is reported to be one of the largest hauls in Europe in recent years and the biggest in Portugal for 15 years.

18/10/2021

Health news

Why is Snoop Dogg betting big on Europe’s cannabis scene?

The rapper is the co-founder of Casa Verde, a VC fund based in Los Angeles that focuses on the cannabis industry.

12/10/2021

Portugal

Brexit: UK's Lord Frost offers EU 'new legal text' on N Ireland

David Frost's speech in Portugal follows a war of words between London and Brussels over the post-Brexit protocol that the UK government wants changed.

12/10/2021

Health news

Portugal moves to outlaw anti-gay blood donation prejudice

Portugal's parliament has passed four new laws preventing discrimination against blood donors based on their sexual orientation.

08/10/2021

Culture news

'Andy': Gus Van Sant brings Warhol's early life to musical theatre

A young Portuguese cast brings Warhol's encounters with the likes of American writer Truman Capote, actress Edie Sedgwick, art critic Clement Greenberg and musician Lou Reed to life.

23/09/2021

Portugal

Portugal has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the world

"We've won a battle. I don't know if we've won the war against the virus. This is a world war," said Henrique Gouveia e Melo, the navy officer in charge of Portugal's vaccine rollout.

23/09/2021

Portugal

Astrotourists head to Portugal for international event

A huge increase in so-called Astrotourism has been marked, in Portugal, by the first international congress to discuss the preservation of night sky and access to starlight

19/09/2021

Culture news

Wine leads the way out of tourism slump for Portugal, Greece and Italy

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) held the fifth global wine tourism conference in Portugal. Food and wine may be the solution to increased numbers of visitors, even in a pandemic year.

15/09/2021

Portugal

Portugal's former president Jorge Sampaio dies aged 81

Current president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said in a televised address that Sampaio fought for "freedom and equality".

10/09/2021

Sci-Tech

Summer School for Female Leadership aims to close gender gap

In partnership with Huawei

Women in leadership positions are still not a matter of course. The Summer School for Female Leadership aims to foster young hopefuls, teaching them to code, to speak publicly with confidence and work on their careers

07/09/2021

Sport

Cristiano Ronaldo breaks men's international goalscoring record

Cristiano Ronaldo became the highest-scoring man in international football history, after reaching 111 goals in Portugal's World Cup Qualifier on Wednesday.

01/09/2021

Portugal

Spain and Portugal brace for wildfires with temperatures set to soar

Portugal’s prime minister warned the hot weather increases the threat of wildfires, which in 2017 killed more than 100 people in his country.

11/08/2021

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Dolphins back in Lisbon's Tagus River

Dolphins have returned to Lisbon's Tagus River, prompting a new wave of tourism to see them.

08/08/2021

Portugal

Towards 'total freedom': Portugal eases COVID-19 restrictions

As COVID-19 indicators improve, Portugal plans to relax pandemic measures introduced last month to curb the fast-spreading Delta variant, including localised curfews.

29/07/2021

Portugal

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Portugal's 1974 revolution leader, dies

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, who led Portugal's 'Carnation Revolution' in 1974 and brought about huge social and political change, has died aged 84.

25/07/2021

Cult

Italian cartoonist Gio is the big winner at the World Press Cartoon 2021

The 15th edition of the World Press Cartoon is underway in Caldas Da Rainha. It’s home to a world of graphic humour and it showcases the best of caricatures and humoristic and editorial cartoons.

21/07/2021

Travel News

Portugal flights disrupted in second day of airports strike

A strike by ground handling workers at Portugal's airports forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights this weekend.

18/07/2021

Business Planet

Safe travels: the seal seeking to save summer

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet heads to Portugal to find out how the new European Tourism COVID-19 Safety Seal aims to save both the holiday sector and keep tourists safe on their travels.

16/07/2021

Earth News

Raw dog food poses major international public health risk

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been found in multiple samples of raw dog food, making the substance an overlooked driver of antibiotic resistance.

12/07/2021

Travel News

Stricter rules and absent tourists put Portugal's restaurants in tough spot

Stricter rules and absent tourists put Portugal's restaurants in tough spot

11/07/2021

Portugal

Portugal reimposes curfew due to spread of Delta COVID-19 variant

Portugal will reimpose a nightly curfew from Friday in 45 municipalities, including Lisbon, the government has said.

01/07/2021

World

António Costa: Europe needs "reform and investment"

"Only those who want to be part of the Union are in the Union and those who are in the Union are there because they share those values and those values are not conditional" - Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, gives his insight into the pandemic and EU relations with Hungary and Russia.

29/06/2021

Portugal

Portuguese man convicted of racist murder of black actor

A Portuguese court has sentenced a 76-year-old man to more than 22 years in prison for the racist murder of black actor Bruno Candé.

29/06/2021