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José Saramago ‘is alive and among us’: the centenary party has begun

In the ceremony kicking off the writer’s centenary commemorations, the President of the Republic awarded him the posthumous award of the great necklace of the Order of Camões. This was followed by the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa putting a dialogue to music using the words of the author, and the Spanish writer Irene Vallejo addressed the audience to praise the reading.

Palcos da semana

In Porto we can listen music from all around the world at the Womex Worldwide Music Expo, and go to the exhibition O Olhar Compromido [A committed Eye] by Nicolás Muller. Lisbon welcomes Miguel Bonneville with his show Recuperar o Corpo [Recovering the Body], and Penafiel receives Germano Almeida and his words. Gilberto Gil sings all around the country.

“Lucio Costa is everyone's heritage”

The possessions of the architect who made Brasília, the culmination of modern thinking for the city, were donated to Portugal by the family.

From the oceans to equality, France and Portugal join forces to think about what brings them together

Cross-events season begins in 2022 and takes advantage of the presidency of the European Union taken on by the two countries to create a broad program of cultural and scientific exchanges.

Glória, the first Portuguese original show for Netflix, premieres on 5 November

It is the tv show with the highest budget ever in the history of national production, says its author, Pedro Lopes.

Coimbra lays the foundations for European Hub for the Museum of the Portuguese Language

The project is part of the city’s application for European Capital of Culture in 2027, but it may proceed regardless of the result. Promoters say that the contacts in Brazil were successful.

“Imagine,” said John Lennon 50 years ago

John Lennon's dream of a world without countries, without possessions and without religion, was published in the album Imagine on September 9, 1971. Over 50 years, it has become omnipresent, transversal, became a counter-cultural manifesto to the idea of an aspiration, passive but comforting, into an anthem on hand wherever tragedy lurks.

Artwork that peeks through the veil of Afghanistan's future

Portuguese cities on the route of digital nomads: ‘My home is a state of mind’

It is mainly young people who travel while working remotely. With the end of the pandemic in sight, it is expected that there will be an increase in the number of digital nomads across the world, and Portugal could become a favoured destination for these professionals.

The pandemic has accentuated inequalities, but the state looks good in the picture

The report “Governing in a State of Emergency”, prepared by ISCTE to assess the state of the nation in 2021, reveals old weaknesses, new problems and the surprising response of the public administration.