Portugal

As parties have chosen lead candidates with little or no EU-level experience, the country’s clout in the European Parliament could be reduced

The military coup hastened the end of the Portuguese empire, and triggered the country’s turn towards Europe

In 1974, Portugal had the lowest wages and highest illiteracy in western Europe. Then came the Carnation Revolution

Chega’s campaign is a measure of the party’s anti-liberal, extreme character

The biggest and most dangerous surf in the world lies off Portugal, just 90 minutes north of Lisbon

A hit Netflix show is drawing tourists to the Azores, the archipelago where migration and magic are facts of life

In a momentous case, young EU citizens are hoping to arm-twist governments into impactful climate action

The gathering was a reminder that the broad secularism of north-western Europe is the exception, not the rule

Leandro Carreira’s skill with shellfish and fish is expert. Here is his dish of tiger prawns with almonds and ginger

Portuguese comedian André De Freitas is on a mission to put his country on the map, one joke at a time

A seven-week, million-step pilgrimage through Spain brings solitude, extreme heat – and some unexpected hospitality

The country’s capital, Lisbon, is buckling under the weight of visitors, including a new generation of ‘desirable’ migrants

Hidden for nearly 200 years, the embalmed organ that symbolises the bond – and tensions – between Portugal and Brazil has now gone public

It was submerged in 1922 as part of a plan to build a new reservoir. Now, after a historic drought, it returns

When the music arrived, it addressed a world, not only a country, in turmoil, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK.

After a dismal decade for centre left parties on the continent, there are now some positive signs tempered by a widespread failure to connect with voters. 

The decision to make travellers from Portugal quarantine may be “politically motivated”, an infection expert has said. Portugal will be moved from the green to amber travel list, requiring visitors and returning holidaymakers to quarantine in the UK from 4am on Tuesday. The UK’s transport secretary Grant Shapps blamed a rising infection rate and the […]

As Portugal tops the list of ‘green’ destinations for UK tourists, Will Self looks back on trips there and ahead to the future of tourism after the Covid-19 pandemic So, the list of ‘green’ destinations has been published and holiday bookings have already soared. The Great British Jet-Off – a major component of our national […]

The news you might have missed from around Europe, selected by Steve Anglesey. Cyprus’ Eurovision entry is at the centre of protests over its supposedly sacrilegious lyrics. El Diablo by Elena Tsagrinou has scandalised some in the island nation, dominated by the Greek Orthodox church, with lines like: “I gave my heart to El Diablo” […]

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on what parties of the left and centre can learn from Portugal. As I near the end of my second lockdown German course I am getting closer to the fluency I had around forty years ago before I started losing it (German, that is.) Is it too much if I do my German […]

It might seem quixotic, at a time when Spain looks like it is falling apart, but could the country’s future lie in a union with neighbour Portugal? DAVID BARKER investigates ‘Iberism’ As events in Catalonia continue to expose Spain’s core fragility and the Iberian peninsula’s vulnerability to splintering into several smaller states, it is a […]