Sources: BBC
Portugal records its hottest and driest summer since measurements began in 1931, with an average maximum temperature of 30.78 C and only 24% of normal rainfall, conditions that contributed to recent wildfires. 2025-09-5
A man in Setúbal, Portugal, shoots and kills three men during a dispute at a pigeon race, before killing himself. 2023-04-30
Portugal reports a record 17,172 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,303,291. 2021-12-28
Portugal reports a new record for the second consecutive day, of 10,698 new daily cases, bringing the nationwide cumulative total of confirmed cases to 517,806. 2021-01-14
Portugal reports 2,072 new daily cases, its highest daily increase yet, bringing the cumulative count to 91,193 confirmed cases. 2020-10-14
Portuguese voters head to the polls to elect a new session to the Assembly of the Republic. In line with opinion polls, exit polls show the incumbent Socialist Party winning the most seats, but likely not quite enough to form a majority. 2019-10-6
Hurricane-force winds from former Hurricane Leslie strike central and northern Portugal, leaving a man dead and 27 others injured. It moves through Spain as a tropical storm. 2018-10-14
Catholics in Portugal converge in a shrine in Fatima for a visit by Pope Francis. 2017-05-12
Fugitive hijacker George Wright is caught in Portugal, thirty-nine years after he and members of the Black Liberation Army took control of Delta Air Lines Flight 841 and flew it to Algeria. 2011-09-27
Airports in Morocco, Spain and Portugal reopen after days of Icelandic volcanic disruption. 2010-05-12