Sources: BBC
Iran seizes the "MSC Aries", a Portuguese-registered, Madeira-flagged container ship owned by Zodiac Maritime which is chaired by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer. 2024-04-13
Smoke from the wildfires in Canada reaches Portugal and Spain. 2023-06-28
Portugal's health minister Marta Temido resigns after emergency services closures. 2022-08-30
Portugal delays its easing of the COVID-19-related lockdown in Lisbon, Braga, Vale de Cambra and Odemira until June 27 amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-06-9
Portugal reports 2,101 new daily cases, its highest daily increase yet, bringing the cumulative count to 93,294 confirmed cases. 2020-10-15
Portugal reports 899 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total to 72,055 confirmed cases and 1,936 deaths. Ever since the end of national lockdown in May, this has been the sixth time that the country has registered some record increases in new cases, with all six records occurring during the month of September. 2020-09-25
Portugal reports 486 cases, their biggest increase since their lockdown was lifted in May. 2020-09-5
One person is brain dead and five people are critically ill in Rennes, France, from a clinical trial of an experimental drug made by Portuguese drug company Bial. The six men, aged 28 to 49, had been in good health prior to the start of this test. All trials on the drug are suspended. 2016-01-15
Seven defendants are found guilty of abusing children in the Casa Pia child sex abuse trial in Lisbon, Portugal. 2010-09-3
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is re-routed to Rome via Portugal on her return flight home from the United States, and is now stuck in Bolzano, Italy. 2010-04-17