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Prime Minister António Costa announces that nightclubs and bars will be closed and all people will work from home for at least two weeks beginning on December 25 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. There will also be capacity restrictions at shops and people will require a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter events.
2021-12-21

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announces that kindergartens, hair salons, bookshops, libraries, pre-schools and primary schools will be allowed to reopen March 15, as a part of the country's gradual easing of its two-month lockdown.
2021-03-11

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

Prime Minister António Costa announces the reinstatement of the "state of calamity" effective at midnight tonight. Gatherings will be limited to five people. Weddings and baptisms can be attended by a maximum of 50, but university parties will be banned. Fines for businesses not complying with the rules will be doubled from an upper limit of 5,000 to 10,000 euros.
2020-10-14

António Guterres, a Portuguese Catholic politician will be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations beginning January 1, 2017. He served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.
2016-12-12

António Costa, the leader of the Socialist Party, is named as the Prime Minister of Portugal.
2015-11-24

Portuguese police arrest the ex-prime minister of Portugal, José Socrates. They accuse him of corruption, fiscal fraud, and money laundering.
2014-11-25

Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas quits after disagreeing with the prime minister's choice for Finance Minister, Maria Luís Albuquerque. The Minister for the Environment and Agriculture and the Minister of Social Security are also set to resign.
2013-07-2

José Sócrates, the Prime Minister of Portugal, announces a bail out deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
2011-05-3

José Sócrates, the caretaker Prime Minister of Portugal asks the European Union for financial assistance.
2011-04-6