On the Usefulness of History
History is cruel, but it is not useless. It creates a common destiny, albeit unequally. Opinion by Elísio Macamo.
Commemorating Portugal’s 40th Anniversary in the EU
Home News Commemorating Portugal’s 40th Anniversary in the EU Commemorating Portugal’s 40th Anniversary in the EU Portugal’s accession to the EU in 1986 marked the anchoring of the country’s efforts towards democracy.
The Carbonária Portuguesa and the Regicide
They boarded the river ferry at the railway station at Barreiro and disembarked at the Terreiro do Paço, in central Lisbon, some 40 minutes later and climbed into their landau The post The Carbonária Portuguesa and the Regicide appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Nuno Alvares Pereira 24/6/1360 - 1/11/1431
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Portugal has been a member of the European Union for precisely 40 years
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Portugal joining the European Union.
Von der Leyen emphasises that Portugal's accession to the EU was a 'milestone in European unity'
The 40th anniversary of accession to the then European Economic Community is marked on 1 January 2026.
Patti, the 19th-century Rosalía who set Lisbon alight
There were months of uproar and very expensive tickets that sold out in 48 hours. One hundred and forty years before Rosalía, after cholera and the quarantine, Patti, the 19th-century diva, polarised the capital in 1886.
