Government to Exempt Church Abuse Compensation From Tax
Proposed law ensures EUR 1.6M in compensation for 57 abuse victims keeps its full value.
Portugal
General news and stories about Portugal.
France-Portugal Treaty of Porto Enters Force — Defence, Energy, and Atlantic Cooperation Now Legally Binding
The Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between France and Portugal — signed in Porto on 28 February 2025 by President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro — formally entered into force on 12 April 2026, binding the two countries to...
US Orders for Portuguese Wine Dry Up as 15 Per Cent Tariff Bites — Industry Warns of Market Loss Above 20 Per Cent
American importers have stopped placing orders for Portuguese wine, according to the president of the National Association of Wine and Spirits Traders and Exporters (ANCEVE), as a 15 per cent US tariff on EU wines reshapes transatlantic trade flows....
IAG Walks Away From TAP Sale — Lufthansa and Air France-KLM Left as Only Bidders for Portugal's Flag Carrier
IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia, has formally withdrawn from the race to acquire a stake in TAP Air Portugal, leaving Lufthansa Group and Air France-KLM as the only two bidders in what has become Europe's most consequential...
Porto's New Babell Festival Brings Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, and a Nobel Laureate to the City — Your Ticket Is a Book
Porto will host its first major international literary festival from 24 to 30 June, with a headline programme that includes Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk, and German-Korean philosopher Byung-Chul...
Flight Bookings to Portugal Jump 21 Per Cent as Travellers Swap the Middle East for the Algarve
Portugal has recorded a 21 per cent year-on-year surge in flight bookings and a 16 per cent rise in hotel searches as international travellers redirect summer plans away from the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean, according to industry data...
Lisbon Consulate Becomes First Brazilian Diplomatic Post Abroad to Issue New Biometric Identity Card
Brazil's Consulate-General in Lisbon has become the first diplomatic post outside the country to issue the Carteira de Identidade Nacional (CIN), the biometric national identity card that is progressively replacing the decades-old Registro Geral...