Week five review: 'Incredible' Portugal provide dramatic pool finale

Portugal’s cork forests are major carbon sinks - but they face threats from climate change

For each kilogram of cork produced, the trees can capture 73 kg of CO2, according to Portugal's leading cork company.

50 years after Portugal's dictatorship, the far-right is seducing the country's youth

Portugal’s far-right Chega party made historic gains in the country’s national elections held in early March. Taking 18% of the vote, the party sought to seduce Portugal’s youth, in a year which marks 50 years since Portugal overthrew its dictatorship.

Sérgio Godinho's 25 April: From exile in Canada to freedom in Portugal

"I learnt about the revolution from a newspaper article while I was in exile in Canada", says Sérgio Godinho, one of the loudest resistance voices of the Portuguese revolution.

Alfredo Cunha: The photojournalist who defined Portugal's Carnation Revolution

Fifty years after the Carnation Revolution, Cunha's photographs continue to immortalise the military coup that changed the course of Portuguese contemporary history.

50 years since the revolution, where is Portugal today?

Portugal is better off today than it was at the end of its military dictatorship. But where does it stand compared to other European countries?