DJ nights in Lisbon encourage young people to get vaccinated
The Covid vaccination centres of Loures and Odivelas this weekend are being transformed into ‘parties’ after 10pm to encourage young people between the ages of 16-17 to turn up and
Lisbon’s iconic Discoveries monument “defaced in English”
This is the gist of stories behind the hideous graffiti daubed over the base of the Discoveries monument looking over the Tagus river in downtown Lisbon. But although the message
Lisbon just got itself a new tourist attraction “for all the wrong reasons…”
Lisbon just got itself a new tourist attraction… for all the wrong reasons. Road renewal works to the Calçada de Ajuda managed to leave some front doors more than a
Portugal’s shrinking population: roughly 50% live in just 31 municipalities
The first results of Portugal’s recent census show that the country’s population continues to ‘shrink’ with only Lisbon and the Algarve going in the opposite direction. Since the 2011 census,
Cruise ships return to Lisbon
Cruise ships are returning to Lisbon. The first arrival – due bright and early on Monday morning – is Mystic Cruises’ World Navigator, enjoying its first 11-day tour since the
Hundreds demonstrate in Lisbon and Porto against Portugal’s continuing Covid restrictions
The main surprise about yesterday’s substantial, colourful, determined protests bringing together people of all ages was that neither seem to have been given anything in the way of publicity by
Former Lisbon Appeal Court judges suspended ‘without pay’
Former Lisbon Appeal Court judges Luís Vaz das Neves and Orlando Nascimento – both described as “suspected for the fraudulent distribution of cases pertaining to Operation Lex” – have been
Immigrants protest in Lisbon against being “treated like rubbish”
A group of around 100 immigrants staged a protest in Lisbon on Sunday drawing attention to the practical impossibility of accessing SEF’s website to make an appointment for a residency
Lisbon appeal court Judge blasts off over Portugal’s “Sanitary Apartheid”
Hundreds of people are sharing a Facebook post written by Lisbon Appeal Court judge Florbela Sebastião e Silva in reaction to the decisions now emanating from the government. Judge Florbela’s
Lisbon pigeon decapitator “cannot be prosecuted”, says animal Ombudsman
The extraordinary story of a French man who ‘punched and decapitated a pigeon’ in Lisbon all because it ate one of his son’s French fries has highlighted a dismal failing