Trees are sanctuaries. Those who know how to talk and to listen to them will find the truth – Hermann Hesse Portugal’s oldest tree – 3350 years old – can be admired in Mouriscas, the municipality of Abrantes. As one of the oldest trees in the world, it has provided shadow to innumerous people, from […]
Portugal is one of the most racist countries in the EU – European Social Survey Once again police violence against an underprivileged community has hit the headlines. This time the battlefield is called Jamaica. Not the home of Bob Marley’s reggae but a ghettoized neighbourhood of merely black Afro-descendants in the southern outskirts of greater […]
For about 70 years Madeira was the most important sugar producer in Europe The introduction of sugar cane farming by the Portuguese into Madeira towards the first half of the 15th century – some decades before Columbus discovered America – meant that sugar could be exported, at first through Lisbon and then directly to the […]
January 6. Epiphany – Kings Day – Dia de Reis. In Portugal the day to eat Bolo Rei, a ring-shaped cake with a small hidden surprise inside. Also, the day to put all Christmas decorations away. In neighbouring Spain, the presents under the Christmas tree will only then be unpacked as it were the three […]
Five years after the peak of its economic crisis, Portugal’s future looks bright. There is more confidence, more consumption and there are more young people in college. In December the country succeeded in paying off the last installment of the 78 billion euro loan to the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The accelerated […]
‘Assistance, work and independence’ ‘We aren’t 2nd hand citizens!’ Last May, Joao Rodriguez – a 95% physically restricted and wheelchair dependent quadriplegic from Figueira da Foz – was happy his brother could bring him to Lisbon, to attend the nationwide demonstration of disabled people, demanding a raise in the budget for the Support Centres for […]
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‘Sex without consent is rape’ – Istanbul Convention, 2011 ‘Violence against women is a crime and a shame for the country’ – Rosa Monteiro, Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality Although in Portugal verbal sexual harassment is a crime – with penalties varying from a fine of up to 120 euros to a year […]
Chained dogs suffer from stress and behavioral problems and are also more vulnerable to being attacked by other dogs November is the month of Magusto – the traditional autumn festival –but from now on November will also go down in history as Month of Summits. Earlier on tens of thousands of visitors invaded the Altice […]
‘The best technology conference on the planet’ – Forbes ‘Where the future goes to be born’ – The Atlantic ‘The giants of the web assemble’ – Wall Street Journal ‘A great conclave of the tech industry’s high priests’ – New York Times What do have 70.000 visitors (from 170 countries), 1200 speakers ( one third […]