May 25 is Gender Equality Day ‘Is it normal to slap your girlfriend? To check her phone? And what if she wants to check your phone?’ These are questions, 17-year-old Paulo Silva asks his male classmates of the Ferreira Alves secondary school in Valadares, northern Portugal as part of a collaborative European study on teenage […]
Room with a view in the center – Martim Moniz – 18 m², 1300 euro/month ‘No, it is not okay’, mutters João. ‘We got a letter from the landlord the other day. Our contract expires in November. He wants to increase the rent from 300 to 800 euro a month and reduce the contract period […]
PAULA REGO ‘traditional tales and fairy tales’ paintings Cascais – Casa das Histórias until September 30
1500 refugees – most of them Syrians relocated from Greece and Italy by the European Commission – have applied for asylum in Portugal since December 2015. In the meantime, more than half of them have already left the country in search of greener pastures. Only a quarter has obtained refugee status. 15 of them have ever […]
Empowerment his aim Education his weapon Africa his battleground Bernard Groosjohan, dean medical school, Beira, Moçambique. Rest In Peace – a luta continua.
Tagus Chronicle of an announced death? ‘Got a cold beer?’ The bartender from the restaurant Pedro dos Leitões in Mealhada looked straight into the weary eyes of a stocky man in a blue jacket with Ministry of Environment written on it ‘Sure man, here you are. Been busy?’ ‘You say it. Took us ages to […]
21 March – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ‘It’s violence of a racist nature perpetrated into our prison system.’ – José Pureza, MP of the Left Bloc (BE) ‘Accusations of racism, xenophobia, and torture are a shame for our country.’ – Carlos Peixoto, MP of the Social Democrats (PSD) ‘It’s a reality that […]
The most common chronic disease in Portugal is called ‘waiting list’ Patients have to wait 3 years to see a urologist in Vila Real or an ENT specialist in Leiria and 2 years to obtain an appointment with a cardiologist in Guarda. These extremes not only occur in the countryside, as the waiting list for […]
85% of all waste found on beaches in the world is plastic. Disposable cutlery (plastic plates, cups, forks, and knives) should be forbidden in the catering industry if it is up to Portugal’s left-wing parties. A draft legislation thereupon was submitted in July 2017 and discussed in Parliament early this year. Heloísa Apolónia – MP […]