Au Portugal, le gouvernement et l’extrême droite s’accordent sur une nouvelle loi de la nationalité

LE FIGARO : L’objectif recherché est d’allonger les délais pour que les immigrés puissent obtenir la nationalité portugaise.

Sans majorité absolue au Parlement, le gouvernement portugais de droite est parvenu mardi à un accord avec l'extrême droite pour adopter une réforme de la loi encadrant la naturalisation des étrangers. «Nous aurons une nouvelle loi de la nationalité», qui viendra notamment allonger les délais pour que les immigrés puissent obtenir la nationalité portugaise, a annoncé le député Hugo Soares, chef du groupe parlementaire du camp gouvernemental, à l'agence de presse Lusa. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 28 octobre 2025

Inside Portugal’s Tascas: Where Food Feels Like Home | Cheers & Chats

Oct 18, 2025 | Tascas are traditional, family-run taverns found across Portugal – known for generous portions, affordable prices, and a strong sense of community. But rising rents and changing lifestyles are putting them at risk. This video takes you inside one of the city’s most authentic Tascas to meet the people behind the food. Let’s visit João’s Tasca, a beloved neighborhood spot, to explore what makes these places so special and why they’re worth preserving. With insights from locals and food experts, this is a portrait of a culinary institution under threat.

Lisbon Funicular Crash: Portugal’s PM Vows Swift and thorough Investigation

THE GUARDIAN Luís Montenegro describes incident, in which 16 people died, as ‘one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history’

Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, has promised a swift and thorough investigation to determine the causes of the funicular railway crash that killed 16 people and injured 21 others in Lisbon, describing the incident as “one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history”.

Public prosecutors are already looking into the crash, which happened on the Portuguese capital’s famous Glória funicular just after 6pm on Wednesday. The city’s mayor has also asked Carris, the municipal public transport company that operates the service, to investigate.

All those killed when one of the funicular’s two cars derailed and crashed into a building were adults, according to Margarida Castro Martins, the head of the city’s civil protection agency.

She said the victims’ families would be informed before any names or nationalities were released, but confirmed that those injured in the crash included Portuguese people as well as two Germans, two Spaniards and one person each from Canada, Cape Verde, France, Italy, Morocco, South Korea and Switzerland.

Carris later said that one of its workers, a brake operator, had died in the crash. » | Sam Jones in Madrid, Helen Livingstone and agencies | Thursday, September 4, 2025

At Least 15 People Killed after Lisbon’s Funicular Railway Derails

THE GUARDIAN: President laments accident on railway that carries passengers up and down a hillside in Portuguese capital

At least 15 people have been killed after Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway car derailed and crashed, an emergency medical service spokesperson has said.

Authorities would not identify the victims or disclose their nationalities, but said some foreign nationals were among the dead. At least 18 people were also injured.

“It’s a tragic day for our city ... Lisbon is in mourning, it is a tragic, tragic incident,” Carlos Moedas, the mayor of the Portuguese capital, told reporters.

Footage from the site showed the tram-like funicular, which carries people up and down a hillside in the Portuguese capital, destroyed and emergency workers pulling people out of the wreckage. » | Reuters | Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Portugal : le funiculaire emblématique de Lisbonne déraille, le bilan s’alourdit à 15 morts et 18 blessés : Le gouvernement portugais a décrété une journée de deuil national jeudi. Des touristes étrangers se trouvaient dans le funiculaire. »

At Least 15 Dead After Lisbon Funicular Derails and Crashes, Officials Say: The funicular line, one of three in Lisbon, is a popular tourist attraction. »

Portugal’s Forgotten Dictatorship: The Era Salazar | History Documentary

Aug 28, 2025 | For 48 years, António Salazar ruled Portugal with silent force. This documentary reveals how Europe’s longest right-wing dictatorship controlled a nation—and why the world barely remembers it.

Wildfires Rage in Spain and Portugal amid Searing Heat

THE GUARDIAN: Extreme temperatures exacerbated by carbon pollution fuel fires in southern Europe as green policies are rolled back

Relentless heat and raging wildfires continue to ravage southern Europe, with one-quarter of weather stations in Spain recording 40C temperatures, as the prime minister urged people to “leave the climate emergency outside of partisan struggles”.

