Sources: BBC
Guinea-Bissau expels representatives of Portuguese news agency Lusa and public broadcaster RTP from the country. Portugal summons the Guinea-Bissauan ambassador over the move. 2025-08-15
Portugal's Constitutional Court blocks a parliamentary bill that would require most legally resident immigrants to wait two years before applying for family reunification, ruling that it violates constitutional protections for family unity. 2025-08-8
In association football, FIFA awards the 2030 FIFA World Cup to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, making it the first FIFA World Cup tournament to be hosted in North Africa. The opening ceremony will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay, to mark the 100th anniversary of the competition. 2023-10-4
France imposes a mandatory requirement for a negative COVID-19 test result from the previous 24 hours for unvaccinated people travelling from Cyprus, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom due to concerns over the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. 2021-07-18
The Portuguese Assembly of the Republic approves a 15-day extension of the state of emergency beginning November 24 in order to allow a continuation of measures aimed to stop the spread of COVID-19. The current state of emergency will expire on November 23. 2020-11-20
Portugal reports 2,608 new daily cases, its highest daily increase yet, bringing the cumulative count to 95,902 confirmed cases. 2020-10-16
Portugal reports 1,394 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative totals to 83,928 confirmed cases and 2,062 deaths. Ever since the end of national lockdown in May, this has been the ninth time that the country has registered some record increases in new cases, with all other eight records occurring since the beginning of September. 2020-10-9
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
The European Union aims to complete Portugal's bailout of approximately €80 billion in exchange for cuts before a new government is elected in June, with the previous government having fallen at the loss of a parliamentary vote on imposing similar austerity measures. 2011-04-8
The Portuguese parliament approves a bill to legalise same-sex marriage. 2010-01-8