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Ponta Delgada Capital Portuguesa da Cultura Loses Half Its €5.3 Million Envelope After Turismo de Portugal Walks and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos Block the €2 Million Câmara Top-Up

Ponta Delgada Capital Portuguesa da Cultura Loses Half Its €5.3 Million Envelope After Turismo de Portugal Walks and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos Block the €2 Million Câmara Top-Up

PDL26 — Ponta Delgada's year as Capital Portuguesa da Cultura — has lost €2.3M of its original €5.3M envelope after Turismo de Portugal pulled investment, EU sources receded and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos blocked a €2M Câmara Municipal top-up, leaving the operating budget around €3M.
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Avenida da Liberdade Stages 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa Tonight Under 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Banner — 20 Competing Bairros, 3,820 Bleacher Seats and a 40-Year EEC-Accession Tribute Headline the 21:00 Parade

Avenida da Liberdade Stages 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa Tonight Under 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Banner — 20 Competing Bairros, 3,820 Bleacher Seats and a 40-Year EEC-Accession Tribute Headline the 21:00 Parade

EGEAC opens the 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa at 21:00 Friday on Avenida da Liberdade with 20 competing bairros and a 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' banner saluting the 40th anniversary of Portugal's 1986 EEC accession — 3,820 bleacher seats and six giant screens carry the parade.
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Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Locks 13 June Traffic Plan for Procissão de Santo António — Alfama, Sé and Castelo Streets Close 16:30 to 19:00 as the 20-Largo Loop Carries the Patron Saint's Image Back to the Igreja de Santo António

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Locks 13 June Traffic Plan for Procissão de Santo António — Alfama, Sé and Castelo Streets Close 16:30 to 19:00 as the 20-Largo Loop Carries the Patron Saint's Image Back to the Igreja de Santo António

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML, Lisbon City Council) has published the street-by-street traffic plan for the Procissão de Santo António (Saint Anthony's Procession) on Saturday, 13 June 2026 — the religious cortejo that anchors the city's Festas de...
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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.
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