Sources: BBC
A person throws a Molotov cocktail at the consulate of Venezuela in Lisbon, Portugal. No injuries are reported. 2025-01-11
Twelve people are arrested on suspicion of arson resulting in widespread wildfires in Northern and Central Portugal that have killed at least seven people. 2024-09-18
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
Portugal reports records for both daily counts of new cases and deaths, with 10,556 new cases and 156 deaths, bringing the nationwide cumulative totals to 507,108 confirmed cases and 8,236 deaths. 2021-01-13
Portugal reports 2,072 new daily cases, its highest daily increase yet, bringing the cumulative count to 91,193 confirmed cases. 2020-10-14
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
Israeli singer Netta Barzilai wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal, with her song Toy. This is Israel's first Eurovision win in the 21st century and fourth overall. 2018-05-12
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
A bus crashes and falls into a ravine near the eastern Portuguese town of Sertã, killing 11 people and injuring 32. 2013-01-27