Officials said a failed floating buoy between two old pedestrian bridges near the river caused the collapse. Federal ...

A sweeping power outage brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, halting trains and causing major disruption at airports. At midnight, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez declared a ...

Portugal’s caretaker government plans to expel some 18,000 foreigners living in the country without authorization, a minister said Saturday in the buildup to a national election. Minister of the ...

Incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party Luis Montenegro, waits for the start of an election TV debate with opposition leader Pedro Nuno Santos, Socialist Party secretary ...

Millions were left powerless in Spain, Portugal and France on April 28 after what officials called an "induced atmospheric vibration," or a rare phenomenon where weather changes affect power lines.

Millions across Spain and Portugal faced disruption on Monday after a major power outage shut down subway networks, traffic signals and ATMs. In Lisbon, traffic jams brought the city to a ...

MADRID — The sweeping power outage that hit Spain and Portugal this week has raised questions about the electricity grid in a region not normally known for blackouts. Monday’s outage ...

The cause of Spain and Portugal's widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was largely restored to both countries. One of Europe’s ...

A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill on Monday. A major power outage halted subway and railway trains, cut phone service and shut down traffic lights and ATM machines.

LISBON, April 29 (Reuters) - Portugal's government said on Tuesday all 6.4 million electricity clients had power supplies normalised after Monday's country-wide blackout. It said in a statement ...

Ars spoke directly to a reader named Tiago Carvalho, currently in Lisbon, Portugal. According to Carvalho, banks and supermarkets in Lisbon have been closed for hours, with a small number of shops ...