The Latest Breaking News from António Costa

The country is scrapping the 20% flat tax rate foreign workers pay in the country, which has driven inequality in major cities.

Portuguese police have shot a man suspected of stabbing two women to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon

Health minister quit this week after woman, 34, died while being moved from hospital due to lack of space

More than 3,000 firefighters are battling alongside ordinary Portuguese citizens desperate to save their homes from several wildfires that continued to rage across the European country

Just days before France's crucial presidential runoff vote, the center-left leaders of Germany, Spain and Portugal are urging French voters to choose centrist President Emmanuel Macron over far-right nationalist rival Marine Le Pen

Portugal is getting a new foreign minister, finance minister and defense minister as the center-left Socialist Party prepares for its third straight term in government

Analysis: Social democratic parties that have adapted to the political landscape are winning elections again

A sweeping election win by the centre-left party offers lessons for Keir Starmer and Labour, among others, says journalist Joana Ramiro

Portugal’s Socialist Party leader António Costa says he has tested positive for COVID-19, two days after his landslide election victory and just as he starts forming his new government

Ruling Socialist party wins absolute majority in snap election, as populist anti-Roma party also increases share

Analysis: Absolute majority frees António Costa from having to rely on allies as he leads economic recovery