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Pressure grows in Lisbon for referendum to tackle holiday rentals boom

Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Rosa Santos has lived in Lisbon’s historic neighbourhood of Castelo for decades but a boom in holiday rentals has made her feel like she does not belong. Plans for a housing referendum are giving her a glimmer of hope. “Lisbon has stopped being a city and became an amusement park,” 60-year-old Santos […]

Portugal’s democracy turns 50: big crowd commemorates Carnation Revolution

Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Tens of thousands of people marched through Lisbon on Thursday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Portugal’s “Carnation Revolution” that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe and ushered in democracy. Support for the far right has revived in Portugal in recent years but a large crowd took to the streets of […]

Portuguese parties wrap up campaign ahead of Sunday’s election

Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Surrounded by upbeat supporters, Portuguese party leaders braved the pouring rain on Friday to wrap up two weeks of campaigning for what is set to be a tight election that could end eight years of Socialist rule. Sunday’s race, two years ahead of schedule, was called when Socialist premier Antonio Costa resigned […]

Tent-dwelling migrants join protest over Portugal’s housing prices

People protest against increasing rents and house prices, in Lisbon, Portugal, on 30th September, 2023

Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Marcia Leandro moved to Portugal from Brazil six months ago with a goal: to train as a chef. But Portugal’s housing crisis curbed her dreams and forced her to live in a tent. Leandro, 43, and Andreia Costa, her neighbour in an improvised tent camp on an empty plot on the outskirts […]

In Portugal, thousands reflect with Pope on modern worries, endangered planet

Pope Francis attends the "Stations of the Cross" procession with young people at Parque Eduardo VII during his apostolic journey to Portugal on the occasion of the XXXVII World Youth Day, in Lisbon Portugal, on 4th August 2023

Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Hundreds of thousands of young people reflected on their anxieties, enslavement to the “tyranny” of social media and yearning to save the planet at a huge outdoor rally with Pope Francis on Friday. It took nearly an hour for the open vehicle carrying the 86-year-old Pope to drive slowly through the crowd at Lisbon’s […]

Portuguese town to restore clergy sex abuse billboard after outcry

Pilgrims walk past a blackened out billboard, in the Portuguese municipality of Oeiras, after the town hall ordered the removal of a sign denouncing clergy sex abuse, during the XXXVII World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, on 2nd August, 2023.

Lisbon, Portugal Reuters A Portuguese town said on Thursday it would reinstall a billboard highlighting sexual abuse by clergy after facing heavy criticism for removing it on the day Pope Francis arrived in the country to attend a massive youth event. Francis landed in Lisbon on Wednesday for the week-long World Youth Day, an event […]