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.

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.

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.

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,

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).

LISBON - Portugal's parliament on Friday approved a bill allowing rural land to be more easily reclassified for urban use and allocated to affordable housing, one of the government's key proposals to curb a worsening housing crisis.

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)

This is part of Why I Moved, a recurring series about Americans building a life abroad. When New Hampshire-born Lindy Reid left the US nearly a decade ago, she didn’t plan to move to Lisbon. She just knew that she wanted a change of pace from her life in Boston.

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,

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.

For good weather, the best time to go to Portugal is March, just as spring arrives and before most of the tourist crowds appear, according to Correia. February and early April are optimal times to visit as well, Irurita says, as the weather will be mild.

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