We are not a perfect city, but definitely on the right track’ (Guimarães 26) Guimarães – just 65 km inland from Porto – has been elected European Green Capital 2026, the second Portuguese city to win the title after Lisbon in 2020. The European Green Capital Award – organized by the European Commission – […]
He championed navigation but never actually sailed on any voyages himself Prince Henry of Portugal (1394-1460), better known as Henry the Navigator, was a central figure in the 15th-century Portuguese maritime exploration and regarded as the main initiator of what would be known as the Age of Discovery. He was the third surviving son of […]
‘We hope a presidential candidate who includes everyone, will win’ The year 2025 was marked by setbacks in immigration issues, says Ana Paula Costa – president of the Casa do Brasil (Brazil’s House) in Lisbon – to newspaper Público. ‘We had a very difficult year in terms of narrative, legislation and integration of immigrants, not […]
‘We cared for her for over 13 years, and she will be hugely missed, but we could not see her living alone any longer’ – Antwerp’s zoo director. Kariba, a female elephant from the zoo in Antwerp, Belgium will be the first resident to arrive at a new large-scale sanctuary being created on land located […]
Patron saint of children, sailors and the poor Nicholas (270 – 343 AD) was born in the third century in the region of Lycia. At that time, the area was Greek but is now called Demre, situated on the southern coast of Turkey. He was made Bishop of Myra – the metropolis of Lycia – […]
Today, Lisbon tops Europe’s housing unaffordability ranking Unaffordable house prices and rents are a continent-wide concern. Over the past decade, house prices in the EU rose by 50% on average, and rents by 18%. Housing policy has favoured those who invest in homes at the cost of those who live in them. Across Europe, property […]
Health Services disease: easy diagnosis, difficult treatment Is the National Health Service still sustainable?60% of private deliveries are by Caesarean section, twice as many as in the SNS.43 public hospitals on the brink of collapse.More than two thousand family doctors are out of the SNS.Health Centres lack almost everything.Public hospitals suffer from ‘persistent underfunding.’ Centre-right […]
Driving issues in the local elections were housing, public health and education Portugal’s far-right, xenophobic, nationalist and biggest party in the country Chega (‘Enough’) – defending the reduction of state intervention in the economy, promoting stricter immigration, supporting chemical castration for child abusers and incessantly attacking the Roma population – has won its first three […]