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"SAFE funds could reach the Government in the coming weeks or months"

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European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius conducted his first official visit to Portugal, meeting Defence Minister Nuno Melo and Education Minister Fernando Alexandre to discuss defence and space policy. He signalled that SAFE funds could reach the Portuguese government in the coming weeks or months, prompting analytical questions about budget timing, allocation between defence and civil space programmes, and coordination between national ministries and EU institutions. The visit underlined the need for clear planning to integrate incoming EU funding with Portugal’s defence and space policy priorities.

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"SAFE funds could reach the Government in the coming weeks or months"

Coimbra to host NASA and ESA specialists at an international space summit at the end of October

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The project dubbed GLEX Ignition will bring together astronauts, scientists, and other experts in the field of astronomy in the Portuguese city on October 29 and 30.

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Coimbra to host NASA and ESA specialists at an international space summit at the end of October

The European Rocketry Challenge as a space for talent

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In less than a week, 25 university teams from across Europe will bring their rockets to the launch pads at the Santa Margarida Military Camp in Constância. Some will likely fail because, after all, it really is rocket science, but failure is also part of the learning process. The Portuguese Space Agency organizes the European Rocketry Challenge.

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The European Rocketry Challenge as a space for talent

Space | Portugal launches satellites honoring national literary figures – Santa Barbara, CA - Portuguese American Journal

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Portugal

1665: At the Battle of Ambuíla in northern Angola, a Portuguese force from Luanda under Luís Lopes de Sequeira defeats the army of the Kingdom of Kongo. King António I is killed and beheaded, and the once-powerful kingdom slides into civil war.
1936:The Tarrafal prison camp
The steamer Luanda lands the first 152 political prisoners at the Tarrafal concentration camp on Santiago island in Cape Verde, among them Marinha Grande strikers and sailors from the September mutiny. The 'camp of slow death' operated until 1954 and again from 1961 to 1974.
Read more Dictatorship and the Estado Novo, 1926–1974

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1929: 'Black Tuesday' on Wall Street: some 16 million shares change hands as the New York stock market collapses, the crash that ushered in the Great Depression.

What event prompted the composition of Portugal's national anthem, A Portuguesa?

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