Latest news and stories about society in Portugal for expats and residents.
For the cardinal and poet, “the texts that artificial intelligence produces are not immediately comparable to a narrative or a poem.”
I met Paulo at the end of my show in Lisbon, Volto Já. We talked about mental health issues, and that is where the idea was born to invite a young adult to find out what their perspective is.
Almost 90% of people over 100 years old in the country are women
An analysis of how Portugal navigates its historical memory and the challenges regarding the acceptance of accountability.
May the day honouring those who chose to care for a child who is not their own not sound bad to those who still think 'stepmother' is a pejorative term. Opinion by Maria Giulia Pinheiro
Two generations, two visions – it has never been more important to promote an intergenerational dialogue, focused on an open and collaborative approach to the challenges facing a society in deep change and confronted with new problems, for which it is important to find new solutions. This is a process that is not determined by decree, but by bringing together the older and younger generations in a true sense of encounter, as the SK – Sharing Knowledge Agenda will do in October at the new Esporão space in Tapada da Ajuda, Lisbon. For this strategic approach to the theme of the intergenerational contract, good examples are very important. Our host for the October meeting, the well-known and respected manager José Roquette, has followed a model that is a reference: 'every week I choose several texts and news articles from international newspapers and send them to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren so they can read and critique them.' This sense of analytical and critical capacity will be decisive for building an open and participatory society, which is an intelligent compromise between the identity of the past, the sense of the present, and the ambition of the future.
An exploration of intellectual and creative innovation in Portugal, referencing the concept of Genesis.
Find out how old the 'supercentenarian' was.
Maria da Conceição, recognized as the oldest person in Portugal, passed away at the age of 113.
Maria da Conceição, recognized as the oldest person in Portugal, passed away at the age of 113.
The oldest person in Portugal has passed away at the age of 113.
Maria da Conceição, recognized as the oldest person in Portugal, passed away at the age of 113.
The oldest person in Portugal has passed away at the age of 113.
Maria da Conceição, recognized as the oldest person in Portugal, passed away at the age of 113.
The elderly woman was the oldest person in Portugal for 3 years. Funeral services are scheduled for the beginning of the week.
Maria da Conceição, a resident of São Brás de Alportel, has passed away at the age of 113, holding the title of the oldest person in Portugal.
Statistical data regarding the number of individuals in Portugal who self-identify with Protestant or Evangelical denominations.
Leisure is also a feminist issue.
Portuguese alleys, streets, neighbourhoods and cities possess a critical mixed-race history and consciousness, even if some Portuguese people, while walking down Beco das Atafonas, refuse to believe it. A chronicle by Dieison Marconi
One cannot call a person clever when they insist on moving backwards, nor can one call a person clever when they are good neither for themselves nor for their peers. A column by Cláudia Lucas Chéu.
Today, subjectivity dominates us so completely that it does us good to remember the time when it was a flaw - and made people laugh. Opinion by Miguel Esteves Cardoso
A prominent figure dedicated to the struggle against poverty in Portugal has passed away.
João Carlos Melo, a psychiatrist, confesses that the latest things he learned were the meanings of expressions like 'awkward' and 'cringe' from his children.
I do not understand why mothers must be either 'helicopter parents' or overprotective; I like them to be 'just' mothers! With the right to a sixth sense, to mistakes, and to 'exaggerations'. But magical, spontaneous, and free.
Francisco Louçã, economist and former leader of the Left Bloc, confesses that the compliment he likes the least is when people tell him that “he is not stupid after all” and therefore “should be in a big party”.
In Portugal, this moment would be ideal for political satire. The caricatures write themselves.
At 100 years old, he celebrates mass every day, leads catechism, hears confessions, administers sacraments, performs baptisms, weddings, and funerals, and still handles all the registry office work.
Were we sillier? We were. But lately we have become so literal and so committed to explaining everything that we have become boring, unable to accept that not everything needs to be dismantled in order to exist. A column by Cláudia Lucas Chéu.
From new codes of desire to the impact of pornography, covering the taboos that persist and the freedoms we thought we had achieved, three distinct ways of thinking about sex, love, and intimacy.
Couples are 10 years older than they were in 1990
