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‘Everyone was in the streets. I just felt happiness’: Portugal recalls the Carnation Revolution

At 4am on 25 April 1974, Filipe Villard Cortez got the signal. He barricaded the door of the Monte Real air base commander’s room...

Portugal marks the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution army coup that brought democracy

LISBON – Military vehicles and red carnations return to the streets and squares of downtown Lisbon on Thursday as Portugal reenacts dramatic moments from...

Debate at UN examines impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’

On 25 April 1974, military officers overthrew the nearly 50-year dictatorship in Portugal in a largely peaceful coup known as the Carnation Revolution. Named after...

Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president

Portugal needs to “pay the costs” of slavery and other colonial-era crimes, the country’s president has said, in a rare instance of a European...

Portugal’s Carnation Revolution – archive, April 1974

Lisbon junta pledges liberty: war in Africa may be endedBy Jonathan Steele and Antonio de Figueirdo26 April 1974An almost bloodless military coup yesterday toppled...

Portugal must ‘pay costs’ of slavery and colonial crimes, President Sousa says

By REUTERS President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late on Tuesday that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during Trans-Atlantic slavery and the colonial...

Surf’s up… and up and up: German surfer Sebastian Steudtner claims world record after riding ‘unsurfable’ 93.7ft wave in Portugal

A German surfer may have broken his own record for riding the biggest wave in history - claiming that the wall of water stood...

People in Portugal: share your memories of the Carnation Revolution

After years of fighting colonial wars in Africa, on 25 April 1974 a coup by the Movimento das Forças Armadas (Armed Forces Movement) in...

Portugal’s Catholic Church To Compensate Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse

<!-- -->The criteria for deciding the amounts is still being worked onPortugal: Portugal's Catholic Church said on Thursday it will financially compensate victims of...

Far right’s rise in Portugal could threaten ambitious climate action

Portugal has been among Europe’s more ambitious countries in terms of climate action, but the rise of the far right in recent elections could...

Double tragedy as British and Irish tourists die in same Portugal holiday resort

An Irish holidaymaker has drowned on the Algarve in front of his partner, five days after a British tourist died in the same Portuguese...

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