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Grupo Impresa Anchors Tribeca Festival Lisboa on Avenida da Liberdade Through 2028 — December 9-13 Edition Drops the Beato Industrial Hub for Cinema São Jorge, Tivoli BBVA and Capitólio

Grupo Impresa Anchors Tribeca Festival Lisboa on Avenida da Liberdade Through 2028 — December 9-13 Edition Drops the Beato Industrial Hub for Cinema São Jorge, Tivoli BBVA and Capitólio

Grupo Impresa, Tribeca Enterprises and the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML, Lisbon City Council) announced on Friday 5 June 2026 in New York a three-year extension of the Tribeca Festival Lisboa partnership through 2028. The 2026 edition migrates...

The Portugal Brief 06 Jun 2026

Setúbal Joins Leiria and Barreiro in the Capital Portuguesa da Cultura 2028 Race — GEPAC's €1 Million Concurso Hits the 25 September Deadline With a 9 December Winner Announcement

Setúbal Joins Leiria and Barreiro in the Capital Portuguesa da Cultura 2028 Race — GEPAC's €1 Million Concurso Hits the 25 September Deadline With a 9 December Winner Announcement

Setúbal's câmara on Wednesday 3 June became the third Portuguese municipality to formally enter the race for the Capital Portuguesa da Cultura 2028 , joining Leiria — which approved its own candidacy on Tuesday 2 June — and Barreiro, which moved...

The Portugal Brief 03 Jun 2026

André Boto, Jerónimo Heitor Coelho and Cláudia Oliveira Earn Honourable Mentions at London's World Food Photography Awards 2026 — Eggs, Morcelas and Grilled Milho Carry Three Portuguese Frames Into the 27-Category Finals

André Boto, Jerónimo Heitor Coelho and Cláudia Oliveira Earn Honourable Mentions at London's World Food Photography Awards 2026 — Eggs, Morcelas and Grilled Milho Carry Three Portuguese Frames Into the 27-Category Finals

Three Portuguese photographers — André Boto, Jerónimo Heitor Coelho and Cláudia Oliveira — earned honourable mentions at the World Food Photography Awards 2026 in London on 2 June. Eggs, morcelas and grilled milho carried Portugal across three of the 27 finalist categories.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jun 2026

Palácio Nacional da Ajuda's €12.8 Million PRR Refit Targets a 31 August Conclusion and Year-End Reopening — Three Treasury Rooms Lift From a Century-Long Closure

Palácio Nacional da Ajuda's €12.8 Million PRR Refit Targets a 31 August Conclusion and Year-End Reopening — Three Treasury Rooms Lift From a Century-Long Closure

The Palácio Nacional da Ajuda's €12.8 million PRR refit hits the 31 August PRR deadline with a year-end reopening — and unlocks three Salas do Tesouro shuttered since King Luís I's death in 1889.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jun 2026

Unicre's Lisbon Tape Pins the Bad Bunny Estádio da Luz Run at +8.01% Retail Billing With Transactions Climbing 12.03% — USA Tops Foreign Spend at 24.33% Across the Two-Night Window

Unicre's Lisbon Tape Pins the Bad Bunny Estádio da Luz Run at +8.01% Retail Billing With Transactions Climbing 12.03% — USA Tops Foreign Spend at 24.33% Across the Two-Night Window

Unicre's Lisbon billing tape for the Bad Bunny Estádio da Luz nights came in at +8.01% year-on-year with a 12.03% lift in transactions — USA cardholders led foreign spend at 24.33% of the international slice.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jun 2026

12 June Avenida da Liberdade Marchas Populares Parade Caps Lisbon's Santo António Calendar — Eight Bairros Walk the 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Theme Through the Saint's Eve Procession

12 June Avenida da Liberdade Marchas Populares Parade Caps Lisbon's Santo António Calendar — Eight Bairros Walk the 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Theme Through the Saint's Eve Procession

Lisbon's Marchas Populares parade returns to the Avenida da Liberdade on the night of 12 June with eight bairros and the 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' theme. Expected attendance sits at 350,000 to 450,000.

The Portugal Brief 01 Jun 2026

Pedala Portugal Closes the Ponte 25 de Abril for Sunday Morning's 60th-Anniversary Ride — Lisbon-Almada-Oeiras Loop Marks the Tagus Crossing's Diamond Jubilee

Pedala Portugal Closes the Ponte 25 de Abril for Sunday Morning's 60th-Anniversary Ride — Lisbon-Almada-Oeiras Loop Marks the Tagus Crossing's Diamond Jubilee

Pedala Portugal closed the Ponte 25 de Abril's south-to-north carriageway between 08:30 and 10:30 on Sunday 31 May, linking Lisboa, Almada and Oeiras for the 60-year mass ride that anchors the bridge's diamond-jubilee calendar.

The Portugal Brief 01 Jun 2026

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