Portugal’s government reiterated that the planned privatization of state-owned airline TAP SA will only go ahead if it can guarantee that the carrier keeps its hub in Lisbon and its strategic routes,

Deadly wildfires in Los Angeles forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes but a widely shared video of a mass of people sleeping in an outdoor field was not filmed in the United States' second largest city.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Lajes Field in the Azores in 2022. The base in the Portuguese island chain provides an important mid-Atlantic link for U.S. and allied forces traveling to and from Europe, Africa and the Middle East. (Edgar Grimaldo/U.S. Air Force)

MADRID, LISBON - Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares and Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro reaffirmed their countries' commitment to spending 2% of GDP on defence by 2029, with the latter signalling that this could happen sooner than expected.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states of the alliance on Monday to step up defence spending beyond their common goal of 2% of national output set a decade ago, saying this was now too low because of new challenges.

Some of the missing suitcases were reportedly found by police at 40-year-old lawmaker Miguel Arruda's home. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Portugal on Monday said it was ready to bring forward its planned increases on defence spending -- among the lowest in NATO -- to meet the defence alliance's two-percent of GDP minimum before 2029. And after a meeting on Monday with Rutte in Lisbon,

Air France-KLM is exploring potential cooperation on sustainable aviation fuel with Portuguese partners ahead of the privatisation of Portugal's flag carrier TAP, a spokesperson for the airline said on Tuesday.

This is the third alleged rape reported in the last week in the same area. The first complaint was made by an Erasmus student living in Portugal, who claims to have been the victim of abuse by two or three men, on January 19, after leaving a TVDE vehicle and heading home, at 4am in the morning, on Escadinhas da Saúde.

Museu Calouste Gulbenkian in suburban Lisbon houses about 6000 pieces of exquisite art collected in the first half of the 20th century by British-Armenian oil entrepreneur Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869-1955).

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed continued support for Ukraine with the leadership of Portugal and Spain. — Ukrinform.

RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, has unveiled the Festival da Cançao 2025 competing acts and entries. Festival da Canção 2025 will consist of