Events in the year 2023 in Portugal.
Incumbents
President: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Prime Minister: António Costa (Socialist) (resigned 7 November)
Events
23 January: Portugal agrees to swap Cape Verde's debt for investments in an environmental and climate fund. 28 January: Around 80,000 public school teachers and staff march in Lisbon to demand higher wages and better working conditions, amid the nationwide strikes organized by the Union of All Education Professionals. 11 February: Tens of thousands of teachers protest in Lisbon, organized by the FENPROF union, demanding higher pay and career progression. 16 February: The Portuguese government announces the end of Portugal’s residence permit for investor program (residency-by-investment program), as well as a ban on new licenses for Airbnbs, due to a severe housing shortage and rising rents. 28 March: 2023 Lisbon Ismaili Centre stabbing: Two Portuguese women are killed in a stabbing attack at an Isma'ilism Shia religious centre in Lisbon. Police shoot the suspect, an Afghan man, in the leg at the scene, before arresting him and taking him to a hospital. 1-6 August: World Youth Day 2023 8 August: 2023 Iberian wildfires: In Portugal, 7,000 hectares of forest have burned down and 1,400 people have been evacuated. 7 November: Prime Minister António Costa resigns over a corruption probe. 27 November: Multiple environmental groups file a lawsuit in Lisbon against the government for failing to implement its 2021 climate change regulations. 29 November: Portugal extends the Non-Habitual Resident tax scheme for foreign residents until the end of 2024, allowing continued tax benefits despite concerns over rising housing prices.
Deaths
10 January – Hermenegildo Candeias, 88, Olympic gymnast (1960).
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