Portugal

Human rights group honors Jews, Christians, and Jerusalem

Former MEP says Judeo-Christian values are an antidote to wokeism

Bishop of Porto Dom Manuel Linda speaking at the event with Dr. Jose Ribeiro e Castro, Dr. Luis Andrade and Gabriela Cantergi
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A new study reveals: This is the best destination to move to in retirement

Hacker attack

Portugal warns foreign state-backed hackers targeting officials' and military messaging accounts

 A 5th-generation F-35 lands at RAF Lakenheath, in Mildenhall, England, January 7, 2026

US ambassador urges Portugal to purchase F-35 stealth jets


Comet hits Earth's atmosphere, flies over Spain, Portugal before burning up - ESA

A comet was seen flying over Spain and Portugal over the weekend as it impacted the atmosphere before burning up over the Atlantic Ocean.

 A comet fragment lights up the skies as seen from Caceres, Spain May 18, 2024 in this still image taken from social media video.

El Al resumes flights to second beloved destination in Portugal for less than $400

Following Lisbon, El Al will operate flights to Porto, operated by its subsidiary, Sun D'or. Prices start at $389 per ticket.


Portuguese Jewish orgs commemorate Christian figures who were kind to Jews

A nun who made kaddish for a Jewish man when no one else would was honored alongside the Bishop of Oporto, D. Manuel Linda. 

Luis Andrade, President of the International Observatory of Human Rights, Gabriela Cantergi, President of B'nai B'rith International Portugal, and the Bishop of Oporto, D. Manuel Linda.

Four people arrested for supposedly enslaving mentally disabled man for 17 years in Portugal

Four people were arrested in Portugal's northern Braganca region for enslaving a man for 17 years; the victim endured abuse, exploitation, and deprivation. Human trafficking concerns persist.

Nigerian Kehinde Avose wears chains on his neck while re-enacting the days of slavery for American visitors in the former slave port of Badagry town south-west Nigeria August 25, 2002. More than fifty black Americans, including seven mayors, are in Lagos for the Second Black Heritage Festival.

Iran says crew of Israel-linked ship to be released

He was quoted as saying the crew would be turned over to their ambassadors in Tehran. The reports did not say when this would occur.

 An official slides down a rope during a helicopter raid on MSC Aries ship at sea in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released on April 13, 2024.

Portugal must 'pay costs' of slavery and colonial crimes, president says

Portugal's colonial era, during which countries including Angola, Mozambique, Brazil, Cape Verde and East Timor as well as parts of India were subjected to Portuguese rule.

 Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Democratic Alliance (AD) leader Luis Montenegro talks to the media after meeting with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in Belem Palace, following the general elections in Lisbon, Portugal, March 20, 2024.

Porto Jewish community releases film about Lisbon 1506 massacre 

 In wake of October 7th massacre, film shows that pogroms do not “happen in a vacuum”.

 Screenshot from the film

Portugal urges Iranian ambassador to release container ship MSC Aries

It said Portugal had demanded the release of the crew "as explanations provided so far have not been considered consistent," and urged de-escalation in the Middle East.

 An official slides down a rope during a helicopter raid on MSC Aries ship at sea in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released on April 13, 2024.

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 students visit Porto's Jewish Museum, March 20, 2024.

Portuguese festival: 'Zionism has no place on a dancefloor'

Portuguese Waking Life festival sparks debate after equating Zionism with racism on dancefloors. Controversy ensues.

People visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, near the Israeli-Gaza border, December 31, 2023