Sources: BBC
Portuguese home minister Maria Lúcia Amaral resigns after criticism over the government's response to Storm Kristin and other storms. 2026-02-10
Portugal's far-right Chega party becomes the lead parliamentary opposition with the second-most seats in parliament. 2025-05-29
A man in Setúbal, Portugal, shoots and kills three men during a dispute at a pigeon race, before killing himself. 2023-04-30
Portugal reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant originally detected in India. 2021-04-27
Portugal reports a record daily increase with 3,960 new cases, bringing the cumulative counts to 128,382 confirmed cases and 2,395 deaths. 2020-10-28
Portugal reports a record daily increase of 3,669 new cases, bringing the cumulative counts to 116,109 confirmed cases and 2,297 deaths. 2020-10-24
Rui Pinto begins his trial at the Central Criminal Procedure Court in Lisbon, Portugal, on charges of attempted qualified extortion, violation of secrecy, and illegally accessing information for leaking financial transactions within European association football. 2020-09-4
An Alfa Pendular high-speed train derails in Coimbra, Portugal, killing two people and injuring at least 30 others. 2020-07-31
Leaders from Germany, France and the United Kingdom hold an emergency meeting at the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit after panic selling of Irish debt spreads to Spain and Portugal. 2010-11-12
1998 Nobel Laureate José Saramago from Portugal dies at the age of 87. 2010-06-18