Sources: BBC
Storm Claudia makes landfall in Western Europe, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others in southern Portugal. 2025-11-15
Portugal issues warnings of temperatures as high as 43 °C amid a drought and wildfires in parts of the country. 2022-07-8
Three people are killed and more than 30 are injured in a bus crash on the motorway near Mealhada, Portugal. 2022-05-21
Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden expel over 100 Russian diplomatic staff from their countries. Latvia closes the Russian consulates in Daugavpils and Liepāja, while Estonia closes the Russian diplomatic facilities in Narva and Tartu. These actions come as a reaction to the newly revealed Bucha massacre. 2022-04-5
Portugal reports a record 167 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,028. 2021-01-18
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 1,278 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total to 82,534 confirmed cases and 2,050 deaths. This is the first time that the country has reported more than 1,000 cases since April. 2020-10-8
Exit polls show Portugal’s center-right government, in its first contest since tough austerity measures were launched to combat a debt crisis, is headed for victory, but, could lose its majority in parliament. 2015-10-4
Voters in Portugal go to the polls for the Portuguese legislative election after months of a caretaker government and financial problems that led to a request for an international bailout - the opposition Social Democrats led by Pedro Passos Coelho won. 2011-06-5