Portugal flew about eight tonnes of donated medicine to Venezuela on Monday aboard a TAP aircraft, responding to June's deadly earthquakes. Five drug makers — Tecnimede, BIAL, FAES Farma, Menarini and Bluepharma — pooled the consignment for Venezuela's health ministry.
President António José Seguro pitched a Mediterranean-Atlantic AI Platform at the 19th COTEC Europa symposium in Venice on Wednesday, signing a memorandum with Italy's Mattarella and Spain's Felipe VI to anchor a European rights-and-democracy third way between US market and Chinese state AI models.
Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel told RTP Antena 1 on Tuesday 9 June that the Acordo das Lajes (Lajes Agreement) governing United States use of the Azores airbase will need revision — but not under the pressure of the current Middle East crisis....
Portugal will sit on the United Nations Security Council from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2028, after a 3 June vote in New York that placed Lisbon ahead of every other European candidate in the same round. It is the country's fourth election to...
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas names Sofia Moreira de Sousa as EU Ambassador to Albania and Francisco André as EU Ambassador to Brazil in a 33-post EEAS rotation announced on 4 June 2026 — Moreira de Sousa moves from the Commission's Lisbon Representation, André transfers from Mexico City.
Portugal won the UN Security Council non-permanent seat on the first round on 3 June 2026 with 134 votes — above the 128 two-thirds threshold and three votes ahead of Austria. The 2027-2028 term is Portugal's eighth on the Council and pushes Germany off the body for the first time since 1976.
Former President of the Republic Aníbal Cavaco Silva used a long-form interview broadcast by Renascença on Wednesday evening 13 May 2026 — and amplified across the Portuguese press on Thursday morning 14 May — to argue for the construction of an...
