“The Choir of Man” comes to Lisbon, kick-starting St. Patrick’s Day celebrations
The show, which was nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award in the ‘Best Entertainment or Comedy Play’ category, will be on stage at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre from March 12
Experts disagree over Ismaili centre killer’s state of mind
Should Afghan who killed two women be tried for murder, or declared mentally unfit? Two legal experts from the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (INMLCF) have differed
Insolvency administrator charged with swindling cultural association out of millions of euros
Ateneu Cultural Association was over hundred years old An insolvency administrator was arrested today as PJ judicial police carried out an operation to investigate an alleged scheme that damaged the
Lisbon’s quake classified as “moderate/intermediate”
Quake does not suggest seismic activity increasing – meteorologist Residents in and around Lisbon are still talking about the earthquake yesterday, measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale, which rattled the
4.7 earthquake rocks Lisbon
“The whole building was shaking,” a Portuguese influencer said in a video just minutes after the earthquake An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale rocked the Portuguese capital of
Mouraria residents say “no” to social hotel
Council wants to construct hotel to take in “people in situations of special vulnerability” Mouraria, a historic Lisbon neighbourhood transformed by immigration, is fighting a council plan to create a
January logs 27 arrests in Lisbon’s Mouraria neighbourhood
Following all the criticisms of the police operation in Rua do Benformoso just before Christmas, it transpires that January alone saw 27 arrests in the Mouraria area that includes Rua
St. Andrew’s Society of Lisbon Burns Ceilidh
Next event: St. Andrew’s black-tie ball in November Saturday, February 8 saw a slightly later date to celebrate Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, but it was a well-turned-out event with
Lisbon engulfed by ‘olive pong’
Unpleasant smell of acrid olives carries from Alentejo The Lisbon region woke up today to a bad smell “with characteristics of acrid/olives, similar to what happened last year”. Air quality
Gulbenkian Museum closes for renovations
Lisbon’s iconic museum is closing between March 18 and July 2026. The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon will close for renovations until July 2026. The intervention, which will begin on