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President of Firefighters League ‘encourages discretion’ when fire chiefs talk to media

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 “updates procedures” for suspected cases of Ebola

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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Wildfire season officially opens with 13,335 firefighters; over 80 aircraft

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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Caetano Veloso: ‘Right now concern predominates within me; Brazil seems unable to save itself’

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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Caetano Veloso during a concert in São Paulo, in November 2025.
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Beach concessions ‘fight back’. Algarve begins ‘battle of sun umbrellas’

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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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Government devises way of approving renewable energy projects that will harm environment

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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“Something isn’t right” in way Portugal’s AD government is railroading people’s lives in favour of foreign big business

Communities in the Covas do Barroso area have been fighting against the lithium mine for years - Photo: Rui Vale Sousa/Shutterstock

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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