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Luis Montenegro, leader of the center-right Democratic Alliance coalition, casts his ballot at a poling station in Espinho, northern Portugal, Sunday, March 10, 2024. Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters elect 230 lawmakers to the National Assembly, the country's Parliament. (AP Photo/Luis Vieira)

Portugal votes in a general election where mainstream moderates are trying to keep populists at bay

By Barry Hatton - Associated Press

A Socialist Party supporter holds roses and a Portuguese flag during an election campaign action with their leader Pedro Nuno Santos on the street in the Lisbon suburb of Moscavide, Friday, March 8, 2024. Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters elect 230 lawmakers to the National Assembly, the country's Parliament. (AP Photo/Joao Henriques)

Portugal’s election could add momentum to Europe’s drift to the right due to corruption, hardship

By Barry Hatton - Associated Press

Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, right, speaks with Pope Francis at the Welcome Ceremony at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Pope Francis starts his five-day pastoral visit to Portugal Wednesday that includes his participation at the 37th World Youth Day, and a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Fatima. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Pope hopes to inspire at World Youth Day in Portugal as the church reckons with a sex abuse fallout

By Nicole Winfield, Helena Alves and Barry Hatton - Associated Press

Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa reviewing the troops during welcome ceremony outside the 16th century Jeronimos monastery in Lisbon, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Lula da Silva is in Lisbon for a four day state visit to Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Brazil’s Lula kicks off visit to European ally Portugal

By Helena Alves - Associated Press

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a military promotion ceremony, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva traveled to Portugal on Friday, April 21 amid heightened tensions with the European Union, following the leftist leader’s criticism of support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) **FILE**

Brazil’s Lula in Portugal amid Ukraine remarks controversy

By Helena Alves - Associated Press

World renown US cellist Yo-Yo Ma high fives viola player Luis Fernandes, left, while bassist Eduardo Santos and cellist Mohammad Sami, right, from Afghanistan, look on after their performance at the Music School of the National Conservatory in Lisbon, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Students, faculty members and their families from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music arrived last December in Portugal, where they are being granted asylum and where they hope to rebuild their acclaimed school. Yo-Yo Ma who also played a role in helping the students leave Afghanistan, visited them Tuesday and played with a group of Portuguese and Afghan music students. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Yo-Yo Ma plays Mozart with Afghan refugees in Portugal

By Helena Alves - Associated Press

Municipal workers seal an envelope with a presidential election ballot from a resident at an elderly care home in Montijo, south of Lisbon, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. For 48 hours from Tuesday, local council crews are collecting the votes from people in home quarantine and from residents of elderly care homes ahead of Sunday's presidential election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Polling booths go to voters in Portugal’s pandemic election

By HELENA ALVES and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

EU defends Portugal trip as ministers, officials quarantine

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Pope Francis, left, watches as youths from Panama hand over the World Youth Day cross to youths from Portugal, at the end of a Mass celebrated on the occasion of the Christ the King festivity, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. The next World Youth Day will be held inPortugal in 2023. (Vincenzo Pinto/Pool via AP)

Amid travel break, pope cheers Lisbon youth jamboree plans

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A giant replica of the UEFA Champions League trophy is displayed at the Rossio square downtown Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. PSG will play Bayern in the Champions League final on Sunday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

425 days later, Champions League ends with PSG-Bayern final

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Lyon players celebrate after winning the Champions League quarterfinal match against Manchester City at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (Franck Fife/Pool Photo via AP)

France vs Germany semis mark Champions League power shift

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Atletico's Madrid players arrive to the team hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Atletico are scheduled to play Leipzig in a Champions League Quarter Final soccer match on Thursday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Atlético catching all the breaks in Champions League

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Promise of pizzas if Atalanta wins Champions League title

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

A bus carrying the Atalanta soccer team arrives at the Pina Manique stadium in Lisbon for a training session, Tuesday Aug. 11, 2020. Atalanta will face PSG in a Champions League quarterfinals match on Wednesday in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Portugal ready for Champions League after subduing virus

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 24, 2020, a woman wearing a face mask walks past workers washing the street in Lisbon's old center. Portugal avoided the dramatic numbers of infections and deaths recorded by some other European Union countries during the early months of the coronavirus outbreak but since ending its state of emergency and lockdown at the end of April, its total of officially recorded new infections has remained stubbornly high. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Portugal scrambles to regroup amid 100s of new virus cases

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives by train in Madrid on Friday Dec. 6, 2019. Thunberg arrived by catamaran in Lisbon after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States before heading to neighboring Spain to attend the U.N. Climate Change Conference taking place in Madrid. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

Activists cheer for “Greta!”, urge climate action in Madrid

By ARITZ PARRA and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 file photo, youth climate change activist Greta Thunberg speaks at a House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee hearing on climate change on Capitol Hill in Washington. 'Generation Greta' has become a vocal force in the debate over global warming. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

The Latest: Greta Thunberg ‘energized’ after Atlantic voyage

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The Champions League trophy is displayed before the UEFA group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

European Leagues detail post-2024 ideas for Champions League

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

An airplane operates over a fire at the village of Chaveira, near Macao, in central Portugal on Monday, July 22, 2019. More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a major wildfire amid scorching temperatures in Portugal, where forest blazes wreak destruction every summer. About 90% of the fire area in the Castelo Branco district, 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of the capital Lisbon, has been brought under control during cooler overnight temperatures, according to a local Civil Protection Agency commander. (AP Photo/Sergio Azenha)

Portugal: Major wildfire declared under control

By HELENA ALVES and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Lisbon punishes electric scooters left on sidewalk

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