Portugal's president has announced that the country will hold an early general election on May 18. His announcement Thursday ...

Portugal will hold an early parliamentary election - its third in just over three years - on May 18, President Marcelo Rebelo ...

Portugal is likely to face its third early parliamentary election in just over three years after the centre-right minority ...

Portugal’s minority government has lost a confidence vote in parliament, forcing its resignation and bringing the European ...

Under the Portuguese Constitution, the government’s defeat in a confidence vote triggers its collapse. That would bring ...

The President of the Republic will dissolve the Assembly after the Government lost the vote of confidence and after ...

Portugal's president on Thursday announced a snap legislative vote for 18 May -- the third national election in barely three years -- after Prime Minister Luis Montenegro resigned over a conflict of ...

Portugal will hold an early parliamentary election on May 18, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Thursday, after the government collapsed.

The snap elections were called after the ruling coalition lost a vote of confidence this week. Portuguese voters will head to ...

The government asked for parliament to schedule the confidence motion, saying it was needed to “dispel uncertainty” about the government’s ability to put its policies into practice.

The government “tried everything right up to the last minute to avoid snap elections”, Portugal’s centre-right prime minister, Luis Montenegro, told reporters after the vote on Tuesday evening.