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The Top 10 News Stories in Portugal – September 7-September 14, 2024

Five Guys Prepares to Open Its First Restaurant in LisbonThe American burger chain is set to make its debut in Portugal in 2025. The...

The Top 10 News Stories in Portugal – August 31-September 7, 2024

Five inmates escape from prison near Lisbon Five prisoners have escaped from ‘Vale dos Judeus’ prison, in Alcoentre, near Lisbon, with the aid of external...

The Top 10 News Stories in Portugal – August 24-August 31, 2024

1. Tribeca Festival Lisbon Takes Place in October with Robert De Niro in Attendance Lisbon is set to host its first edition of the Tribeca...

Earthquake of 5.3 Magnitude Occurred at 5:11 AM off the Coast of Portugal

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck at 5:11 am on August 26, 2024 off the coast of Sines, in the southwest of...

Portuguese Government Creates Working Group to Implement New Border Control Systems

After making up for the existing delays, Luís Montenegro's team has created a working group to implement the new border control systems.According to the...

Huge Madeira Fire May Be Extinguished Today

The Madeira Island fire broke out on August 14 in the mountains of the municipality of Ribeira Brava. It gradually spread over several days...

Portuguese Authorities Have Thousands of Complaints Related to Cryptocurrencies

It has been busy at the Portuguese Association of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (APBC). “We must have thousands of emails with fraud complaints and requests...

AIMA Workers Will Be on Overtime Strike Until the End of the Year

The workers of the Agency for Integration Migration and Asylum (AIMA) released a pre-warning of overtime strike with a timeline that stretches from August...

Housing Rents In Portugal Increased 9.1% Over the Last Year

According to the real estate company Idealista, during the start of 2024, the Portuguese renting market witnessed an increase in the number of new...

Three More Olympic Medals For Portugal

This week was a good week for the Portuguese Olympic Team. Three more medals (two silver and one gold) were added to Patrícia Sampaio’s...

Sogrape Challenges Students to Reinvent the Wine Industry

The Portuguese wine company, Sogrape, will hold the Sogrape Impact Hack competition on September 19 which challenges students to present ideas and solutions that...

Government Announces Package of 2.5 Million Euros to Help Immigrants Get Professional Training

A financial aid package of 2.5 million euros will be created and used to train immigrants to work in the tourism sector.On July 4,...

Portuguese Embassy in Tehran Asks Portuguese Nationals to Leave the Country

Last Sunday, the Portuguese Embassy in Tehran asked all Portuguese nationals in Iran to leave the country due to the increasing regional tensions and...

Portugal’s First Medal at the 2024 Olympic Games

Patrícia Sampaio has scored the first medal for Portugal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Last Thursday, 25-year-old Patrícia Sampaio from Tomar, a Portuguese judoka, or...

Sintra Schools Will Remain Open during the Summer to Feed Students in Need

In order to guarantee access to food for those who need it, the public schools of the municipality of Sintra will keep the canteens...

Celebrating 25 Years of the Railway Crossing over the April 25 Bridge

The train that connects Lisbon to Almada, across the Tagus River, has transported almost 500 million passengers in 25 years.According to the data revealed...

Filipa Martins Becomes the First Portuguese Gymnast to Reach the All-Around Final

Filipa Martins just became the first Portuguese gymnast to qualify for the Olympic all-around final.The all-around women's gymnastics competition incorporates four different elements: the...

Foreign Citizens Can Soon Get Tax, Social Security, and Health User Numbers All in One Place

After the first Council of Ministers dedicated to the Digital Transformation and Modernization, the Portuguese Minister of Youth and Modernization announced that foreign citizens...

Portugal Rated the Best Country to Live as a Family

According to the Report on the Relocation of Families published by the health insurance company, William Russell, Portugal is the best country in the...

A Euromillions Winner from Portugal!

The lucky winner from last week's euromillions' draw bought his ticket in Algés on the western side of Lisbon. Euromillions is Europe's largest rolling-jackpot lottery...

Lisbon Is Starting the Rehabilitation of Three Municipal Neighborhoods

Due to the Rehabilitation Program - Living Better (Programa Viver Melhor), three of Lisbon’s municipal neighborhoods will undergo rehabilitation works. This is expected to...

The Ongoing Portuguese Housing Crisis

Portugal continues to experience an unprecedented housing crisis, with the real estate market reaching levels of inaccessibility that threaten to further fragment the nation’s...

Public Services Will Soon Have Daily In Person Attendance Hours

In the official journal of the Portuguese Republic, the Portuguese Council of Ministers recently published a resolution determining that all public services must guarantee...

Portugal Has Never Had This Many Abandoned Animals

More than 45,000 stray animals were removed from the streets in 2023 in Portugal.According to the official data revealed by the last report published...

Porto Has More Than 30,000 Vacant Buildings

A recent study revealed that the greater Porto Region has more than 30,000 vacant buildings.According to the data published by the real estate website...

The Portuguese Government’s Program to Accelerate the Economy

On July 4, the Portuguese Government announced a package of 60 measures to help the national economy overcome 20 challenges, known as the “Accelerate...

A New Non-Habitual Residents (NHR) Regime

The Portuguese Government announced a new Non-Habitual Residents (NHR) regime yesterday. The ordinance is yet to go into effect while the implementation and clarification...

Lisbon’s New Mosque Will Benefit the Community According to Neighborhood Association

The construction of a new mosque in Lisbon's Mouraria neighborhood, between the streets of Palma and Benformoso, has been a topic of discussion for...

Portugal Has Passed the Group Stage in UEFA EURO 2024

Even though the last game with Georgia didn't go the way we hoped, Portugal has made it past the group stage of Euro 2024.Last...

Lisbon Is the 100th Most Expensive City for Expats

It's official. According to the last rankings published by Mercer, Lisbon has climbed 17 steps in the rankings and is now the 100th most...
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