The Spanish weather agency Aemet recorded a high of 45.8C in Cádiz on Sunday, while one in eight weather stations nationwide hit peaks of at least 42C (108F) . The agency warned of “very high or extreme fire danger” in most of the country in a post on social media on Monday.

“Although the heatwave is starting to subside, very high temperatures will still be reached today in the east and south of the peninsula,” it said. “Be cautious.”

Deadly fires have burned 348,000 hectares in Spain this year, according to preliminary data published by Copernicus on Monday, charring even more land than when the previous record was set in 2022. » | Ajit Niranjan and Sam Jones | Monday, August 18, 2025

The Only Truly Original Pastéis de Nata | Pastéis de Belém from Lisbon, Portugal

Jul 18, 2020 | Many people have heard of the famous Pastéis de Nata. The recipe for the original pastéis - the "Pastéis de Belém" – has been kept a secret for more than 185 years. Created in the Belém district of Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, its current guardians are the three pastry chefs of the Pastéis de Belém bakery. Around 20,000 are baked there daily. People from throughout Portugal and even the world come here to enjoy these delicious, and truly original delicacies.

A Tour of O Mercado de Lisboa, Lisbon's Best Food Market

Nov 20, 2020 | Celia Pedroso from Pasteis de Belem gives us a tour of O Mercado de Lisboa, Lisbon’s best food market that has been thriving in the city for more than a century. She shows Chef Einav Gefen some of the market’s specialties, including acorn bread.

Welcome to the Jewish Community of Lisbon

Dec 27, 2024 | Portugal 🇵🇹 is the oldest nation-state in Europe, having established its current borders in the mid-13th century. It is also home to a reviving Jewish community.

We had the opportunity this year to travel there. Step into the world of Jewish Lisbon with a guide from the local community.

Portugal Brain Drain: Young Professionals Flee Stagnating Economy

Nov 17, 2024 | A stagnant economy and spiraling cost of living in Portugal are forcing a generation of young people to seek opportunities elsewhere - a brain drain that costs the economy billions of dollars in lost revenue.

The government's planning generous tax breaks for young people to encourage them to stay. But even that might not be enough.

Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from Lisbon, Portugal.

Portugal's Islamic/Moorish Past | Reupload

Oct 11, 2017 | In this documentary, we uncover the influence that 500 years of Muslim occupation had on Portugal and Portuguese culture. We visit some important sights and hear from Portuguese people regarding their views on this significant part of their history. Despite being overlooked at times, the Islamic occupation, known as its Moorish past, has had a huge impact on Portugal.

While in Spain, the seven centuries of Muslim rule is very well-known, in Portugal it typically goes unnoticed. Despite being overlooked at times, the Islamic occupation, known as its Moorish past, has had a huge impact on Portugal.

The Muslims invaded present-day Portugal in the year 711 and established their capital in what is modern day "Silves". A significant part of this documentary takes us to Silves, which is still one of the best places in Portugal to see the influence of the Muslim period. Silves was the main access route to the inland areas of the Algarve, and the Silves castle, which was built by the Almoravid Arabs in the 11th century, is the best-preserved and most significant castle in the region. One of Portugal's main tourist attractions are its the beautiful beaches in the Algarve region. The name Algarve itself is derived from the Arabic word "al-Gharb"(*see below), meaning the West. Portugal was the most Western part of the Muslim empire and it was officially referred to as al-Gharb al-Andalus, meaning West of Al-Andalus. Nowadays Al-Andalus is often referred to as Muslim Spain, or Islamic Iberia.

It is not just the physical monuments which make Portugal’s Muslim past evident, but you can also find it in the country’s language and culture, even though the entire Reconquest centred around getting rid of Islamic influence altogether. Some Arabic words have permanently entered the Portuguese language, words for sugar, rice, olive oil, lettuce, village, the west and many others. Even Portugal’s most popular holiday spot, Albufeira, gets its name from Arabic, having then been called (Albuhayra) which means the lake in Arabic. The journey also takes us to Sintra, among other places, where the massive Moorish Castle stands. It was built by Muslims between the 9th and 10th centuries, the castle was vital in order to protect its population.

