Keywords: Portugal


Portugal’s TAP profit plunges 92% amid one-off charge despite strong bookings

Portugal’s flagship airline, TAP Air Portugal, reported a 92% drop in its 2025 net profit due to a one-off fourth-quarter accounting charge, despite higher revenues from increased passenger numbers and improved operating margins. The airline’s net profit fell to €4.1 million ($4.78 million)......

Climate change drives deadlier Mediterranean winter storms

Human driven climate change has sharply increased the lethality and intensity of winter storms across the western Mediterranean, with recent tempests now about one third more deadly than they would have been in a pre industrial climate, according to an international team of scientists. Their assessment......

Turkish foreign minister to visit Portugal for talks on bilateral cooperation

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is scheduled to make an official visit to Portugal on Monday, where he will hold high-level talks aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. According to sources within Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry, Fidan will meet with his Portuguese......

General strike disrupts flights, trains and public services across Portugal

A nationwide strike in Portugal caused major disruptions on Thursday, affecting air travel, trains, hospitals, schools, and other public services. The unions described the action as the largest strike in more than a decade, aimed at protesting government labour reforms. Most services at Lisbon’s......

Türkiye begins construction of first military ship for the Portuguese navy

Türkiye launched the construction of the Portuguese Navy’s first Auxiliary Oiler Replenisher and Logistics Ship on Sunday with an official steel-cutting ceremony held at Istanbul’s Ada Shipyard. Haluk Görgün, head of Türkiye’s Defense Industries Presidency......

Portugal registers 29 Mpox cases since August

Portuguese health authorities confirmed 29 mpox cases in the past three months, warning of a possible increase in transmission though no new epidemic peak has been detected. According to the Directorate-General of Health (DGS) and the National Health Institute Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), 10 cases were......

Morocco and Spain set sights on stronger economic partnership

Casablanca, October 22, 2025 — The Moroccan Employers’ Confederation (CGEM) welcomed on Monday Antonio Garamendi, president of Spain’s Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE), in a symbolic visit aimed at strengthening economic ties between Morocco and Spain. During a working......

Portugal’s Parliament approves controversial Burqa ban bill seen as targeting muslim women

Lisbon, October 17, 2025 (AP/Reuters) — Portugal’s parliament has approved a bill banning face coverings such as burqas and niqabs in most public spaces, a move widely perceived as targeting Muslim women and aligning the country with several other European nations that have enacted similar......

Portugal strengthens support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for Sahara

Portugal’s Social Democratic Party (PSD), the leading party in the nation’s governing coalition, has reaffirmed its unwavering support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for Sahara. During a parliamentary session on Friday, PSD described the plan as “the most serious, credible, and constructive......