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Farfetch, Portugal’s ‘first unicorn’, in $500m rescue deal // Brazilian mum speaks about twins' expensive medical treatment

Marcelo puts government into caretaker mode // Commission recommends new Lisbon airport in Alcochete

Asylum seekers 'sleeping on benches' at Lisbon airport // Car use triples, at cost of walkability and climate

Almost 30 arrested in human trafficking operation // Attorney-general says she’s not at fault for PM resigning

Three Portuguese citizens die in Gaza bombing // Fallout from investigation that toppled government continues

President calls elections for March // Detainees in investigation released // Cash found hidden in books

Prime minister resigns amid corruption probe // Guinness World Records investigates oldest dog age claims

Calls for Portugal to address slavery legacy // Ukraine’s president to visit Portugal

Prime minister to scrap NHR tax status // Thousands march to demand right to housing // Youth face off in climate battle

Hundreds of thousands of applications remain before SEF abolition // New government effort to combat interest rates

Marcelo criticised for ‘sexist’ cleavage comment // Portuguese youth in ‘David v Goliath’ climate court battle

Rui Pinto escapes jail time in Football Leaks hacking case // Covid-19 vaccination campaign to kick off ‘in force’

New drug law enacted // Serra da Estrela covered in hail

President vetoes housing package as Lisbon rents soar // Heat waves in Portugal to double or worse

Maximum fire danger for more than 80 councils // Summer fails to live up to tourism sector’s ‘best ever’ expectations

Pope leaves Portugal after week marked by heat and church crisis // Firefighters injured as flames roar in hot weather

‘Azores High’ saves Portugal from heatwave // Economy soaring in nation beset by other problems

‘City won’t stop’ as World Youth Day plans revealed // Lisbon accused of ‘sweeping the homeless under the rug’

TAP report clearing government of responsibility harshly criticised // Strikes to hit Lisbon for Pope visit

Portuguese politicians criticise ECB after Sintra summit // National rail pass proposed and contactless payments come to Lisbon

Portugal’s role in the Titanic sub rescue attempt // Arrests over illegal clam exporting and worker exploitation allegations

TAP inquiry wraps up with evidence from key players // Experts criticise lack of help for smokers wanting to quit

Pope to meet with church victims in Portugal // Teachers criticised for ‘offensive’ placards of prime minister

Environment agency gives tentative green light to lithium mine // Santos Populares summer festas begin

Madeleine McCann disappearance: Police to search Algarve dam // Calls for minister to resign after hearings probe firing saga

Euthanasia law set to be approved // Smoking banned in more places

President criticises prime minister but spurns new elections // Spy head ordered controversial computer search

Prime minister rejects under-fire minister’s resignation // Decades-old temperature record falls

Brazilian President Lula visits Portugal in 10-year first // Major Lisbon traffic restrictions to last for a year

Portugal among most at risk from housing market pressures // ‘Devastating’ effects of pandemic being felt in schools

SEF to be gone within six months // Families fight to stop demolition of homes in self-built neighbourhood

Two killed in knife attack on Ismaili Muslim centre // Housing crisis protests marked by police confrontation

Government scraps VAT on list of ‘essential items’ // TAP returns to profit after years of losses

Number of strikes soars, public service paralysed // Ferry company buys nine electric boats without batteries

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Evictions on the rise as housing plans and golden visa changes come into shape // Passengers left on stopped packed train during strike

Tens of thousands eligible for rental subsidy // Vaccine update as expert predicts WHO change

New Airbnbs banned and Golden Visa scrapped // Accused priests risk expulsion from church

Church commission says 4800 victims 'tip of the iceberg' // Analysing Lisbon’s earthquake risk

Court rules euthanasia law unconstitutional again // Housing help package promised

Man arrested over death threat to president // Lisbon's multimillion-dollar Pope altar criticised

Second COVID-19 booster available for all adults // Push to block foreign-based property purchases

Future government leaders to be quizzed on potential legal, ethical, issues // Teachers fill Lisbon streets in massive protest

String of ministers sacked from government // Portugal demands Covid-19 tests for passengers from China