The southernmost region of Portugal was finally conquered by Christians and taken away from the Muslims in 1249, and in 1255 the capital shifted to Lisbon. Neighbouring Spain would not complete its Reconquista until 1492.


Making connections… Compare al-Gharb (الغرب), meaning the west in Arabic with the name for Morocco in Arabic which is Al-Maghrib (المغرب) which basically means ‘place in the West’. Putting an ‘m’ before many words in Arabic turns the word into a place where something is, or a place where something is done or is carried out. Another example to illustrate this point is the following: the words for bread and bakery in Arabic. The word for bread is khubz (خبز). Putting an ‘m’ in front of ‘khubz’ turns it into a bakery (مخبز). The word for ‘stop’ or ‘halt’ is qif (قف). So a bus stop becomes mawqif (موقف ), or a place for stopping. I feel sure that some of my visitors will be interested to learn this. I hope so anyway. — © Mark Alexander

Portugal Going Through ‘Difficult Days’ as Wildfires Burn Across the Country

THE HEW YORK TIMES: More than 5,000 personnel are battling a number of wildfires, the authorities said, and the prime minister called it an “extremely difficult weather situation.”

Sweeping wildfires across Portugal this week fueled by scorching heat have caused multiple deaths, disrupted travel and prompted a coordinated response from multiple local and international governments.

The fires, caused by dry brush and exacerbated by heat and strong winds, have been concentrated in the central and northern parts of the country but have been reported all over.

At least four people have died since the fires began over the weekend, according to Publico, a national newspaper in Portugal, and residents have had to flee their homes to safety. It is unclear exactly how many acres have been burned so far, but more than 5,000 personnel were working around Portugal to get the flames under control, according to the country’s National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority.

Prime Minister Luís Montenegro of Portugal said on social media on Monday that one of the deaths was a firefighter who died of a “sudden illness” while fighting a fire in Oliveira de Azeméis, a region more than 30 miles southeast of Porto. » | Derrick Bryson Taylor | Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Video here.

Why This Year’s Extreme Weather Conditions Have Scientists In Shock | DW News

Aug 9, 2023 | Hundreds of firefighters worked to put out a wildfire in southern Portugal on Tuesday, with 1,400 people evacuated since the start of the blaze. The fire has destroyed around 6,700 hectares of land. A total of 19 villages, four tourist accommodations and a camping site have been evacuated as a precaution. From north to south, Europe is again battling extreme weather events, with floods in Slovenia, a heat wave in Spain and landslides in Norway.

Hundreds of Firefighters Tackling Blaze Raging in Southern Portugal

THE GUARDIAN: Fire has scorched thousands of hectares of land and forced precautionary evacuation of 1,400 people

Hundreds of firefighters are scrambling to put out a blaze raging in southern Portugal that has scorched thousands of hectares of land and led to the precautionary evacuation of about 1,400 people.

The wildfire, which is being tackled by more than 800 firefighters, started on Saturday in the municipality of Odemira in the Alentejo region but has since spread south towards the Algarve, one of Portugal’s top tourist destinations. » | Reuters in Odemira | Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Le pape clôture les JMJ de Lisbonne devant 1,5 million de pèlerins

Aug 7, 2023 | François a présidé la messe de clôture du plus grand rassemblement catholique international. Son message aux jeunes chrétiens : «Soyez sans crainte !»

Isabella of Castile: Reconquista - Full History (All Parts)

Jun 2, 2023 | Isabella of Castile was born into a position of obscurity and was likely to have ended up as nothing more than a footnote in history. Yet, her impressive life showed the power of perseverance. She ascended to become a Queen, restored the wealth and prestige of her country, kept her rivals at bay, and did what all the priors kings of Castile could not - she ended the Reconquista and drove Islam from Iberia.

