‘No one does wrong willingly or knowingly’ – Socrates, Greek philosopher On November 21st at 10 PM, 2014 José Sócrates – ex-prime minister and former leader of the Socialist Party – was arrested at Lisbon’s airport, after flying home from Paris, under suspicion of money laundering, corruption, forgery and fiscal fraud. He was held in preventive […]
Large parts of the countries interior look spooky these days with charred trees and incinerated road signs. 40% off all wildfires in Europe this year occurred in Portugal, far more than in any other country. Last summer schoolchildren from the Leiria region in central Portugal watched their district burn as a result of the most […]
Lang, mager, sterk Spitse neus, werkhanden, grote mond Spijkerbroek en overhemd Alleen jasje voor de chic Stylist voor kinky kleding Loes Buitenmens, binnenman Tuinman, timmerman, alles kan Natuur is Frans Oude kunst Italiaans Wijn zijn enig medicijn zolang het maar rood is Schildert groot en groter exposeert zich arm kijken zonder kopen doet geen pijn, […]
Rich people rule and poor people live the best they can – Jóse Saramago While poor people are hardly recovering from the economic crisis, rich people get richer. Portugal’s 25 richest families possess this year €18.8 billion – 10% of the country’s wealth (GNP) – against 15 billion euro in 2016. ‘This almost 4 billion increase […]
Portugal sells EU citizenship to corrupt millionaires, while thousands of refugees are knocking in vain on Europe’s door. The waiter in restaurant São Pedro do Estoril speaks with that typical melodious accent. ‘You are right’, Liandro says. ‘I’ am not from here but from Belo Horizonte in Brazil. If I can keep up working in […]
‘Portugal is one of the most racist countries in the EU’ – European Social Survey – ‘No one has ever said to me that I could not rent the house because I’m black’ Mamadou Ba is born in Senegal and has the Portuguese nationality. He is graduated, has a steady job at the Parliament, and […]
‘There are nurses who don’t care anymore if they are fired’ – Ana Rita Cavaco. In the week that Apple presents its newest iPhone X with face recognition, Portuguese nurses show their faces in a 5-day strike, as the climax in a dragging conflict between the nursing trade union (SEP) and the Minister of Health […]
Childhood exercise has a protective effect on health later in life. While active childhood reduces obesity ( Zwaargewichten) in the short term, long term benefits might even be more crucial. Recent studies show, that the more exercise children had during adolescence, the more likely they were to be successful professionally. The reason for this is, […]
Collectie Joan MIRÓ in Lissabon – Palácio da Ajuda – vanaf 7 september 2017
It’s like Lenin said: look for the persons who benefit and you will know. Once upon a time, there was a friendly country, in the South of Europe bordering the Atlantic Ocean, that used to export cork, tinned sardines and cheap labor. But back in 2008 things changed as a worldwide economic recession forced the […]