Portugal Voter apathy grips Portugal ahead of Sunday's general election Voters in Portugal look set to express their dissatisfaction with traditional politics by not voting in Sunday’s general election. In 2011 a record 01/10/2015
World Portugal's voters: expecting little, wanting more The polling forecast for Portugal’s October 4th elections is that the centre-right coalition now in power or the socialists will win. In the streets 30/09/2015
Portugal Portuguese elections: when, how and what What is happening and when? The polls open on October 4 at 9:00 local time (11am CET) and close at 7pm on the mainland (9pm CET), when exit polls 29/09/2015
Portugal Novo Banco: more protests over lost assets There have been more protests outside the offices of Portugal’s rescued bank, Novo Banco. Customers want savings lost when the bank was created from 09/09/2015
Portugal Former Portugal PM Socrates leaves jail for house arrest Portugal’s former prime minister Jose Socrates has left prison for house arrest after more than nine months behind bars. Jailed as a preventive 04/09/2015
Portugal Portuguese firefighters battle blaze to save forests In central Portugal up to 400 firefighters are still battling a blaze in the Serra da Estrela Natural Park. The flames have already destroyed around 13/08/2015
Portugal Forest fires: are some being started deliberately? Forest fires are raging across the northwestern Iberian peninsula, threatening homes and livelihoods. A large fire in Mangualde in Portugal has now 11/08/2015
Portugal BES: angry savers clamour for their cash in Portugal Angry customers clamour to get their savings back from the collapsed Portuguese bank Espirito Santo. It is a battle of “Davids versus a Goliath” 10/08/2015
Portugal Former head of collapsed Portuguese bank under house arrest Ricardo Selgado is being investigated over allegations of forgery, breach of trust, tax evasion and money laundering 25/07/2015
Portugal Portuguese president announces general election Portuguese President, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, has announced that his country’s general election will take place on October 4, 2015. The ruling 22/07/2015
Portugal Portugal: Armando Vara arrested in same corruption case as former PM Armando Vara has become the latest Portuguese ex-government official to be arrested as part of an ongoing corruption investigation. The 61-year-old 11/07/2015
Portugal Portugal's former first lady Maria Barroso has died aged 90 Portugal’s former first lady Maria Barroso has died. Lisbon’s Red Cross Hospital said the ex-actress died on Tuesday, 10 days after being admitted 07/07/2015
Portugal Portugal makes final tribute to footballer Eusebio The remains of legendary footballer Eusebio have been placed in Portugal’s National Pantheon, where outstanding historic figures are kept. His 04/07/2015
Portugal Three dead and dozens injured in tourist bus crash in Portugal A bus crash in southern Portugal has left three tourists dead and 30 others injured. The vehicle was transporting Dutch visitors, who had arrived at 20/06/2015
Culture news Portuguese singer Antonio Zambujo wows audiences in Lyon António Zambujo is part of the new generation of Portuguese musicians. He started as a fado singer, but put it, bossanova, vocal jazz and folk music 18/06/2015
Portugal Lisbon marches to St Anthony's Day tunes The Lisbon Festival or Festas de Lisboa is underway with a series of concerts and festivals, held each year in many of the cities oldest 13/06/2015
Portugal Portuguese police make record drugs bust Portuguese police have made a record drugs bust in the north of the country. The Republican National Guard carried out a huge operation resulting in 09/06/2015
Portugal Portugal: children's mock riot sparks social media storm Cops and robbers has long been a classic children’s game. But it seems that youngsters taking part in a mock riot is a step too far for some 04/06/2015
Portugal France-UK drugs sting nets cocaine haul in Azores A joint French-British anti-drugs operation was behind the seizure last week of an estimated 70 million euros worth of cocaine in the Azores, the 30/05/2015
Sport Volvo Ocean Race: Team Brunel claims leg 7 Team Brunel produced a superb display to claim the seventh leg of the Volvo Ocean Race in Lisbon on Wednesday. The Dutch boat, skippered by Bouwe 27/05/2015