Apr. 25, 2024 18:40 PM EDT
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Military vehicles and red carnations returned to the streets and squares of downtown Lisbon on Thursday as Portugal reenacted dramatic moments from the army coup that brought democracy to the country 50 years ago.
Tens of thousands of people attended the...
Mar. 27, 2024 13:39 PM EDT
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s newly-elected Parliament on Wednesday voted in a new house speaker, following a potentially important deal between the country's two main centrist parties.
The chamber elected José Aguiar Branco of the Social Democrats by 160 votes in favor,...
Mar. 21, 2024 14:49 PM EDT
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general election by a slender margin and is set to form a minority government that could have a difficult term in office as a radical-right populist party that came third in the voting tries to...