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Catarina Botelho on crisis, arts and just everyday life in Portugal

('Emmanuel Haddad',) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:05:05 -0000

The visual artist and photographer from Lisbon focuses on the relationship between close friends, family and objects, as well as doing the odd stint working abroad. We talk about the arts in Portugal, culture during a crisis and staying forever amateur

Lisbon, London: the problem with SlutWalks or Who's afraid of feminine sexuality?

('Madalina Pierseca',) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:49:55 -0000

Europe has been celebrating three months of the Canadian-exported 'SlutWalks', with the next protest against the equation 'sexy clothing does not mean slut' taking place in Lisbon on 25 June. 11 June saw the phenomenon hitting British shores

Portuguese student on Portugal ignoring politics

('victor escandell',) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:00:00 -0000

The president of Portugal, the conservative Aníbal Cavaco, has been re-elected in the first round with 52.9% of the votes and the lowest turnout in the history of the Portuguese democracy. A Portuguese student breaks down the general pessimism and the lack of power in his country, next candidate, according to certain media, for a financial bail-out

Get your summit hats on: Lisbon gets translantic

('English language version of cafebabel.com',) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:30:00 -0000

The Nato summit in Lisbon between 19 and 20 November marks ‘one of the most important summits in history', according to the BBC. cafebabel.com Brussels snagged an interview with US ambassador to the EU William E. Kennard

Hitchhiking Gathering 2010: the lowdown

('lbricks',) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:23:01 -0000

The third celebration of the Hitchhiking Gathering takes place in August, first in Barcelona and next in Lisbon, with hundreds of hitchhikers from the whole continent expected to attend

Anything but lethargic: multi-faceted life of a German in Lisbon

('Annie Rutherford',) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0000

Carme Riera: why Catalan’s 'days are numbered'

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0000

Whilst in Lisbon for BeBalears, the Balearic Islands cultural week, the Barcelona-based writer and Spanish literature professor discusses how she struggled to write in her native tongue and analyses the erasmus effect

Iberia: unite Spain and Portugal

('Sophie Paterson',) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:00:00 -0000

28% of Portuguese and 45% of Spaniards want to unify Spain and Portugal

Loving dictator Salazar

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0000

General De Gaulle in France, Churchill in the UK. The Portuguese have voted the founder and leader of the authoritarian regime the 'greatest ever figure in Portuguese history'

Who are Lisbon's contemporary artists?

('Sophie Paterson',) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0000

Who’s selling? Who’s buying? Who’s organising? Run-down of the unjustified creative pessimism in the Portuguese capital, from Culturgest, ZDB and

Hairy Portuguese women

('English language version of cafebabel.com',) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0000

The French and Spanish joke goes that Portuguese women have moustaches

Barroso: see you in 2009?

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0000

The Portuguese and current president of the European Commission could be re-elected after his mandate expires in June 2009

In Senegal, farmers versus Europe

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0000

Small-time Senegalese producers are speaking out against the Economic Partership Agreements (EPAs) negotiated on 8 and 9 December at Lisbon. For them, the battle against famine means being opposed to market liberalisation

David Le Breton: defining Italians by sight and taste

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0000

A very personal journey through a Europe of five (or six) senses with the French anthropologist and sociology professor

When Barroso was a communist

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:41:00 -0000

Watch the video of the current president of the European Commission when he was a student leader in 1975

Plunge into Portugal

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:00:00 -0000

Journey to the southwest of the European continent in quest of ancient villages and avant-garde buildings

Portugal: small country, big expectations

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0000

From 1 July, Portugal assume the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, taking over a job well done from Germany

Spain growing by 300 an hour

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:40:00 -0000

In three years, Spain will be the first country in the world to have a 2.230km long railway network for high speed trains

Jorge Sampaio: ‘Europe has dropped a beat'

('Daniel G. Ross',) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0000

Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal, on the European dream, a constitution revival and feeling Portugese