Tag: Portuguese

Portuguese footwear industry offers ‘alternative to Italy’

By reducing costs or developing new market segments, Portugal could become a key player in the luxury footwear sector according to EY Parthenon. Portugal’s footwear, components and leather goods sector currently employs around 40,000 people and exports 90% of its goods to 173 countries. Miguel Cardoso Pinto, partner at EY Parthenon, said that increased competition […]

Airplanes Collide in Disastrous Portuguese Air Show Mishap, Killing 1

Two Yakovlev Yak-52 planes collided in mid-air during a demonstration at Portugal’s Beja Air Show on Sunday, resulting in a deadly crash that killed one pilot, the country’s air force said. “The air force regrets to announce that at 4:05 pm (1505 GMT), at the Beja Air Show, two planes were the victim of an […]

Portuguese go to the polls in general election

Voters are going to the polls in Portugal’s general election, with mainstream moderates trying to keep a populist party at bay. The election, with 10.8 million registered voters, is set against a backdrop of corruption and economic hardship that have eroded faith in moderate mainstream parties and could push a significant number of voters into […]

Populists hope to make impact in Portuguese election

The official two-week campaign period before Portugal’s early general election began on Sunday, with the country’s two moderate mainstream parties once again expected to collect the most votes but with the expected rise of a populist party potentially adding momentum to Europe’s drift to the right. The centre-left Socialist Party and centre-right Social Democratic Party […]

Feisty Portuguese election debate dims hopes for post-poll compromises

By Andrei Khalip and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – The leaders of Portugal’s centre-right and far-right parties clashed in a tense debate late on Monday, dimming prospects they will find enough common ground for the former to have a stable government if he wins next month’s ballot without a majority. The Portuguese will vote in […]

Carnaval is all about tradition. Bailinhos coming to a Portuguese venue near you

NEW BEDFORD – The Carnaval tradition will be in full display this weekend at more than a dozen Portuguese-American clubs and organizations scattered across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. From New Bedford to Lowell and from Warren to Pawtucket, venues will come alive with the performances of seven groups who have been rehearsing their Azorean-style Mardi […]

Kuleba meets with Portuguese FM in Kyiv

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with his Portuguese counterpart Joao Cravinho in Kyiv on Feb. 6 during Cravinho’s two-day visit to Ukraine. The Portuguese delegation arrived in Ukraine on Feb. 5, headed by Cravinho and Education Minister Joao Costa. It was not Cravinho’s first visit to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, having […]