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Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigns amid an ongoing corruption probe.
2023-11-7

President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa calls a snap election for January 30 after the Socialist Party was defeated in a key budget vote last week.
2021-11-4

Prime Minister António Costa says that an overnight curfew beginning at 11:00 p.m. will be in effect in the country on New Year's Eve. He also added that people would not be allowed to leave their homes between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. from January 1 to 3.
2020-12-17

Former President and Prime Minister of Portugal Mário Soares dies at the age of 92.
2017-01-7

Former Prime Minister of Portugal António Guterres is sworn in as the new United Nations Secretary General.
2016-12-12

Three leftist parties announce their ability to form a government, making it likely that Pedro Passos Coelho will no longer be Prime Minister.
2015-11-7

Portuguese police arrest the ex-prime minister of Portugal, José Socrates. They accuse him of corruption, fiscal fraud, and money laundering.
2014-11-25

Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas quits after disagreeing with the prime minister's choice for Finance Minister, Maria Luís Albuquerque. The Minister for the Environment and Agriculture and the Minister of Social Security are also set to resign.
2013-07-2

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

The Prime Minister of Portugal José Sócrates resigns after the parliament rejects austerity measures.
2011-03-23