April 25: António Costa participates in cultural initiatives Friday and Saturday in Paris
The outgoing Prime Minister, António Costa, will travel to Paris on Friday and Saturday to take part in cultural initiatives to commemorate the 50th anniversary of April 25, his office announced today. These are cultural initiatives promoted by the Portuguese embassy in the French capital, according to information from the São Bento palace. On Friday, […]
April 25: Carnation Revolution ‘Chaimite’ tours Coimbra on Saturday
A military vehicle historically associated with April 25 will tour part of the municipality of Coimbra on Saturday as part of the popular commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. “To celebrate April, poetry is once again taking to the streets and a ‘Chaimite’ vehicle is going to drive around the city of […]
Filmmaker Rui Simões premieres first fiction film at 80 on April 25th
Portuguese director Rui Simões will premiere the feature film “Primeira Obra” on April 25, his first fiction film in 50 years of career and 80 years of life, producer Real Ficção announced today. “Primeira Obra” is a fiction film, but it is also autobiographical, taking as its starting point one of Rui Simões’ first documentaries, […]
The April 25 Interpretive Center should be ready in 2026
The 25 de Abril Interpretive Centre, to be installed in Lisbon’s Terreiro do Paço, should be completed in 2026, according to the forecast announced today, as part of the program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the revolution. The project proposed by the 25 de Abril Association to the commemorations committee will be housed in […]
April 25: Arts, film and research projects have already received two million in funding
The commission for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of April 25 has already funded projects related to the arts, cinema and research with two million euros and pointed to the exhibition on Amílcar Cabral as an example of how the public has been energized. “We are currently transforming it into a traveling exhibition that […]
University of Coimbra with half a hundred events on the 50th anniversary of April 25
Around half a hundred events make up the University of Coimbra’s (UC) program for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which promises to reflect on before and after April 25, 1974. “We have 50 initiatives to kick off the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of 25 April, but the program is […]