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Due to the festivities of Our Lady of Miracles, the Azorean government will grant a public holiday to civil servants based on the island of Corvo, highlighting the importance of this celebration.
The government is granting a public holiday for the last two days of the month due to the sporting event, but guarantees that essential services are ensured. Social support was also granted during the meeting.
Regional Public Administration workers in the Azores are granted a day off on August 6th for the Bom Jesus Milagroso festivities.
A national holiday in Portugal celebrating the country, the poet Luís de Camões, and the Portuguese diaspora.
Seguro travels to the Azores to kick off the official commemorations for Portugal Day.
The UGT is at Jamor, Oeiras, today to mark May 1st with a popular festival, where workers are listening to music, dancing, eating, and drinking while waiting for the speech by Secretary-General Mário Mourão.
Workers' Day marked by the fight against labour reform. Also in this edition, on the verge of being crowned national champion, the FC Porto coach guarantees total concentration for the match against Alverca.
The annual commemorative parade marking the Carnation Revolution returns to the streets of Lisbon.
A report on the public celebrations taking place in Lisbon and Porto to mark the 25th of April anniversary.
Thousands of people took to the streets in Porto and Lisbon to commemorate the Carnation Revolution which, 52 years ago, put an end to the longest dictatorship in Europe.
Thousands of citizens take to the streets across Portugal to commemorate the anniversary of the Carnation Revolution.
Wielding carnations, people of all ages filled Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon and the streets of Porto.
Celebrations marking the 52nd anniversary of the Carnation Revolution are underway with parades held in various cities throughout Portugal.
The traditional slogans '25th of April always, fascism never again' and 'Long live freedom' are being heard.
The Portuguese Parliament holds a formal session to commemorate the anniversary of the Carnation Revolution.
Augusto Santos Silva's successor, Seguro, leads the official commemorative session of the Carnation Revolution for the first time.
The gardens of the official residences will open to the public on April 25th, but in different ways. Montenegro will have lunch with Ruy de Carvalho and pay tribute to the nearly centenarian actor; Seguro's programme includes a concert by Agir and Paulo de Carvalho, poetic performances, and a conversation with 25 young people about “Freedom, Democracy and the Future”.
Aguiar Branco, President of the Assembly of the Republic, assured that the decision was exclusively his and was due solely to a conflict with the public holiday granted by the Government starting at 12:00 PM this Thursday.
The President of the Assembly of the Republic has extended the deadline for submitting lists for the parliament's external bodies, which was due to end this Thursday, until lunchtime on Tuesday, a source from José Pedro Aguiar-Branco's office told Lusa.
The deadline for submitting lists for parliament's external bodies was originally this Thursday.
The order from Luís Montenegro covers workers in the direct state administration and public institutes on the afternoon of April 2nd.
The Government will grant a half-day holiday on Thursday afternoon, considering the “usual practice” of many people travelling away from their place of residence for Easter, according to an order signed today by the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister justifies the time off by citing the common practice of many families travelling away from their places of residence during the Easter period.
