Portugal

Sport

Biggest wave surfed: has Hugo Vau set a new world record in Portugal?

Portugal’s Hugo Vau has surfed one of the biggest waves ever seen at Nazare, it's been claimed, but is it enough to beat the world record?

19/01/2018

Living

Of Fire and Gold

An award-winning contemporary designer gives a new life to a thousand-year old jewellery technique.

19/01/2018

Portugal

Salvador Sobral vows to return to music after successful heart operati

Musician will be awarded European Border Breakers Award

18/01/2018

Portugal

Portugal: Eight dead and dozens injured in fire and stampede

A heater is said to have exploded, triggering a fire at a local residents' association building where people had gathered for an amateur card tournament

14/01/2018

Portugal

New project launched to maximise space technology

Astropreneur project aims to encourage startup space technology and apply to other more traditional industries such as agriculture

09/01/2018

Living

Undercover in Lisbon’s secret Chinese restaurants

An adventurous food hunting and atypical dining out experience attracting both the curious and the reckless.

23/12/2017

Portugal

Portuguese Eurovision winner's heart transplant 'goes well' says docto

Portugal's Salvador Sobral, winner of this year's Eurovision song contest, had a successful heart transplant says lead surgeon.

10/12/2017

Portugal

Ronaldo wins Ballon d'Or award for joint-record fifth time

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has won the prestigious football prize - again.

07/12/2017

Portugal

The truth about Portugal's net neutrality, as explained by an expert

29/11/2017

Portugal

Portugal, in the line of fire

The smell of ash and eucalyptus still hangs in the air months after Portugal’s forest fires. Climate change, poor land management and abandoned countryside created an explosive combination, we went

21/11/2017

Portugal

Calendar starring shepherds proves an unexpected hit

2018 calendar promoting a worthy cause immediately sells out

20/11/2017

Portugal

Drought hits Portugal's honeybees

There is little of Portugal's agricultural sector that hasn't been affected by the country's ongoing drought - and honey production is no exception.

20/11/2017

Cult

Cool alert! Tattoos you can listen to

Tattoos are being linked up to people's smartphones so audio can be played with an app

20/11/2017

Sci-Tech

How is tech going to transform the way we work?

Recruitment and tech experts give their predictions for the future of work.

14/11/2017

Sci-Tech

The tech innovations that are going to change our world

13/11/2017

Focus

Lisbon WebSummit: promises and pitfalls of high tech

60,000 visitors converge on Lisbon for WebSummit where experts discuss the promises and pitfalls of ultra-fast tech developments.

09/11/2017

Portugal

British surfer breaks back in 60-foot wave wipeout

Andrew Cotton described the incident as the "worst wipeout" of his life

09/11/2017

Portugal

Drought across Spain and Portugal raises alarm

Months of high temperatures and no rain causes worst drought this century for Iberian Peninsula

09/11/2017

Portugal

Patrice Evra suspended after scuffle with supporter

Evra has been summoned to an interview that will lead to disciplinary action

03/11/2017

Portugal

Portugal fears fire risk from late heatwave

High unseasonal temperatures are good news for tourists, but bad news for Portugal's dried-out forests, with strong winds forecast.

27/10/2017

Sport

Medina wins Rip Curl Pro Portugal

Brazilian, Gabriel Medina wins the 2017 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal leaving the world title race to be decided in Hawaii

25/10/2017

Portugal

Portuguese judge uses Bible to excuse abusive husband

The appeal court judge suggested an abused women deserved to be punished for adultery

23/10/2017

Portugal

Political turmoil in Portugal over deadly forest fires

Portugal's parliament holds minute silence for forest fire victims as the political blame game begins

19/10/2017

No Comment

Deadly wildfires ravage Portugal and Spain

18/10/2017

Portugal

Portugal's interior minister resigns after fire disasters

The minister said in her resignation letter that after the fires of recent days "I considered that I didn't have the political and personal conditions to continue in my post."

18/10/2017

Portugal

Spain & Portugal suffer deadly weekend of fires

The death toll in the weekend's fires in Spain & Portugal nears 40 as rain brings some respite, but many areas still in flames.

17/10/2017