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The challenge of receiving UK TV in Portugal

The vast majority of UK expats in Portugal like to receive UK tv channels, but it’s getting more of a challenge every day. In Opinion Pieces - 21 Mar 2025, 08:09

Netanyahu and the International Criminal Court

In Opinion Pieces - 27 Nov 2024, 16:01

Climate change and money

In Opinion, Opinion Pieces - 11 Nov 2024, 15:13

By the two left feet, slowly backward march!

In Opinion Pieces - 19 Mar 2024, 10:04

Portugal´s Mineral and Water Resources

In Opinion Pieces - 12 Mar 2024, 14:09

The Exploitation of Portugal´s Mineral Resources – Part 3 : An overview of Mining in Deep Waters

In Opinion Pieces - 19 Feb 2024, 11:56

The Exploitation of Portugal´s Mineral Resources - Part 2

In Opinion Pieces - 13 Feb 2024, 10:03

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The Lithium Conundrum (4) : Where there´s muck, there´s brass

by Roberto Cavaleiro In Opinion Pieces - 05 Feb 2024, 10:50

Eat Portuguese fayre or “go-home!”

I've heard this one so many times now, it's almost become a sort of expatty cliché... In Opinion Pieces, Food & Drink - 27 Jan 2024, 12:07

The Fascists Are (Probably Not) Coming!

In Opinion Pieces - 27 Jan 2024, 09:00

Routine Rockets

In Opinion Pieces - 22 Jan 2024, 16:18

2024 – A Busy Year for Psephologists

In Opinion Pieces - 20 Jan 2024, 18:37

Gaza: The Bombed and the Bombers

In Opinion Pieces - 21 Dec 2023, 12:01

Christmas and New Year Carols of Portugal

In Opinion Pieces - 19 Dec 2023, 15:56

The Magnificent Polyphony of Renaissance Portugal

In Opinion Pieces - 28 Nov 2023, 13:23

Caring for the Unloved Ones

In Opinion Pieces - 16 Nov 2023, 18:15

Exclusives

An Empire, Hidden in Plain Sight in the Algarve

Roman salting tanks in São Lourenço reveal a working past beneath a quiet Algarve walk. In Tourism - 05 Jan 2026, 19:59

Germany in 2025

2025 was a pivotal year in German politics marked by a shift to the right in voter... In Europe

Echoes of Home

Born in the small town of Storkow, Southeast of Berlin, Jackie Meadows has followed music... In Music

Tasting the greatest wines

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USA in 2025

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Portugalidade – Recorded Music – Some suggestions for winter listening

by Roberto Cavaleiro In Opinion Pieces, Entertainment - 16 Nov 2023, 14:29

Sephardic Identity : Europe´s Richest Businesswoman of the 16th Century

by Roberto Cavaleiro In Opinion Pieces - 27 Oct 2023, 05:03

Sephardic Identity

In 1492 the Sephardic population of Portugal was estimated at no more than 20,000... In Opinion Pieces - 27 Oct 2023, 00:00

Euthanasia and AI Ethics

by Roberto Cavaleiro In Opinion Pieces - 29 Sep 2023, 06:00

So Hard to Choose: Canada or the Quad?

First Prize: Two Fabulous Days in Beautiful Delhi! Second Prize: Four Days... In Opinion Pieces - 21 Sep 2023, 16:06

Guyana: Oil and Time

Guyana is not a ‘hellhole country’ of the sort Donald Trump complained about when he... In Opinion Pieces - 18 Sep 2023, 12:34

The Battle of Aljubarrota

In Opinion Pieces - 16 Aug 2023, 16:02

Game OFF

In Opinion Pieces - 16 Aug 2023, 16:00

Opinion: The U.S. military in decline

In Opinion Pieces - 08 Aug 2023, 11:52

Boing! The Anthropocene

In Opinion Pieces - 14 Jul 2023, 12:19

NATO Summit 2023

In Opinion Pieces - 11 Jul 2023, 13:09

The Lithium Conundrum: The Covas de Barrosa Project

In Opinion Pieces - 07 Jul 2023, 09:20