Portuguese Parliament Legalises Euthanasia after Long Battle

THE GUARDIAN: Decision to allow medically assisted dying has divided the deeply Catholic country

The Portuguese parliament, which had previously passed the euthanasia bill four times, only to see it sent back every time for a constitutional review due to opposition from the president.Photograph: Antonio Cotrim/EPA
After a long battle, Portugal passed a law on Friday legalising euthanasia for people in great suffering and with incurable diseases, joining just a handful of countries around the world.

The issue has divided the deeply Catholic country and was strongly opposed by conservative president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a devout churchgoer.

Under its provisions, people aged over 18 will be allowed to request assistance in dying if they are terminally ill and in intolerable suffering. It will only cover those suffering “lasting” and “unbearable” pain, unless they are deemed not to be mentally fit to make such a decision.

The law will be applicable only to nationals and legal residents and will not extend to foreigners coming into the country to seek assisted dying. » | AFP in Lisbon | Friday, May 12, 2023

Vogue Cover, Portugal, 2019

Frederico Martins Captures Jessie Bloemendaal for Vogue Portugal — Anne of Carversville / Model Jessie Bioemendaal is styled by Nelly Goncalves in glam sophistication fashion shoot by Frederico Martins for Vogue Portugal October 2019.
My thanks for this super, elegant photo go to Anne of Carversville on Pinterest.

Les vols de nourriture dans les supermarchés en hausse au Portugal : « Des retraités, des étudiants ou des parents en sont réduits à cela »

LE MONDE : Les ménages les moins aisés, mais aussi la classe moyenne, sont particulièrement affectés par l’inflation, alors que la pauvreté a nettement augmenté depuis la pandémie de Covid-19.

Des boîtes de thon sont équipées d’antivols pour faire face à la recrudescence des vols, dans une grande surface portugaise. DOCUMENT EXPRESSO
Ces images ont quelque chose de terrifiant. Elles en disent long sur la crise sociale engendrée par l’inflation au Portugal : dans certains supermarchés de Lisbonne ou de Porto, des boîtes de thon à 1,79 euro sont désormais vendues enserrées dans des coffrets plastiques antivol.

Et pour cause : depuis septembre, les vols de nourriture de base – thon, mais aussi pain, café, riz – décollent dans les supermarchés, en particulier dans les villes, se désole Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, le président l’Association portugaise des entreprises de distribution (APED), dans l’hebdomadaire Expresso du 21 octobre, citant également les témoignages d’agents de sécurité. » | Par Marie Charrel | jeudi 3 novembre 2022

Zu Tisch ... in Zentralportugal | ARTE

Aug 13, 2022 In Zentralportugal haben zwei ehemalige Ordensschwestern einen Ort der Begegnung geschaffen. Das Herzstück ist ihr Garten für Permakultur. Margarida und Eduarda gehen schonend mit der Erde um. Im September kommen Bohnen, Kohl und Kürbis auf den Tisch. Die Küche der Schwestern ist einfach, aber nahrhaft. Einmal in der Woche backen sie Brot.

Im Landesinnern erheben sich Portugals höchste Berge. Ackerbau ist hier nur unter erschwerten Bedingungen möglich. In einer kleinen Gemeinde in der Region Leiria haben zwei ehemalige Nonnen eine traditionelle Art des schonenden Ackerbaus für sich entdeckt: Permakultur. Im Garten von Margarida Monteiro und Eduarda Barbosa wächst das Gemüse nicht in Reih und Glied. Zwischen Gräsern und Kräutern gedeihen im September Bohnen und Kürbisse und Kohl. Mit den Erträgen ihrer Ernte ernähren sie nicht nur sich selbst, sondern auch Freunde und Freundinnen. Aus Bohnen, selbst gebackenem Brot und Kohl werden traditionelle Migas. Kürbis und Mondbohnen sind die Basis für einen deftigen Eintopf. Ihre eigenen Feigen und Äpfel verfeinern einen herbstlichen Walnusskuchen.

Esskulturreihe, Regie: Stella Könemann (D 2021, 27 Min)
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