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'No Lisbon without saints': Popular Saints festivals in the capital
The Popular Saints festivities are back in Lisbon, with Saint Anthony celebrated this Saturday as the city turns into a huge street party with music everywhere. June has arrived and with it the long-awaited Santos Populares festivals are back. This is one of the most emblematic traditions of Portuguese culture, bringing together thousands of people at street parties filled with popular music, colour and food.
Books, authors and readers: a day at the Lisbon Book Fair
In Lisbon, June is about more than the popular saints’ festivities: it is also the month when Parque Eduardo VII turns into the country’s biggest bookshop. Ninety-six years after its first edition in 1930, the Book Fair still draws huge crowds. We went to find out why.
48 more police officers deployed to Lisbon airport from Friday
Lisbon airport has recently seen long queues at border control, with delays increasingly blamed on the new Europe-wide Entry/Exit System.
The world’s best cities for food have been revealed by Time Out – and four are in Europe
Based on a survey of more than 24,000 residents across 150 cities, this is the ultimate list for foodies looking for their next travel destination. Time Out has just named the world’s best cities for food, and Peruvian capital Lima came out on top. Four European spots made their way into the top 10 for 2026: London, Barcelona, Athens and Lisbon.
Government to deploy 340 more PSP officers to Portuguese airports to cut queues
Of the 340 officers to be deployed across Portugal’s airports from July, 140 will be assigned to Lisbon and 100 to Porto. Interior Minister Luís Neves announced on Friday that national airports will be reinforced with a further 340 Public Security Police (PSP) officers at the beginning of July, in order to streamline border control procedures. "On 4 July we will deploy another 340 people, PSP officers who are currently receiving specific training for work at the borders.
Teacher 'pulled a sickie' to go on mate's Portugal stag do before ripping up passport to cover tracks
Teacher 'pulled a sickie' to go on mate's Portugal stag do before ripping up passport to cover tracks Joe Wilson, a Year 6 teacher at Listerdale Junior Academy in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was on a stag-do in Lisbon when he claimed he was too sick to work, a tribunal heard A primary school teacher "pulled a sickie" so he could go join his mates on a Portugal stag do and tried to cover his tracks by ripping pages from his passport, a tribunal has found. Joe Wilson told his boss at...
Empty stations and cancelled trains as nationwide strike hits Portugal
Public transport and public services across Portugal faced major disruption on Wednesday as workers joined a 24-hour general strike over proposed labour reforms. The action affected trains, metro services, schools, hospitals and waste collection, with commuters facing delays and cancellations nationwide. In Lisbon, metro stations remained closed while railway stations displayed long lists of cancelled services.
‘Our unity defined our team’: how tiny Torreense made the Women’s Champions League
Portuguese club come from a city of 19,000 people and their stadium holds 2,400 – next season they’ll be up against the best in Europe, and they can’t waitFor the first time ever, the blue-and-garnet colours of SCU Torreense will be worn in a continental tournament. Based in the city of Torres Vedras, about 30 miles north of Lisbon, they qualified for the Women’s Champions League after finishing third in Portugal’s BPI League. Qualification is just the latest success for the club, which had...
EU: Youth involvement in synthetic opioids smuggling rises
EU: Youth involvement in synthetic opioids smuggling rises June 9, 2026Highly potent synthetic opioids are emerging as a growing concern in Europe's illegal drug market, according to a new report from the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), and young people are increasingly involved in their transportation and distribution. Drawing on data from the EU's 27 member states plus Norway and Turkey, the Lisbon-based EUDA found that at least 50 new psychoactive substances were identified in Europe...
General strike: CGTP reports strong support, government says 'country functioning normally'
During the night shift there was an almost complete shutdown in several National Health Service hospitals. Many schools are closed and flights have been cancelled. The government has already responded to Wednesday's general strike, playing down its overall impact.