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A person throws a Molotov cocktail at the consulate of Venezuela in Lisbon, Portugal. No injuries are reported.
2025-01-11

Citizens in Portugal vote for the 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic.
2024-03-10

In Portugal, a waterbombing plane crashes in Vila Nova de Foz Côa while fighting wildfires in the region, killing the pilot, and in Spain, around 2,300 people are evacuated from the Costa del Sol due to wildfires in the Mijas hills.
2022-07-16

The parliament of Portugal passes legislation to legalize euthanasia.
2021-01-29

The Portuguese Assembly of the Republic approves a 15-day extension of the state of emergency beginning November 24 in order to allow a continuation of measures aimed to stop the spread of COVID-19. The current state of emergency will expire on November 23.
2020-11-20

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

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

A bus crashes and falls into a ravine near the eastern Portuguese town of Sertã, killing 11 people and injuring 32.
2013-01-27

The International Monetary Fund approves a 26 billion euro loan to Portugal as part of a joint bailout package with the European Union to try to resolve the European sovereign debt crisis.
2011-05-20

The Portuguese parliament approves a bill to legalise same-sex marriage.
2010-01-8