Portugal

Art

Inside Encontros Fotográficos das Neves, the unmissable photo exhibit

Names like Agnès Varda and Gilles Caron, but also some young talents, can be seen at the Encontros Fotográficos das Neves until the end of the year. Euronews spoke to the "soul" of the event, Diamantino Quintas.

15/08/2024

Culture news

Humble Braga: Meet the man changing a city one initiative at a time

Braga's mayor Ricardo Rio comes across as a humble Portuguese public servant, but he is a true force for making culture the fourth pillar of sustainable development.

11/08/2024

Business

Portugal seeks to fine companies using national flag to sell alcohol

A probe that coincided with the last stage of the Euros football championship finds that firms were infringing the advertising code.

08/08/2024

Food and Drink

Come dining in Porto: Fine flavours, history and texture

With a stunning roster of dynamic, top-end restaurants, the northern Portuguese food capital is a breath, and a taste, of fresh air.

28/07/2024

Portugal

Will Portugal's new plan to help young people buy homes actually help?

Low incomes and high house prices have long kept young people out of the housing market, but there is also a risk that a new measure to assist buyers will put more pressure on an already choked supply.

25/07/2024

Europe News

Doctors strike in Portugal for better working conditions and pay

Doctors in Portugal are among the lowest paid in the European Union and their working conditions have deteriorated over the last two decades.

24/07/2024

Affiliate content

Portugal cracks down on digital nomads. Here's where to work instead

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Portuguese officials are now rowing back on some of the schemes and initiatives that lured in digital nomads in the first place.

24/07/2024

Culture news

Portuguese-Croatian production wins Vila do Conde Short Film Festival

The jury of the short film festival awarded "That's How I Love You", by Mário Macedo the grand prize of its 32nd edition.

21/07/2024

Economy

Portugal celebrates mythical beasts and heroes with Ulysses coin

The Bank of Portugal pays tribute to the mythical founder of Lisbon with a €5 collector coin.

15/07/2024

Culture news

'I'm a believer' says UN chief as Media Cities network lights up Braga

Teeming with artists and energy, the XVI annual UCCN conference seeks to improve cultural life across the globe. But did you know it existed?

08/07/2024

Portugal

Euro 2024: Ronaldo says he is playing his 'last European Championship'

Ronaldo scored more than anyone else throughout a record six editions between 2004 and 2024.

03/07/2024

Culture news

Exclusive: Miguel Gomes on winning the Cannes Best Director Prize

The Portuguese film-maker has returned from Cannes with the Best Director award under his arm. The success of "Grand Tour" could be the ticket to directing an epic film that he has been planning for several years.

18/06/2024

Green News

This European country is about to build its largest ever wind farm

The wind farm will be incorporated into the Tâmega hydropower complex, one of the largest hydroelectric projects completed in Europe in the last 25 years.

17/06/2024

Travel News

World’s longest circular hiking trail to open in Europe this summer

Portugal’s tourist hotspots are overwhelmed with visitors. A new hiking trail aims to restore balance.

10/06/2024

Europe Decoded

Portugal toughens migration rules ahead of upcoming EU elections

The Portuguese government has put an end to an exceptional regime that allowed foreigners to enter Portugal and then apply for a residence permit.

04/06/2024

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Communities in Portugal’s drought-prone Algarve region take water management into their own hands

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Water, an essential natural resource to life on earth, is under threat. Water scarcity and insecurity, driven largely by climate change, have become critical issues worldwide, further exacerbated by inefficiencies in water use and management.

23/05/2024

Creators

Explosive street art: Meet Vhils, Portugal’s ‘urban archaeologist'

“I say that I'm kind of an urban archaeologist because I basically carve on the walls of the city,” says Vhils, who is considered one of the world's top urban artists.

14/05/2024

Green News

Renewables covered 95% of Portugal’s power needs last month

Portugal has made huge progress in renewable power, up from 27 per cent in 2005 and 54 per cent in 2017.

10/05/2024

Design

Sámi Museum Siida named European Museum of the Year

The awards honoured museums and leaders across categories including inclusion, sustainability and community participation.

07/05/2024

Eco-Innovation

How climate change is threatening one of Portugal’s best carbon sinks

For each kilogram of cork produced, the trees can capture 73 kg of CO2, according to Portugal's leading cork company.

28/04/2024

Portugal

Portugal's far-right seduces youth, 50 years on from dictatorship

Portugal’s far-right Chega party made historic gains in the country’s national elections held in early March. Taking 18% of the vote, the party sought to seduce Portugal’s youth, in a year which marks 50 years since Portugal overthrew its dictatorship.

26/04/2024

Culture news

Sérgio Godinho's 25 April: From exile in Canada to freedom in Portugal

"I learnt about the revolution from a newspaper article while I was in exile in Canada", says Sérgio Godinho, one of the loudest resistance voices of the Portuguese revolution.

25/04/2024

Culture news

Buñuel's Phantom of Liberty inspires Portugal's Surrealism biennale

Portugal is marking the 50th anniversary of its Carnation Revolution by celebrating Surrealism and revolutionary zeal in a festival based on the film 'Phantom of Liberty' by Spanish director Luis Buñuel.

25/04/2024

Portugal

50 years since the revolution, where is Portugal today?

Portugal is better off today than it was at the end of its military dictatorship. But where does it stand compared to other European countries?

25/04/2024

Culture news

Alfredo Cunha: The photographer who defined the Carnation Revolution

Fifty years after the Carnation Revolution, Cunha's photographs continue to immortalise the military coup that changed the course of Portuguese contemporary history.

25/04/2024

Healthcare

Portugal is a major medical cannabis grower but not for local patients

In 2023, Portugal exported 11 tonnes of cannabis but only 17 kg were sold within its borders. Patients still resort to the black market although the plant is legal in the country

21/04/2024