Portugal

A government plane from the South American nation of Venezuela landed in Athens on Saturday, March 2 at 14:00 local time (12:00 GMT) and reportedly stayed there for approximately four hours. This odd occurrence was revealed by Greece's SKAI TV...

Dramatic footage from last Saturday's rescue of a 47-year-old Greek captain in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean has been released by the Portuguese Air Force. The man was airlifted from the vessel Minerva Gloria, as it sailed 420 kilometers...

Greece’s Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas, accompanied by visiting Portuguese Interior Minister Eduardo Cabrita, paid a joint visit to the Eleonas refugee reception center, located in central Athens, on Tuesday. Cabrita, who is in Greece on an official visit, traveled...

Patrons at a bar in central Athens heaved a sigh of relief on Monday when Portugal reached the knock-out stage of the World Cup after a nail-biting final few minutes against Iran. Throughout the game they were cheering for Portugal...

Greece and Cyprus are competing on Tuesday for a place in the final of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest which is taking place in Portugal for the first time. Nineteen countries are competing in the semi-final. Only 10 will qualify...

Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno has been elected the new head of the so-called eurogroup, the body made up of the single currency bloc's finance ministers. In a tweet following the election, the European Union said he had been elected...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke with his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa on Sunday to express his condolences for the dozens of victims of the forest fires raging in the country, his office said in a statement. The premier also...

The ECOFIN decided on Tuesday to launch excessive deficit procedures for Portugal and Spain. Greece's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos argued against the decisions, but did not have sufficient backing to block the procedures against both countries, that Tsakalotos notes...

The migrant and refugee issue and EU security matters will dominate the contacts between the political leadership of Portugal and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday in Lisbon. Commissioner Avramopoulos, the President of Portugal...

Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa will pay an official visit to Athens on Monday to support Greece at this critical time for the bailout program review and the refugee crisis. The Portuguese prime minister and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...