The Latest Breaking News from Antonio Costa

Portugal's ruling Socialist Party picked former infrastructure minister Pedro Nuno Santos as its leader on Saturday, ahead of a snap election called after his predecessor Antonio Costa resigned as prime minister and party head amid a corruption investigation.

Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced resignation after chief of staff was arrested amid corruption probe.

Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa issued a dire new warning on Thursday to the prime minister after their rift put the country on the verge of a full-blown political crisis, but refrained from using his power to dissolve parliament.

Portuguese opposition parties called on the president on Wednesday to use his power to dissolve parliament over a growing scandal around state-owned airline TAP, although analysts see the majority Socialist government surviving - for now at least.

Lisbon (AFP) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday held talks with his Portuguese counterpart, kicking off his first European tour since resuming office in January, amid tensions with the West over the war in Ukraine.

Portugal on Monday approved an additional 3.57% hike in public pensions from July following criticism that it was benefiting from rising tax revenues due to high inflation without sharing those gains with the country's 3.7 million pensioners.

Police say the attacker is in custody after he was shot and wounded for failing to put down his knife.

Police shot suspect ‘armed with large knife’ when called to centre in Lisbon

Police have shot a man after two people were stabbed to death and another person was injured at an Ismaili Muslim centre in Lisbon, Portugal's prime minister has said.