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
Storm Claudia makes landfall in Western Europe, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others in southern Portugal. 2025-11-15
Three Portuguese firefighters die while fighting wildfires in the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people. 2024-09-17
Three people are killed and three others are missing after a fishing boat sinks off the coast of Marinha Grande, Portugal. 2024-07-3
Three people are killed and more than 30 are injured in a bus crash on the motorway near Mealhada, Portugal. 2022-05-21
Portugal delays its easing of the COVID-19-related lockdown in Lisbon, Braga, Vale de Cambra and Odemira until June 27 amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-06-9
Rui Pinto begins his trial at the Central Criminal Procedure Court in Lisbon, Portugal, on charges of attempted qualified extortion, violation of secrecy, and illegally accessing information for leaking financial transactions within European association football. 2020-09-4
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
A heat boiler explodes at a community center in Vila Nova da Rainha, Tondela, Portugal, leaving at least eight people dead and thirty five injured. 2018-01-14
Wildfires in Spain and Portugal kill at least 31 people, which were worsened by strong winds brought by Hurricane Ophelia. 2017-10-16