News: Portugal

We have started to collect the most important news related to Portugal in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Portugal – overview

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• November 9th 2020 – October 9th 2018
• October 4th 2018 – June 20th 2017
• June 19th 2017 – August 10th 2016
• August 9th 2016 – November 10th 2015
• November 9th 2015 – April 2nd 2015
• March 31st 2015 – September 14th 2014
• September 11th 2014 – June 16th 2014
• June 11th 2014 – December 16th 2013
• November 26th 2013 – July 19th 2013
• July 17th 2013 – April 6th 2013
• April 6th 2013 – September 21st 2012
• September 11th 2012 – June 10th 2012
• June 10th 2012 – February 17th 2012
• February 14th 2012 – July 5th 2011
• June 22nd 2011 – April 1st 2011
• March 31st 2011 – January 10th 2011
• December 13th 2010 – September 15th 2010
• September 9th 2010 – May 24th 2010
• May 17th 2010 – November 11th 2009
• November 10th 2009 – October 2nd 2009
• September 29th 2009 – February 26th 2009
• February 18th 2009 – July 21st 2008
• July 17th 2008 – May 16th 2008
• May 8th 2008 – September 10th 2007
• September 9th 2007 – May 6th 2007
• May 5th 2007 – July 5th 2006
• July 1st 2006 – November 11th 2005

Portugal: news

Coronavirus: Hungary and Portugal in partial lockdown

Monday, November 9th 2020, 14:12
related countries: Hungary

Curfews and closures are tightened in Hungary and Portugal, in Europe's second wave.
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Covid-19: Austria and Portugal announce restrictions

Saturday, October 31st 2020, 22:55

A number of European countries are enforcing new measures as cases continue to rise.
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Cristiano Ronaldo: Portugal and Juventus forward tests positive for coronavirus

Tuesday, October 13th 2020, 15:05

Portugal and Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for coronavirus, the Portuguese Football Federation announces.
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Rui Pinto Football Leaks trial starts in Portugal

Friday, September 4th 2020, 10:17

Rui Pinto says he is a whistleblower not a hacker and acted to expose corruption in football.
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Coimbra train crash: Two dead after train derails in Portugal

Friday, July 31st 2020, 20:48
related places: Coimbra, Soure

The high-speed train collided with a maintenance machine in Soure in the region of Coimbra.
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Madeleine McCann suspect investigated over rape link

Wednesday, July 22nd 2020, 22:17

Portuguese police are investigating if a suspect in the case may be linked to a rape three years earlier.
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Coronavirus: UK government's quarantine-free list 'absurd'

Saturday, July 4th 2020, 9:32
related countries: United Kingdom

Portuguese leaders say the country's exclusion from a list drawn up by the UK government is "absurd".
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Portugal finally recognises consul who saved thousands from Holocaust

Tuesday, June 16th 2020, 23:23
related countries: France

Eighty years ago a Portuguese consul gave visas to thousands fleeing the invading Nazis in France.
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Coronavirus: European countries further relax restrictions

Monday, May 18th 2020, 11:39
related countries: Italy

Italy, Spain and Portugal are among European countries further relaxing virus-related restrictions.
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In pictures: The Caretos of Podence

Wednesday, February 26th 2020, 14:44
related places: Podence

Revellers, known as Caretos, race through the streets of the Portuguese village of Podence.
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Portugal MPs in move to legalise euthanasia

Friday, February 21st 2020, 16:29

Bills approved in parliament put Catholic-majority Portugal on a path to making euthanasia legal.
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Isabel dos Santos: Banker found dead in Lisbon

Thursday, January 23rd 2020, 18:09
related places: Cunha, Lisbon, Santos

He managed the account of Angola's state oil firm Sonangol, once chaired by Africa's richest woman.
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Portuguese doctor suspended after baby born without a face

Thursday, October 24th 2019, 14:41

Dr Artur Carvalho is accused of negligence in the case of baby Rodrigo and others.
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Spain cave rescue: Four Portuguese divers rescued after tunnels flood

Monday, October 21st 2019, 18:55
related countries: Spain

Four members of a Portuguese climbing club are rescued after flooding trapped them in a cave system.
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Football Leaks: Suspected hacker charged in Portugal

Thursday, September 19th 2019, 21:40

Rui Pinto is accused of illegally publishing confidential files belonging to leading football clubs.
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Portugal strike: Tanker drivers defy threat of arrest

Wednesday, August 14th 2019, 11:57

Three days into a strike, Portuguese fuel tanker drivers reject a decree to provide a minimum service.
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Portuguese police drive fuel trucks as strike bites

Tuesday, August 13th 2019, 9:47

Officers are drafted in amid a tanker driver strike that is causing shortages at petrol stations.
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Ronaldo will not face charges over alleged rape

Monday, July 22nd 2019, 20:22

A claim that the footballer assaulted a woman in 2009 cannot be proven, Las Vegas prosecutors say.
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Portugal wildfires: Huge operation tackles central Portugal blazes

Sunday, July 21st 2019, 20:11

Hundreds of firefighters spend the day battling wildfires in a forested, mountainous region.
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Portugal police convicted of attack on black youths

Monday, May 20th 2019, 22:07
related places: Lisbon

Eight are found guilty of attacking six black youths in an immigrant neighbourhood near Lisbon in 2015.
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Germany to return Portuguese Stone Cross to Namibia

Friday, May 17th 2019, 13:35
related countries: Germany, Namibia

The 500-year-old Portuguese monument was a navigation landmark on Africa's southwest coast.
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Fuel shortages across Portugal amid hauliers' strike

Wednesday, April 17th 2019, 13:19

Two days of action by tanker drivers leads to fears of nationwide disruption ahead of the Easter break.
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Football Leaks: 'Suspected hacker' detained in Hungary

Wednesday, January 16th 2019, 23:32
related countries: Hungary

A Portuguese man detained in Hungary is suspected of hacking documents from clubs, media reports say.
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Dominik Loyen: German base jumper dies in Portugal jump

Thursday, November 22nd 2018, 15:51
related countries: Germany

Dominik Loyen's parachute did not open during the 100m (330ft) base jump from a cliff in Nazaré.
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Stray cats housed in washing machines in Portuguese town

Tuesday, October 30th 2018, 13:48

A vet in Portugal is using washing machines to house stray cats in her home town.
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Campaigners want to free Portugal's tethered dogs

Tuesday, October 9th 2018, 11:24

A new campaign is taking off to free the thousands of dogs chained up in back yards.
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