… hours before Iran pulls out of peace talks Portugal’s government condemned the intensification of Israeli attacks on Lebanon today, hours before Iran cited the attacks as its reason for

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The effective nine-day strike called by AIMA – the Agency for Integration, Migrations and Asylum – isn’t quite what it was cracked up to be.  Most posts are open, but

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House prices in Portugal are expected to remain high, with measures to stimulate supply taking effect later (rather than sooner), and risks associated with the ability to repay loans –

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President of the Portuguese Firefighters League, António Nunes, has today expressed his “opposition” to fire chiefs commenting on ongoing fires in the media, stating that they should only speak “as

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Portugal’s DGS (general health directorate) has updated procedures for suspected cases of Ebola in this country, as other nations – namely Italy and Brazil – have flagged possible infections, and

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Portugal’s firefighting force for rural fires is being reinforced again today, with 13,335 personnel and 78 aircraft deployed. This is the second reinforcement of resources this year, in what is

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The Algarve has secured 21 places among the candidates to become Portugal’s New 7 Wonders, with landmarks, cultural sites and tourism attractions from nine municipalities advancing to the next stage

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Caetano Veloso, in a video call from Lisbon, Portugal, speaks slowly with that blend of intellectual clarity and Bahian melancholy that for six decades has turned each of his interviews into something more like a philosophical conversation than a mere promotion of new albums or concerts. At age 83, the celebrated musician from Brazil is embarking on a tour titled Caetano nos festivais, which will stop in Madrid on June 4 and which he himself describes, without drama but with honesty, as perhaps his last visit to Spain. That is despite the close relationship he has always maintained with Spanish culture. There is no monumental nostalgia in his words; rather a physical weariness, a wise resignation, political concern and a bitter — though not yet defeated — view of the present. He speaks, without losing passion, about the military dictatorship his country suffered, about Silicon Valley, The Beatles, contemporary confusion and a Brazil that, in spite of everything, he still believes can “say something to the world.”

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O Município de Faro conta com cinco patrimónios entre os 147 candidatos que seguem para a segunda e fase final

O conteúdo Faro tem cinco patrimónios finalistas nas novas 7 maravilhas de Portugal aparece primeiro em Algarve 7.

Only a few days ago, the nation’s press reported that “there is no law that prohibits people from setting up their sunshades in front of beach concessions. “Private concessions, be

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A flurry of doom-laden posts over social media followed the announcement, on Friday, by the minister of environment and energy, that the government has found a way to override the

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Lawyer Ana Inês Patrício has exposed the chilling way in which Portugal’s AD government is treating an entire population in northern Portugal. Up until now, lay readers might still have

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O concelho de Olhão viu aprovadas quatro candidaturas às Novas 7 Maravilhas de Portugal, iniciativa que volta a destacar o

O conteúdo Olhão com quatro candidaturas aprovadas às Novas 7 Maravilhas de Portugal  aparece primeiro em Algarve 7.