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Parliament Approves the New Cultural Patronage Regime on Friday — Base IRC Deduction Lifted from 0.8% to 1% of Turnover, 130% Donation Multiplier Survives, and a New €60,000 Tax Credit Lands for Living-Artist Acquisitions

Parliament Approves the New Cultural Patronage Regime on Friday — Base IRC Deduction Lifted from 0.8% to 1% of Turnover, 130% Donation Multiplier Survives, and a New €60,000 Tax Credit Lands for Living-Artist Acquisitions

The Assembleia da República approved the new cultural-patronage regime on Friday, 9 May 2026, closing a reform negotiation between the Government and the PS that had been running through the year. The vote passed with PSD, CDS-PP, PS, Iniciativa...
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Portugal's Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale Opens With Alexandre Estrela's RedSkyFalls — A Real-Time Installation Wired to Global Seismic Activity Above Magnitude 4.5, in a Biennale Reshaped by the Russia-Israel Boycott

Portugal's Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale Opens With Alexandre Estrela's RedSkyFalls — A Real-Time Installation Wired to Global Seismic Activity Above Magnitude 4.5, in a Biennale Reshaped by the Russia-Israel Boycott

Portugal's pavilion at the 61st Venice Art Biennale opened on Friday with Alexandre Estrela's RedSkyFalls — an installation at Palazzo Fondaco Marcello wired to global seismic activity above magnitude 4.5. The Biennale opens to the public on Saturday under a Russia-Israel boycott controversy.
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Carlos Moedas's Câmara Books €75,000 of Public Money for Sunday's Chic-Nic at Parque Eduardo VII — €150-€300 Tickets, Wicker Baskets and a Marquês de Pombal Stage Open the Lisbon City-Image Debate Wide Open

Carlos Moedas's Câmara Books €75,000 of Public Money for Sunday's Chic-Nic at Parque Eduardo VII — €150-€300 Tickets, Wicker Baskets and a Marquês de Pombal Stage Open the Lisbon City-Image Debate Wide Open

Lisbon's Câmara has put €75,000 of municipal money into Sunday's Chic-Nic at Parque Eduardo VII — a €150-€300-per-head upscale picnic with red-and-white tablecloths, wicker baskets and a Marquês de Pombal stage. The event has reopened the Lisbon city-image debate.
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Santos Populares in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Lisbon's Marchas Populares on Avenida da Liberdade, the 12 June Bridge Holiday, Porto's São João, the Sardine and Caldo-Verde Calendar, and the Six-Festa Calendar Through 29 June

Santos Populares in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Lisbon's Marchas Populares on Avenida da Liberdade, the 12 June Bridge Holiday, Porto's São João, the Sardine and Caldo-Verde Calendar, and the Six-Festa Calendar Through 29 June

Santos Populares — the June trinity of Santo António (12-13 June, Lisbon), São João (23-24 June, Porto) and São Pedro (28-29 June) — is Portugal's biggest open-air festival cycle. The full guide to the calendar, the marchas, the sardines, the manjericos and the foreign-resident logistics.
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