Portugal
Portugal prosecutors probe legality of US use of Lajes base in Iran war
A longstanding agreement with the US allows Washington to use the base without prior authorisation during peacetime, but requires Portugal to give approval once hostilities begin.
For the first time: Arkia launches direct flights to Madeira
Portuguese artists pull out of Jerry Seinfeld-headlined festival
Israel's settlement policy triggers trade restrictions from 12 nations, incl. Canada, France
1,000 Portuguese students visit Porto's Jewish Museum for Inquisition Memorial Day
The Porto Jewish community also operates a Holocaust Museum, which was opened in December 2020 and has already been visited by some 150,000 teenagers from schools in Portugal.
Portuguese festival: 'Zionism has no place on a dancefloor'
Portuguese Waking Life festival sparks debate after equating Zionism with racism on dancefloors. Controversy ensues.
Israeli ambassador to Portugal and B'nai B'rith president urge action against antisemitism
At the International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, Israeli ambassador to Portugal Dor Shapira and B'nai B'rith president Gabriela Cantergi urged politicians to condemn antisemitism
Madeleine McCann case revelation: Prime suspect plotted to steal, sell a child - report
Madeleine McCann vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal, in 2007. Now, a chilling detail emerges, potentially a key to the long-unsolved mystery
‘Cleansing the world of Jews’: Porto housing protest turns antisemitic
Protesters drew inspiration from the Israel-Hamas war and anti-Israel narratives, instructing people “not to rent a house from Zionist murderers."
2,000 children in Portugal visit Porto's Holocaust museum to mark Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day
Among the exhibits at the site are a reproduction of sleeping cells from the Auschwitz death camp, artifacts and documents that belonged to survivors who fled the Nazis to Porto.
'Sefarad': A film presenting the story of the Portuguese Dreyfus
The film shows how the community was shaken by the news that there were descendants of Jews in Portuguese villages who still practiced Jewish rituals mixed with Catholicism, known as Marranos.
Porto's Jewish community accuses socialist Portuguese gov't of fabricating the 'Abramovich scandal'
The community has released an extensive and detailed report showing the evidence that the Portuguese government concocted a scandal where there was none.
New film on 1506 massacre of Lisbon Jews garners worldwide attention
As many as 4,000 Jews were brutally murdered in the Lisbon massacre between April 19 and 21, 1506.
The new Jews of Porto: How the Portuguese city built a Jewish community
Over the past decade, a community of roughly 1,000 Jews has materialized in Porto, thanks to a law that since 2015 has allowed the return of people whose ancestors were expelled.
