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Portugal and Canada strengthen transatlantic cooperation
The Portugal News
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The event is organized by the Canadian Embassy and the National Research Council of Canada – Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP), with the support of ANI – National Innovation Agency and takes place in parallel with the ITEA Project...
Portugal vs Serbia Game Player Stats and Box Score for Aug 29 | FIBA EuroBasket 2025
Sportskeeda
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August 29, 2025
The Nikola Jokic-led Serbia battled Portugal on Friday during Day 3 of the FIBA EuroBasket 2025. Serbia and Portugal are part of Group A, which plays at Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. Both nations started the tournament with a win. Portugal, led by...
Pystrance festival organised by alleged IDF soldier cancelled in Portugal amid BDS campaign
Mixmag
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August 29, 2025
A psytrance festival in Portugal, organised by an alleged IDF solider, has been cancelled amid a dispute with a local BDS campaign. Anta Gathering had been due to run from August 28 - September 1, in Viseu, Central Portugal — however, the event...
Network Rail reviewing energy security following North Hyde substation debacle
New Civil Engineer
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August 29, 2025
Network Rail has announced it is reviewing its power resilience risk following the North Hyde substation incident, which saw Heathrow Airport shut down for almost a full day. The announcement was made via the rail body’s board minutes from May...
In an unstable world, energy sovereignty is the new oil
The Hindu
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August 29, 2025
India imports over 85% of its crude oil and more than 50% of its natural gas. This is not just an economic figure. It belongs in our national risk register. As conflict zones multiply, sea lanes narrow and supply chains fragment, every imported...
Shawn Mendes Calls Out Antisemitism Amid Israel-Hamas War During Concert in Portugal
Jewish Post and News
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August 29, 2025
Visitors look at ammunition on display at the Defense and Security Equipment International trade show in this file photo in London, Britain, Sept. 12, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Hannah McKay Britain has barred Israeli officials from its biggest defense...
'We wanted to save our energy a bit' – why has there been a GC stalemate at the Vuelta a España this week?
Cycling Weekly
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August 29, 2025
After seven stages of this year's Tour de France, 3:43 separated the top 10 overall; there were 54 seconds between first and second, and Tadej Pogačar, the eventual winner, was leading already. After seven stages of this year's Vuelta a España,...
Portugal on the upswing
The Portugal News
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Now that I have written some articles about German companies and their investment volume in Portugal in the past few weeks. I conclude that Portugal was not at the center of German investment decisions for a long time, especially when Mrs. Merkel...
Portuguese cement consumption falls by 2% in first half of 2025
Global Cement
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Portugal: Cement consumption reached 1.97Mt in the first half of 2025, down by 2.2% year-on-year, according to the construction industry association AICCOPN. In the same period, permits issued for construction and rehabilitation of residential...
African construction projects push Mota-Engil's profits to record high
Times LIVE
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Portugal's largest construction company Mota-Engil said on Wednesday strong sales in Africa helped drive a 20% rise in net profit in the first half to an all-time high. The builder, which operates in more than 20 countries in Africa, Europe and...
BDS Portugal halts Israeli-linked music festival
Al Mayadeen
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August 29, 2025
The Anta Gathering music festival in Portugal has been cancelled after a successful BDS Portugal campaign targeting its Israeli-affiliated organizers. Israeli media reported on Friday that the Anta Gathering music festival, organized by an Israeli...
Football legends unite for charity in Lisbon
The Portugal News
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Lisbon is set to host a unique football spectacle on Monday, 15 September, when some of the sport’s greatest names take to the pitch for the inaugural Legends Charity Game. This is what Rasmus Sojmark, CEO and founder of SBC, has to say about the...
TAP AIR PORTUGAL REPORTS NET INCOME OF €37.5 MILLION IN Q2
Breaking Travel News
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August 28, 2025
TAP Air Portugal achieved a net income of EUR 37.5 million (£32.4 million) in the second quarter of 2025 (2Q25). The airline has thus reaffirmed its commitment to the path of recovery, financial sustainability and structural transformation it has...
Lisbon’s best bookshops
Lonely Planet
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If you had to guess where the oldest bookshop in the world was located, Lisbon would likely not be your first choice – and yet Libraria Bertrand, which opened in 1732, is just the beginning of Lisbon’s unsung literary scene. Portugal’s capital...
Brazilian Cardiac Technique Now Used in Portugal
Medscape
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August 29, 2025
The Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisbon, Portugal, part of Portugal’s National Health Service, has introduced radiofrequency septal ablation, a procedure developed within Brazil’s public health system at the Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia,...
Europe’s postal industry forced to redesign its post and parcel logistics
Consultancy.eu
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August 29, 2025
Europe’s postal industry is facing at a crossroads, as industry players struggle to keep up with parcel demand and the challenges of digitalization. The ecommerce boom has changed the game from simple letter delivery to fine-tuned parcel...
US Flexes Its Marine Energy Muscles For Reliable, 24/7 Baseload Power Generation
CleanTechnica
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August 29, 2025
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The new “American Energy Dominance” policy pursues coal, oil, gas, and other 24/7 baseload power generation resources while cutting the US wind and solar industries adrift,...
Portuguese stock market continues to gain 0.21% with Mota-Engil rising close to 3%
Portugal Pulse
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August 28, 2025
About an hour after opening, out of the 15 titles making up the main index of the Portuguese stock exchange, the PSI, 11 were in positive territory while four were declining – Ibersol (-0.20% to 9.74 euros), REN (-0.17% to 2.97 euros), BCP (-0.16%...
UK tourists warned of major disruption to Portugal holiday's for 'rest of 2025'
Chronicle Live
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August 28, 2025
UK holidaymakers planning to travel to Portugal in the coming months could face airport disruptions as ground handling staff threaten strike action from September until the start of 2026. The Metallurgical and Related Industries Union (SIMA) at...
Five-million-year-old fissure discovered off Portugal could explain Lisbon's major earthquakes
Euronews
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August 28, 2025
Published on 28/08/2025 - 16:28 GMT+2 For decades, geologists have struggled to explain the massive earthquakes which struck Lisbon in 1755 and 1969. Now a fissure in the tectonic plate 200 kilometres off the coast of Cabo de São Vicente (Sagres)...