International news and developments affecting Portugal and its global relationships.
Final TSE figures: Lula took 60 percent in Lisbon and Porto, Flávio Bolsonaro 52.7 percent in Faro. Turnout in Portugal rose to 43.9 percent. Bolsonaro says he will go to court. Missed the vote? You have until 8 January 2027 to justify it.
The foreign ministry located the two siblings but logged two new disappearances the same day. Across Nepal and Tibet the count published on Sunday morning stands at 750 dead and 3,044 missing, of whom 261 in Tibet are foreign nationals.
US investigators have identified Business United Unipessoal Lda. as an alleged intermediary in a helicopter-engine sale to Iran. Miguel Frasquilho, a company once linked to him, denies any involvement.
Ambassador Frederico Silva says only 'a very small number' of Portuguese have been repatriated after June's La Guaira earthquake, which killed at least 6,125 people — 138 of them Portuguese and luso-descendants. The deeply rooted community, he says, wants to rebuild in Venezuela.
The PAIGC leader arrived in Lisbon on a TAP flight after a Bissau court granted him a 90-day medical leave that bars him from politics; Portugal is hosting him 'for medical and humanitarian reasons.'
Portugal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has publicly endorsed the proposal by EU High Representative Kaja Kallas to lift European sanctions on Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, in a diplomatic move that carries particular significance...
Portugal has indicated it is willing to attend meetings of Donald Trump's newly formed Peace Council as an observer, a cautious diplomatic step that reflects Lisbon's effort to remain engaged in Middle East peace efforts without fully endorsing Washington's controversial initiative.
