Portugal

Portugal

Fans gather in Portugal for the Eurovision finale

Eurovision fans are gathering in Portugal ahead of the annual song contest. With the semi finals out of the way, 43 countries will take part in Saturday's event at the Altice Arena in Lisbon.

11/05/2018

Portugal

Who made it through to the final of Eurovision 2018?

Find out what happened on Thursday when 18 countries were competing to make it through to the final of Eurovision on Saturday evening.

10/05/2018

Portugal

'Women support women!' Eurovision presenter Catarina Furtado on her team

Portuguese television star Catarina Furtado, 45, is one of four women that will present this year’s Eurovision. She has been speaking to Euronews about what the song contest means to her and how it links in with her charity work to improve women’s rights.

10/05/2018

Portugal

English song dominance on the decline at Eurovision 2018

Eurovision likes to trumpet its diversity but the truth is songs have become almost monolingual. But is there fresh hope for those who want a bit more linguistic variety at the annual song contest?

09/05/2018

Portugal

ICYMI: Who stole the show at the Eurovision Song Contest first semi final?

It is that time of the year! Lisbon welcomes the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest.

08/05/2018

Sport

Porto fans celebrate Primeira Liga title win

Porto fans headed to the city centre's Liberdade Square to celebrate their first league crown for five seasons - a result which ends Benfica's recent dominance where they had captured the last four Primeira Liga titles.

06/05/2018

Cult

The Eusebio legend revealed in new movie "Ruth"

The prodigy's early days were far from straightforward, and his contested transfer from Mozambique to Portugal became a bitter struggle between rivals Benfica and Sporting Lisbon.

03/05/2018

Sport

Watch: Brazilian 'breaks world record' for biggest wave surfed

Surfer Rodrigo Koxa broke the record as he managed to take on the huge swell at the famous Nazaré break in Portugal.

30/04/2018

Portugal

Eurovision 2018: First-time host Portugal keeps it simple

Organisers in Lisbon won't be putting on light-shows or videowalls for acts taking part in the annual songfest on May 12. Performers can, however, provide their own effects

27/04/2018

Portugal

Greece: economic health in grim state

Former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis spoke after EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Greece would this year get back to "normal."

26/04/2018

Portugal

Portugal's Carnation Revolution through the eyes of a coup leader

It was one of the most important days in Portugal's recent history, when four decades of authoritarian rule would abruptly end.

25/04/2018

Portugal

Legal gender change set to get easier in Portugal under new law

The new legislation makes Portugal only the sixth European nation to allow a change of gender without medical or state intervention, according to activists.

14/04/2018

Portugal

Portuguese film pays tribute to a WWI hero

Portuguese cinema pays tribute to their greatest hero of World War I, soldier Anibal Augusto Mihais, nicknamed ‘Soldier Millions’, which is the name of the film. In April 1918, while his companions were all killed or wounded, remained in his trench fighting the Germans.

10/04/2018

Portugal

Sky's the limit as Portugal gets more electricity than it consumes from renewables

March production exceeded consumption by more than 3%, and country could have totally green electricity by 2040 says study.

04/04/2018

Portugal

Hundreds of volunteers plant trees to replace Portugal's burned forest

Portugal has started the process of recovering huge areas of forest lost in fires that struck the country last year. On Sunday over 3,000 volunteers planted around 67,000 trees in Leiria in central Portugal. More than 80 percent of the pine forest was lost in the blazes that also claimed 114 lives.

26/03/2018

Portugal

Portuguese doctors neglect their shots in midst of measles outbreak

Uptick in measles cases mostly localised around one Porto hospital where some health professionals appear to have neglected their vaccination regimes.

25/03/2018

Next Series

European research teams find new ways to map the seafloor

Armed with what looks like a small army of autonomous robots, a European research team are finding new ways to explore the seafloor.

19/03/2018

Cult

Portuguese cartoonists take aim at Trump and Kim Jong-un

In the exhibition opening in Vila Franca de Xira artists from across Portugal use their work to frame the world of 2017.

07/03/2018

Cult

Canada and South Korea take top prizes at Fantasporto 38

Film festival again throws up its fair share of surprises, but can someone tell us where our reporter Ricardo Figueria has gone?

05/03/2018

No Comment

Two Iberian lynx released in Portugal

The Portuguese Forestry and Nature Conservation Institute (ICNF) released on Friday two Iberian Lynx, in Guadiana Valley Natural Park, Serpa.

04/03/2018

No Comment

Rare snow in the Azores turns Pico mountain white

"Like a snow cone in the middle of the Atlantic ocean"

27/02/2018

Business Planet

Going global: what do SMEs need to do to tap into international markets?

Find out how one all-female SME on the Portuguese island of Madeira has successfully conquered the international stage.

09/02/2018

Portugal

Portugal police snatch substance set to make millions of ecstasy pills

Around 4.5 tons of BMK has been seized after a joint operation involving Dutch and Belgian authorities

07/02/2018

Cult

"Misfit" is the new album from The Legendary Tigerman, now on tour

New single "Fix of rock 'n' roll" drops ahead of April album release.

19/01/2018

Sport

Biggest wave surfed: has Hugo Vau set a new world record in Portugal?

Portugal’s Hugo Vau has surfed one of the biggest waves ever seen at Nazare, it's been claimed, but is it enough to beat the world record?

19/01/2018

Living

Of Fire and Gold

An award-winning contemporary designer gives a new life to a thousand-year old jewellery technique.

19/01/2018