Ricardo Figueira

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

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

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

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

Culture news

Horror, humour and music: Is Fantasporto the ultimate film festival?

The 44th edition of the Porto International Film Festival has a varied selection for all tastes, with around 100 films on show at the Batalha Cinema Centre.

06/03/2024

World News

Copenhagen and Oslo top list of cities fighting air pollution

The cities were ranked on measures like EV charging points and bike schemes.

07/07/2023

Cinema

European cinema rewarded at Portugal's Fantasporto film festival

This 43rd edition of one of Portugal's most famous film festivals marked a victory for European cinematography and also a landmark occasion for art historians with the chance to see long lost frescoes at the venue's new location in Porto.

05/03/2023

Portugal

Why is Portugal's government in crisis?

There have been four resignations within the government in just one week.

07/01/2023

Culture news

A cinematic love letter to "barefoot diva" Cesária Évora

A faithful portrait of the most famous voice in Cape Verde: on stage and off.

28/10/2022

Culture news

Wine leads the way out of tourism slump for Portugal, Greece and Italy

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) held the fifth global wine tourism conference in Portugal. Food and wine may be the solution to increased numbers of visitors, even in a pandemic year.

15/09/2021

Portugal

Mezze: Syrian refugees bring a taste of home to Lisbon

Mezze is a very special restaurant in Lisbon. It is run by a non-governmental organisation. All the employees there are Syrian refugees. We stopped by to taste the food. Today they are doing a workshop, where 13 people are learning how to cook Middle Eastern specialities.

18/07/2018

United Kingdom

Countries should do more to combat global warming

Study of 80,000 species by University of East Anglia is robust enough

14/03/2018

France

Portuguese immigrants show France what successful assimilation looks like

Here in France, the largest foreign community is the Portuguese.

04/05/2017

World News

'Spotlight' reporter tells euronews: "With Trump, we'll have a lot to write about."

Michael Rezendes was portrayed by Mark Ruffalo in the Oscar-winning film.

17/01/2017