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climate change climate change

Cleaning Streets With Pool Water? A Lisbon District Is Making Swimming Sustainable

by Maria Maia April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

Spanish Red Cross volunteer Luna Reyes embraces an illegal migrant on the shores of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, off the Moroccan coast. May 2021

Geopolitics syria

A Mediterranean Survivor To The Victims Of Gaza, Faces To Remember

by Basel Ramsis January 7, 2025May 24, 2025

A photograph of drama "Na boca do tubarão" performed in Lisbon.

Migrant Lives brazil

In Lisbon, A Brazilian Theater Troupe Explores A Unique Migrant Experience

by Ana da Cunha August 25, 2024May 23, 2025

Photo of people walking near the cathedral in Porto

Could Porto’s Sustainable Tourism Experiment Work In Lisbon?

by Ariana Moreira August 16, 2024May 23, 2025

Dropping some Garum, a special sardine-based sauce, on a plate of fish.

Food / Travel roman empire

In Lisbon, Caesar’s Favorite Sauce Makes A Comeback

by Álvaro Filho August 11, 2024May 23, 2025

Boats sitting on the beach near Lisbon.

climate change climate change

Aguas Grandes: How A Portuguese Town Faces A Rising Threat Of Flooding

by Maíra Streit July 2, 2024May 24, 2025

Photo of a cable car in the street Lisbon

Society neighborhood

Lisbon Has A Plan To Fight Gentrification And Mass Tourism: Bring Back The Locals!

by Ana da Cunha May 23, 2024May 23, 2025

A group of cars parked on a side road in Lisbon, Portugal.

Green public transport

Lisbon Postcard: Parking Spaces And The Dilemma Of Modern Mobility

by Frederico Raposo May 16, 2024May 23, 2025

So eager to modernize, the 19th century’s rulers did not properly weigh up the potential effects of their disentailment policies, leaving a vast pool of church property unprotected. In the case of the Convent of Beato António, what the 1755 earthquake did not destroy, the expulsion of the friars did, and whatever was not later harnessed for industrial uses was left to languish until the late 20th century, when the decision was made to restore former monastic sites as convention centers.

Society portugal

Converting Convents? A Sacred Response To Lisbon’s Housing Crisis

by Ana da Cunha and Nele Van Den Broek April 30, 2024May 23, 2025

Photo of a hand brandishing a carnation flower in a crowded square in Portugal

Geopolitics democracy

50 Years Of Portugal’s “Carnation Revolution” — It All Began In Africa

by Pierre Haski April 25, 2024May 23, 2025

The body of the writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen being moved to the National Pantheon in July 2014.

Women Worldwide women's rights

Women Of Disquiet: A Loud, Hard ‘No’ To Portugal’s Paid Housewife Scheme

by Dora Santos Silva April 17, 2024May 23, 2025

Inauguration of Javier Milei.

Ideas dictatorship

Latin America’s Far-Right Populists Are Rewriting The History Of Military Dictatorships

by Natalia Viana April 15, 2024May 24, 2025

Craftsman slicing a piece of cork.

Economy culture

Twisting Open The Secrets Of Portugal’s Cork Empire

by Elena Meyer August 25, 2023May 19, 2025

Image of Dr. Thiago Celso Andrade Reges on Instagram

In The News portugal

Case Of Fake Brazilian Doctor Sparks Outrage — But Is “Alternative Medicine” Any Safer?

by Vanessa Sarmiento June 20, 2023May 23, 2025

Photo of Brazilian singer Nega Jaci

The Brazilian Singer Trying To Shake The Sexism Out Of Samba

by Vanessa Sarmiento May 22, 2023May 19, 2025

Image of people dancing, holding hands, in Lisbon, Portugal.

Marchas Populares, A Great Lisbon Tradition Is Missing Men

by Vanessa Sarmiento May 13, 2023May 19, 2025

Photo of visit of Forest In The Middle Of Lisbon

In The News urbanism

How Miyawaki “Pop Up” Forests Spread Across The Urban Jungle Of Lisbon

by Vanessa Sarmiento March 27, 2023May 23, 2025

Photo of an elderly man walking near tramway tracks in Lisbon, Portugal

Society dementia

Aging Cities Of The Future — How Urban Planning Can Factor In For Dementia

by Vanessa Sarmiento January 23, 2023May 21, 2025

Photo of a man riding a bicycle in a lane reserved for cyclists.

Future innovation

Out With The Car, In With The Urban “Super-Island”

by Vanessa Sarmiento December 30, 2022May 23, 2025

Single Parents In Portugal Turn "It Takes A Village" Into A Practical Reality

Society motherhood

Single Parents In Portugal Turn “It Takes A Village” Into A Practical Reality

by Vanessa Sarmiento November 22, 2022May 19, 2025

a man standing in front of a building

Society immigration

Pascoal: Born In Portugal, Citizen Of Nowhere

by Vanessa Sarmiento November 17, 2022May 24, 2025

For LGBTQ+ Who Fled Bolsonaro’s Brazil, The Fear Of “Homophobe President” Winning Again

LGBTQ Plus brazil

For LGBTQ+ Who Fled Bolsonaro’s Brazil, The Fear Of “Homophobe President” Winning Again

by Vanessa Sarmiento October 25, 2022May 19, 2025

Highway To Hell? Portuguese Priest Steals From Church To Buy 19 Cars

Society religion

Highway To Hell? Portuguese Priest Steals From Church To Buy 19 Cars

by Clémence Guimier May 11, 2021May 19, 2025

Man Found Alive 20 Days After His Funeral

In The News portugal

Man Found Alive 20 Days After His Funeral

by Anne Sophie Goninet February 5, 2021May 19, 2025

Mexico city

Future portugal

What Latin America Can Learn From China About Smart Cities

by Alidad Vassigh December 15, 2019May 20, 2025

On the right track

In The News portugal

Portugal’s Economic Miracle Makes A Case Against Austerity

by Worldcrunch July 18, 2017May 20, 2025

Chef Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park

Food / Travel portugal

Time To Stick A Fork In The Cult Worship Of Chefs

by Worldcrunch May 28, 2017May 22, 2025

Portugal: 5 Stories Making Headlines At Home

Geopolitics economy

Portugal: 5 Stories Making Headlines At Home

by Worldcrunch September 3, 2015May 23, 2025

Under-30 economist and MP Mariana Mortagua

Economy portugal

The 28-Year-Old Who Stared Down The Portuguese Rockefeller

by Worldcrunch May 18, 2015May 22, 2025

Sardines at the Loule market in Portugal

Economy economic crisis

The Economic Lessons Of Portuguese Sardines

by Anne Sophie Goninet May 2, 2014May 23, 2025

Singing the blues in Lisbon

Economy economy

Resignation, Not Revolt: Portugal’s Unusual Calm On The Brink Of Economic Collapse

by Chris Arden October 23, 2012May 23, 2025