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Mercado do Bolhão's Knife Sharpener Joins Portugal's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — André Fernandes, 37, Becomes the First Amolador Inscribed Under the SIPCI Framework

Mercado do Bolhão's Knife Sharpener Joins Portugal's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — André Fernandes, 37, Becomes the First Amolador Inscribed Under the SIPCI Framework

André Fernandes, the third-generation knife sharpener at Porto's Mercado do Bolhão, has had his candidacy accepted into the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — the first amolador inscribed under the SIPCI framework, with a museum on the long-range plan.
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Porto historic centre and Sé Cathedral skyline — Norte hosts the 2026 Vodafone Rally de Portugal with the service park at Exponor in Matosinhos

Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2026 Heads Into Sunday With Ogier +21.9s on Neuville — Solberg's Paredes Rain Surge Cost the Frenchman 19 Seconds Before an Afternoon Recovery, FIA Fines ACP €15,000 for the Friday Stage-7 Safety Breach

Sébastien Ogier ends Saturday at the 59th Vodafone Rally de Portugal +21.9 on Neuville and +25.8 on Pajari, after a Paredes rain crisis briefly handed the lead to Oliver Solberg. The FIA fines ACP €15,000 (suspended) for the Friday Arganil 2 incident.
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Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

The cerimónia oficial of the Dia da Europa lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto on Saturday 9 May 2026 for Portugal's 40 years in the EU. Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho lead the 11:00 session; the noon flag-raising and the free Aliados concert open the public day.
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Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

IP awarded Mota-Engil the €113.5M Contumil-Ermesinde quadruplication on the Linha do Minho on 8 May 2026 — 24% below the €150M base price, Q1 2030 completion, ~€40M Portugal 2030 EU cofinancing inside a €226M envelope. First concrete piece of the Porto-Vigo high-speed link.
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