Culture: Election campaign news in Lisboa, Portugal

Ventura challenges Seguro to more debates and says he is 'astonished' by support for the Socialist

Luís Marques Mendes warns that one cannot live in a 'permanent election campaign' and calls for minimal agreements

The former PSD leader argued that it is important to look at examples such as the PSD's member number one, but also the socialist Mário Soares.

Emplastro on a day without queues and with many children

Candidates arrived with their children and set the tone for a pilgrimage to the João Rocha Pavilion, where the new generations prevailed. But there was more, including an unlikely presence, a minister, and various symbols.

Campaign Manual. Presidential Myths

Misconceptions about Belém: myths and facts.

A revealing act: someone added kiwi to the mousse during a lunch with Seguro

REPORT || Before the speeches there was already politics — it was unfolding in the buffet queue. A veteran editor spoke of 'democrats and non-democrats', a writer reminded people that culture exists to avoid demonising the other, and a still-hoarse candidate moved from table to table as if gauging the country by the firmness of each handshake. In Beato, Lisbon, amid chilli with no heat, Dão wine with no bite and a mousse that was far too sweet and crying out for kiwi, António José Seguro's campaign spent the day rehearsing an old question, with Natália Correia in the background: when democracy tightens, who stays seated at the table?

Campaign for the presidential run-off starts today

On the first day of the campaign, António José Seguro will be in Lisbon with figures from the cultural sector. The two candidates begin the election campaign after the sole televised face-to-face debate.

One reserved, the other often went to the canteen; both demanding: Ventura and Seguro taught at the same university and this is the memory they left

From the classroom to the presidential race, testimonies at the university where Ventura and Seguro taught outline contrasting personalities in their contact with students. These are the recollections of the 'Casinha Amarela', the Autónoma, on the day of the final debate between the two.

André Ventura wants to prevent 'socialism from returning to Belém Palace' and, to that end, has a proposal for the leaders of other parties

André Ventura kept one of the campaign traditions and made the customary walk down Chiado on the last day before the election. Confident of victory on Sunday, the Chega candidate already issued challenges ahead of the second round, urging the PSD and the Liberal Initiative not to stand in the way of a final showdown with António José Seguro.

Filipe closes campaign with ginjinha and a stroll through Chiado

The presidential candidate says there are traditions brought by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa that should be preserved. He gives a positive assessment of the campaign, focused 'on what was essential'.

Parades, street marches and dinner rallies — the campaign draws to a close

With the traditional march down Chiado, parades and dinner rallies, the first-round campaign comes to an end. We serve a traditional caldo verde.

Heading to Belém. The 'fix-it' button

Times favour impotence and vacuity. And the ordinary voter now only seeks some meaning, some truth amid the tragicomedy the world has become.

"Who's laughing now?": Cotrim says he is 'one week away from making history'

A glass of gin in hand, beach-bar music on the speakers and a thousand people registered, according to the organisers. At Cotrim de Figueiredo's rally in Lisbon, the candidate offered a 'rather scant' assessment of the country and presented himself as the President of optimism and hope. Júdice added that Cotrim would be an 'accelerator of reforms' from Belém. And they're already talking about a second round.

5h - Moments from the sixth day of the campaign en route to Belém

A collection of highlights from the sixth day of the campaign as it moves towards Belém, shown in short moments (photos or video clips).

We're heading to the polls. Bridges, shovels and pickaxes — and tea will be in short supply at Belém

Mendes plays up the drama and presents himself as a builder of bridges.