Lufthansa to Buy TAP for €1.2 Billion and Prepare for Full Takeover
Portugal’s government has selected Germany’s Lufthansa as the strategic partner for the partial privatisation of national airline TAP. The Council […]
15 October 2026
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Police Dismantle Affordable Housing Protest Camp in Porto
Around 40 officers from the PSP police special unit dismantled a protest camp in the early hours of Thursday at
How to Fix Your Appliances for Free: Repair Events in Portugal
In Portugal you can try to repair a broken kettle, coffee machine or other small appliance for free, even if
How I got onto a free Portuguese course after a year of waiting, and how I could have saved time
We recently published a guide to free Portuguese courses for foreigners, and today Xpat.Land correspondent Yuliana Prus shares her personal
Weekend Guide: October 16–18
What to Listen To The headliners this weekend are veterans: Alphaville and Rui Veloso are bringing two consecutive evenings of
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Portugal’s alternative to Uber and Bolt: POP signs up 2,000 passengers and 500 drivers in 10 days
The POP platform launched in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley on October 1. According to the company, more than 2,000
Ten films shot in Portugal: a walk through cinema locations
This week sees the release of Love of Your Life, directed by Rachel Morrison and starring Margaret Qualley (The Substance,
Want to Bring Entrepreneurs Together? There Is a Fund That Will Cover Part of the Costs
You can get financial support for a professional meetup, a workshop or a study of the startup scene in Portugal.
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At least 100,000 people in Portugal have long COVID, but there is no dedicated care system for them
That is the estimate pulmonologist João Carlos Winck gave to the Lusa news agency on October 10, according to Executive
How a Football Pundit Built a Career Fighting Immigrants and Became Portugal’s Most Popular Politician
In October, Chega returned to first place in Aximage’s monthly poll for Diário de Notícias (one of the country’s oldest