Portuguese Nelson Oliveira to line up for 20th Tour
Nelson Oliveira will be in the 111th Tour de France, the Spanish team Movistar confirmed today, with the Portuguese cyclist setting off on Saturday in Florence (Italy) for his 20th Grand Tour. At the age of 35, the Portuguese cyclist with the most appearances in major Tours over the last three decades reaches the round […]
Euro2024: FPF has already collected 12.75 ME in prize money in Germany
The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) has so far collected 12.75 million euros in prize money from the national team’s participation in the Euro2024 finals in Germany, an amount that could increase against Georgia. According to UEFA, qualification for the German tournament earned the FPF’s coffers, and those of the other 23 countries, 9.25 ME, a […]
Portugal continue to prepare for Euro2024 match with Georgia in Marienfeld
The Portuguese national soccer team continues today to prepare for the match against Georgia, in the third round of Group F of Euro2024, with a training session in Marienfeld, at a time when they have secured qualification and victory in the ‘poule’. Roberto Martínez’s side have a training session scheduled for 18:00 local time (17:00 […]
Government has scrapped Nutri-Score labels. What’s at stake?
The Nutri-Score simplified nutritional labeling system came into force in April, but only lasted a short time. The Nutri-Score nutritional logo, which aims to show whether a food you are about to buy is more or less healthy, is going to end, after the Ministry of Agriculture deemed it illegal. But what’s at stake? It […]
“Inquietude” plots a traveler. He had almost 23,000 doses of cocaine in his suitcase
He was carrying four kilos of narcotics. The Public Security Police (PSP), through the Airport Security and Border Control Division, arrested a 40-year-old woman at Lisbon Airport on June 18 on suspicion of drug trafficking. In a statement released on Monday, the security force explains that the woman “was traveling to a country belonging to […]
4-day week: “Tax incentives” among possible stimuli
The granting of tax incentives to companies or exempting them from certain bureaucratic obligations could be solutions to stimulate the application of the four-day week, indicates the final report of the pilot project for this type of working week. The creation of a more favorable tax regime, to encourage this new form of work, could […]
Lisbon mayor guarantees that Parque Tejo’s canopy “will certainly be used for other events”
The canopy that remained in Lisbon’s Tagus Park after World Youth Day 2023 “will certainly be used for other events” besides Rock in Rio Lisbon, the mayor of Lisbon assured today, without revealing which ones. “The biggest event we had here was Rock in Rio and it was used for this event. It will certainly […]
Madeira government meets with Chega, IL and PAN to discuss new program
The Regional Government of Madeira is meeting today with Chega, IL and PAN in an attempt to agree on proposals for the executive’s new program, to be presented shortly to the Legislative Assembly. PS and JPP were also invited, but have already announced that they will not be attending. The Socialists justified their absence on […]
INE releases 1st quarter budget balance
The National Statistics Institute (INE) today released the budget balance, in national accounts, for the first quarter, after the country closed the year 2023 with a surplus of 1.2%, exceeding official forecasts. With the release of the quarterly national accounts by institutional sector by the INE, the evolution of the public accounts balance until March […]
Exhibition at the Puppet Museum evokes the impact of the revolution on this art form
An exhibition bringing together 80 marionettes built in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of change that took this art from the Portuguese streets to theaters, opens on June 28 at the Museu da Marioneta in Lisbon. “The Puppet Revolution” is the title of the temporary exhibition centered on a period when the wind of […]