Sources: BBC
Storm Claudia makes landfall in Western Europe, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others in southern Portugal. 2025-11-15
The Portuguese parliament approves a ban on face veils for "gender or religious" reasons and making it punishable by up to {{Euro}}2,000. The bill, promoted by right-wing party Chega, is passed to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for review. 2025-10-17
Portugal asks the European Union for help to fight large wildfires in the northern and central regions of the country. 2024-09-16
Portugal's health minister Marta Temido resigns after emergency services closures. 2022-08-30
German authorities formally identify a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of a British three-year-old girl in Portugal. 2022-04-22
Portugal reports its first two identified cases of COVID-19 infection with the Lineage P.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2, both of which were detected in the Lisbon metropolitan area. 2021-02-10
Several European Union states, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal and Spain, officially recognize Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro rejects the European ultimatum to call a new snap election. Other European Union countries, such as Greece and Ireland, stop short of recognizing Guaidó, while Italy's leading coalition party, the 5 Star Movement, declares that it is not "for the EU to tell another nation what to do". 2019-02-4
Portugal's António Guterres begins his term as United Nations Secretary-General, replacing South Korea's Ban Ki-moon. 2017-01-1
Espírito Santo Financial Group, the holding company for Portugal's second largest bank, Banco Espírito Santo, files for creditor protection in Luxembourg. 2014-07-18
China Three Gorges Corp. wins a bid for its 21% stake in EDP-Energias de Portugal SA with an offer of €2.69 billion ($3.51 billion), in the first of a series of sales of state-owned assets under Portugal's austerity program. This is the first time a mainland Chinese firm has acquired a significant stake in a southern European company. 2011-12-23