
Within 90 days CP must detail how private firms could run Lisbon and Porto commuter lines, pledging newer trains, tougher delay fines and more peak-hour service.

Within 90 days CP must detail how private firms could run Lisbon and Porto commuter lines, pledging newer trains, tougher delay fines and more peak-hour service.

Diaspora votes may decide Portugal's 8 Feb presidential runoff. See how consulate drives targeted campaigns mobilise Portuguese abroad and why your vote counts.

Signing the Artemis Accords boosts Portugal’s ESA investment, opens an Azores launch site and could create more than 1,600 space-tech jobs across the country.

Ex-PM José Sócrates faces fresh delays as his third defence lawyer resigns, triggering new appeals and stalling Portugal’s Operação Marquês corruption trial.

Guinea-Bissau’s junta schedules 6 December 2026 presidential and legislative elections amid coup fallout. Understand what’s at stake for Lisbon and the diaspora.

Portugal plans a joint Lusa-RTP fact-checking platform to deliver faster, transparent debunks of online misinformation ahead of upcoming elections, pending budget and governance details.

Forty years after Portugal joined the EU, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa urges Generation Z to defend freedoms, vote and innovate so Europe remains united.

Registered unemployment at IEFP fell 10.8% in Dec. 2025 to 299,423, the lowest since 2002, signalling a tight labour market and rising wage pressure in Portugal.

Portugal approves €5.4B Oiã–Soure high-speed rail segment, set to cut Lisbon–Porto trips to 75 min by 2032; discover what this means for local commuters.

Orange and red alerts as Storm Ingrid lashes Portugal with 15m waves, heavy snow from 400m and 100km/h winds. Get live updates on the Proteção Civil app.

ESA incubation hubs in Oeiras and Coimbra give Portugal's space startups €50K equity-free grants, 80h mentoring and direct ESA market access. Apply Feb 2026.

Rare solar storm lit Portugal’s skies with auroras, causing brief power glitches and GPS errors. Learn how it could affect grid operations and navigation ahead.