Sources: BBC
A court in Lisbon, Portugal, orders Chega presidential candidate André Ventura to remove campaign posters targeting the Romani people within 24 hours, ruling that the materials are discriminatory and may incite hatred, or face daily fines of €2,500 (US$2,940) per poster. 2025-12-23
Portugal reports 899 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total to 72,055 confirmed cases and 1,936 deaths. Ever since the end of national lockdown in May, this has been the sixth time that the country has registered some record increases in new cases, with all six records occurring during the month of September. 2020-09-25
Archaeologists discover a centuries-old shipwreck near the Portugal coast of Cascais. 2018-09-22
The Eurogroup selects Mário Centeno, Portugal's Minister of Finance, to succeed Jeroen Dijsselbloem as their next president. 2017-12-4
A Canadair firefighting plane reportedly crashes in Pedrógão Grande, central Portugal, while tackling raging wildfires. However, this claim has been denied by Portuguese authorities. 2017-06-20
A bus crashes and falls into a ravine near the eastern Portuguese town of Sertã, killing 11 people and injuring 32. 2013-01-27
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
The European Commission denounces international credit ratings agencies as "questionable" after Portugal is downgraded by Moody's, while Greece's foreign minister Stavros Lambrinidis calls their behaviour "madness". 2011-07-6
1998 Nobel Laureate José Saramago from Portugal dies at the age of 87. 2010-06-18
Airports in Morocco, Spain and Portugal reopen after days of Icelandic volcanic disruption. 2010-05-12