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Fifty not-out: Madrid exhibition traces decades of democratic transitions in Portugal and Spain
By Emma De Ruiter & Euronews Portugal Published on 22/10/2025 - 8:14 GMT+2 The Montemadrid Foundation and the Commission for the Commemoration of Fifty Years of Spain in Freedom are presenting an exhibition at Casa Encendida in the...
FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož 2025: Little Trouble Girls
PORTOROŽ: Urška Djukić’s Little Trouble Girls / Kaj ti je deklica is screening in the competition of the 28th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, running 21 - 26 October 2025 in Portorož. This sensual coming-of-age first feature, which opened the...

Balsemao, Portuguese media mogul and former premier, dies at 88
Francisco Pinto Balsemão, one of Portugal’s most influential political figures and builder of a domestic media empire, has died, News.az reports citing Bloomberg. He was 88. The former premier died of natural causes next to his family, according...

Apple Music Tees Up Live Gracie Abrams Red Rocks Performance
Photo Credit: Apple Music If you missed singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams’ recent tour, which finished up in Mexico City at the end of August, worry not. Apple Music is offering the chance to see one of her iconic performances from the tour. Apple...

Children’s short films set to light up CineCiutat in Palma
Palma’s CineCiutat is set to welcome its youngest cinema-goers for an enchanting afternoon of storytelling without words. On Sunday October 26 2025, the independent cinema will host a special screening of short films without dialogue, curated...

Algoma Conservatory hosting trio that offers a musical fusion
Audiences will be treated to a mix of classical masterpieces and original compositions when 'Percussiano3' takes the stage NEWS RELEASE ALGOMA CONSERVATORY ************************ The two hands of percussionist Rod Thomas Squance and the four...

An Inside Look At Portugal’s Booming Footwear Industry
Abundant sunshine that dances off the tiled walls of hilly, coastal towns lining the Atlantic Ocean. Towering architecture that dates back to the 15th century yet still feels very much alive thanks to animated carvings and stately bronze...

Cristiano Ronaldo's son earns first Portugal U16 call-up to follow in dad's footsteps
Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. is working his way through Portugal's age groups(Image: Getty Images) Cristiano Ronaldo's son has taken another step towards following in his father's footsteps after being handed a call-up to Portugal's Under-16 squad for...

Portugal holiday hotspot introduces new rules for tourists with brutal £1,750 fines
Holidaymakers now face hefty penalties for actions such as abandoning shopping trolleys in a sought-after European resort determined to tackle antisocial conduct. British holidaymakers heading to Portugal this year could be hit with fines...

Portugal signs D9+ for Artificial Intelligence and the digital future
This group, composed of Portugal, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden, brings together countries that are at the forefront of digitalization and...

Portugal in the top ten
The new forecasts from the International Monetary Fund place Portugal among the ten European economies with the best economic performance forecast for 2026. According to the World Economic Outlook report, the country is expected to grow 2.1% this...


AICEP Forum brings Portugal’s potential in Artificial Intelligence to the USA
The 8th edition of the ‘Portugal Economic Forum,’ attended by the Secretary of State for Digitalization, Bernardo Correia, was divided into two panels: ‘Founders and Funders,’ focusing on ways to build and expand Portuguese AI; and ‘Portugal’s AI...

Ronaldo's son earns first Portugal U16s callup
Cristiano Ronaldo 's son has been called up to Portugal's under-16 squad for the first time. Fifteen-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, who is at Saudi Arabia side Al Nassr where his father plays, has been included in a 22-player squad for the...

Geoffrey Kondogbia and Junior Hamad Traoré still absent as Marseille travel to face Sporting Lisbon
4Roberto De Zerbi will once again have to make do without several key players as Marseille travel to Lisbon to face Sporting CP on Wednesday evening (21:00 CET) for their third Champions League outing this season. Les Olympiens completed their...

Jack & Jones expands its presence in Portugal with northern debut
Until 2024, the Danish menswear brand Jack & Jones was only present in Portugal through the multi-brand channel. In March of that year, it opened its first standalone store in the country at UBBO in Amadora. Since then, it has opened at Designer...

REPORT: Nouveau Marché @ Nouveau Cinéma Montréal 2025
21/10/2025 - The Canadian festival, which presses on with its mission to spotlight daring auteur cinema rooted in the present day and open to the wider world, has presented five European projects A moment from the pitching session (© Maryse...

USWNT vs. Portugal, 2025 friendly: Scouting Portugal
The United States Women’s National Team is back in action, with three friendlies against two different opponents as Emma Hayes states that there is “much work to be done before qualifying next year.” The roster continues to take shape as new...

Belgium and Japan come together for a slick collaboration at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal
21/10/2025 - Two features in this year’s selection are bound by an international partnership forged behind the scenes of the festival just one year earlier Artists Séverine Cayron and Jérôme Vandewattyne In October 2024, Montreal's Festival du...

Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma unveils its award winners
21/10/2025 - Portugal has triumphed at the festival's 54th edition thanks to Pedro Pinho's I Only Rest in the Storm in the main competition and Ary Zara's Sun in Saturn in the Nouveau Marché The awards ceremony (© Maryse Boyce/FNC) The Festival du...