Social trends, demographics, and community issues in modern Portugal.
Portugal's mental health crisis has reached alarming new proportions, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) on the eve of World Health Day. The annual Health Statistics report shows that 39.4 per cent of the adult...
Portugal's only Nobel laureate in Literature, José Saramago, could lose mandatory status in secondary schools under a proposed curriculum revision now in public consultation. The draft Aprendizagens Essenciais (Essential Learning Standards) for...
Portugal's largest trade union confederation, the CGTP-IN, has called a "grande manifestação nacional" for April 17, escalating tensions over the government's labor reform agenda and setting the stage for what could be one of the largest worker...
Three bills set for debate in the Portuguese Parliament on Wednesday and Thursday could fundamentally alter the country's gender recognition framework, rolling back protections that have been in place since 2018 and prompting an unprecedented joint...
Portugal accepted more immigrants per capita than any other European Union member state between 2012 and 2023, according to new data from Pordata published this week. The finding underscores a demographic transformation that analysts say has reached...
Three years after thousands of people from Lisbon's peripheral neighbourhoods marched on the Assembleia da Republica to demand affordable housing, the Vida Justa movement is no longer a Lisbon story. The grassroots organisation confirmed this week...
Benfica has identified the two supporters who made monkey gestures directed at Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior during Tuesday's Champions League knockout round match at the Estadio da Luz, according to Portuguese sports daily A Bola.
