Portugal plummets in 2025 Corruption Perception Index
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#corruption #worldwide #politics #transparency #CivilSociety #government #democracy @visitportugal.com

Hormuz used to be a Portuguese stronghold www.lusolobo.com/hormuz #HormuzIsland #strategic #MaritimeTransport #GlobalEconomy #ClientState #InternationalTrade #history @visitportugal.com

‘I don’t write books, it’s my hand’ www.lusolobo.com/lobo-antunes #PortugueseLiterature #colonialwar #psychiatry #hypocrisy #FadoAlexandrino #writer #dictatorship #famous #PostRevolution #rivalry
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Kaffa-kahve-caffè-cafeh-caffé-café-koffie-coffy-coffee www.lusolobo.com/coffee #origin #etymology #Arabia #Ottoman #tea #espresso #bica #bysea @visitportugal.com

‘Zé Povinho looks from one side to the other and stays - as always - the same www.lusolobo.com/26/02/15/ze-povinho/ #history #satirical #WorkingClassPeople #culture #CommonMan #humour #BordaloMuseum @visitportugal.com

‘We need a country that is prepared, not surprised’ www.lusolobo.com/presidency
#elections #president #flooding #climatecrisis #storms #calamities #landslides #extreme #populist @visitportugal.com

Want to learn more about our work monitoring online extremism? This month the Bellingcat Open Source challenge features five exercises focused on recognising symbols used by hate groups, both online and in the real world. challenge.bellingcat.com

Seeing a private foundation at the top of the WHO funding list is still wild to me. Source: buff.ly/zFh8wsr

SEN BERNIE SANDERS: We need to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, Trump is right Senator Bernie Sanders calls Wall Street credit card practices "usury" as major banks profit from 24% average rates while borrowing at 4% from Fed.

When big banks charge 24% or 30% interest on credit cards, they are not engaged in the business of "making credit available." They are involved in extortion and loan sharking.

Yes, we need to cap credit card interest rates at 10% and stop Wall Street from ripping off Americans.

In Europe life expectancy at birth sits at 84.0 years for women and 78.7 years for men. In Latvia the gender gap is a tragic 10 years. In Malta and Luxemburg the gap is tiny. Overall, Spaniards live longer than anyone else.

This map shows that 12 EU countries run nuclear power plants and generated 649,524 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity in 2024 - France produced 59% of that. Source: link.europa.eu/qFBMdR

‘We are not a perfect city’ www.lusolobo.com/guimaraes #EuropeanGreenCapital #events #sustainability #UnescoHeritage #ZeroWasteEurope #OnePlanetCity @visitportugal.com

He championed navigation but never sailed on any voyage www.lusolobo.com/navigator #discoveries #tradewinds #caravel #slavetrade #expeditions #WestAfrica #midAtlantic #matitime @visitportugal.com

‘We hope a new presidential candidate who includes everyone, will win’ www.lusolobo.com/brazilians #immigrants #racism #residents #Brazilians #xenophobia #ForeignersAct #NationalityAct #PublicAdministration

‘We cared for her and she will be hugely missed’ www.lusolobo.com/elephants #sanctuary #EU #elephants #nature #preservation #wildlife @visitportugal.com

Patron saint of children, sailors and the poor 🎁 www.lusolobo.com/nicholas 📦 #sinterklaas #presents #santaclaus #saint #history #legend #anniversary #rooftops #candies #PaiNatal @visitportugal.com

Today, Lisbon tops Europe’s housing unaffordability rating 🏢 www.lusolobo.com/habitation 🏠 #housing #affordability #property #overvaluation #speculation #residents @visitportugal.com

Health Services Disease 🏨 www.lusolobo.com/healthservice 🏥 #NHS #SNS #healthcare #sustainability #salaries #careers #financing @visitportugal.com

Housing, Public Health and Education were driving issues 📣 www.lusolobo.com/local-elections ✏️ #local #mayors #MunicipalElections #populists #SocialDemocrats #Socialists #municipalities @visitportugal.com

Sinking boats: annoyance or just playing? www.lusolobo.com/orcas #killerwhales #orcas #portuguesecoast #attacks #sailboats #rudders #endangeredspecies @visitportugal.com

Hambúrgers or citizens? 🍔 www.lusolobo.com/hamburger
👀 #hilarious #politics #lies #hamburgerfest #andreventura #MarceloDeSousa #portuguesepoliticians

Estas são as cidades mais caras do mundo para se viver em 2025 O custo de vida nas grandes cidades mundiais é uma preocupação crescente, combinando preços elevados de bens, serviços e, sobretudo, habitação. Um novo gráfico, baseado numa extensa base de dados, ilu...

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Why work to see everything burned ? 🌳 www.lusolobo.com/wildfires 🔥 #lossoflife #arsonist #firefighter #biodiversity #Piodao #PedrógãoGrande #environmentaldisaster #wildfire @visitportugal.com

Portugal boasts ten official nature reserves 🌳 www.lusolobo.com/flamingos 🪵 #preservation #sanctuary #wetlands #endangered #nature #flamingos #nesting @visitportugal.com

Citizen initiative advocates reopening of #museum 📣 www.lusolobo.com/reopening 🌄 #psychiatricpatients #art #CulturalHeritage #activism #CivicParicipation @visitportugal.com

Violent crimes against children all time high ⚠️ www.lusolobo.com/childabuse 🚸 #violation #sexcrimes #rape #childabuse #minors #grooming #RiskAssessment @visitportugal.com

Women who abort still criminalized in Portugal www.lusolobo.com/abortion-2 #Ivg #abortion #crime #PenalCode #voluntary #AgeLimit #RightWingPolitics @visitportugal.com @amnesty.org

How Lisbon made itself irresistible to tourists – and became the least affordable city in Europe | Agustín Cocola-Gant Tourists stay in short-term rentals and foreigners buy second homes, while residents of the city rent rooms, not apartments, says researcher Agustín Cocola-Gant

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The right to die with dignity www.lusolobo.com/eutanasia #constitutional #conscientiousness #bylaw #morality #rightwing #palliation #eutanasia @visitportugal.com

Language is the door to culture 🗞️ www.lusolobo.com/shorties #PortugueseLanguage #expressions #culture #abbrivations #education @visitportugal.com