Meet Andreas Mogensen: The First Danish Astronaut Trained by the European Space Agency (ESA)

Meet Andreas Mogensen: The First Danish Astronaut Trained by the European Space Agency (ESA)

His name is Andreas Mogensen, he is 46 years old and he was the first Danish astronaut trained by the European Space Agency (ESA). With a master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College London, he spent a semester at Instituto Superior Técnico (in Lisbon) in 1999, under the Erasmus program. Readers are the strength … Read more

Exploring the Tagus River: Boat Trips, Bird Watching, and More in Lisbon

Exploring the Tagus River: Boat Trips, Bird Watching, and More in Lisbon

Before flowing into the Atlantic Ocean, the Tagus River (Tejo in Portuguese) crosses the Portuguese region of Lisboa offering multiple possibilities for entertainment and leisure, such as boat trips at sunset, bird watching or a tour along its shore to the famous Torre de Belém, among others. Varino Boat Liberty. Walking along the Tejo River … Read more

UEFA Announces 2023 Women’s Soccer Champions League Final Venue: José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon

UEFA Announces 2023 Women’s Soccer Champions League Final Venue: José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon

AFP Lausanne, Switzerland / 28.06.2023 11:36:34 The José Alvalade XXI stadium in Lisbon will host the Final of the Women’s Soccer Champions League, UEFA announced this Wednesday, within the decisions made by its Executive Committee. Also in women’s soccer, Poland was designated as the venue for the U-19 European Championship in 2025. ​ ???? The … Read more

Ten thousand volunteers are missing for WYD one hundred days before the start of the event – Society

Ten thousand volunteers are missing for WYD one hundred days before the start of the event – Society

Ten thousand volunteers are missing for World Youth Day [JMJ] one hundred days before the start of the world meeting of young Catholics in Lisbon. The WYD organization had set a target of 30,000 volunteers, but a little less than four months before the start of the event, only 20,000 young people have registered, informs … Read more

Alexandra Carvalho will be the new president of Transtejo/Soflusa – Sociedade

Alexandra Carvalho will be the new president of Transtejo/Soflusa – Sociedade

The secretary general of the Ministry of the Environment, Alexandra Carvalho, will be the new president of the board of directors of Transtejo/Soflusa, replacing Marina Ferreira who resigned in March, the office of Minister Duarte Cordeiro indicated this Tuesday. Alexandre Santos, who between 2019 and 2022 was a member of the board of directors of … Read more

The former headquarters of Benfica to be replaced by a new hotel, announces the club.

The former headquarters of Benfica to be replaced by a new hotel, announces the club.

19:55 Rua Jardim do Regedor will no longer have the official eagles store Benfica announced this Friday that a hotel will be built in the club’s former headquarters, on Rua Jardim do Regedor, in Lisbon, which today is an eagles’ shop. Clube da Luz donated the property to the Benfica Foundation, which signed a partnership … Read more

Totonco Teatro reflects on “racism in the small”

Totonco Teatro reflects on “racism in the small”

The Cultural Summer program returns today Wednesday to the neighborhood of Imaginalia, with the representation in the Parque de los Cuentos, starting at 8:30 p.m. Hotel La Ruea street theater proposal by the Totonco Teatro company, distributed by Los Sueños de Fausto. That was the first creation of the company, which was born in 2014 … Read more

Five cases of monkeypox in Portugal. There are more than 20 suspects – Society

Five cases of monkeypox in Portugal.  There are more than 20 suspects – Society

More than 20 suspected cases of infection by the Monkeypox virus – known as monkeypox – were identified in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region. There are already five cases confirmed by the National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge. The cases, mostly young, and all male, are stable, presenting ulcerative lesions. Among the suspected … Read more