Sources: BBC
Portugal asks the European Union for help to fight large wildfires in the northern and central regions of the country. 2024-09-16
Portugal reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant originally detected in India. 2021-04-27
Portugal reports records for both daily counts of new cases and deaths, with 10,947 new cases and 166 deaths, bringing the nationwide cumulative totals to 539,416 confirmed cases and 8,709 deaths. 2021-01-16
Portugal reports a record 155 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,080. 2021-01-12
Portugal reports a record 95 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 5,373. 2020-12-11
Prime Minister Antonio Costa announces that Portugal will impose a localized nighttime curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., in 121 municipalities across the country, affecting 70% of the population, beginning tomorrow. People will also be prevented from leaving their homes between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. 2020-11-8
Angola reports its first confirmed cases of COVID-19, two male Angolan nationals who recently returned from Portugal. 2020-03-21
Politicians from Germany, Spain, and Portugal visit MV "Lifeline" amid negotiations for the ship to dock in Malta or Italy, both of which have refused permission. 2018-06-24
Wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 24 people and several firefighters are among 20 injured. The death toll so far is the largest due to a wildfire in Portugal since 1966. 2017-06-17
Pope Benedict XVI, accompanied by tens of thousands of pilgrims, visits the famous Catholic shrine to the Virgin Mary in Fatima, as part of his four-day visit to Portugal, and recalls the assassination attempt on his predecessor there. 2010-05-12