‘Don’t kill our elderly’ people shouted in front of Parliament on May 29. Euthanasia continues to be a crime with prison sentences ranging from two to five years in “the land of the Maria’s” as Parliament rejected with 115 against 110 votes a proposal of the ruling left-wing parties last week to decriminalize assisted death. It […]
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 […]