Number of new podcasts triples in 2020 By TPN/Lusa, in News, Art · 07-02-2021 08:00:00 · 0 Comments
Throughout 2020, 885,262 new podcasts were put online, almost three times more than in 2019 and more than half of which were in English, according to Chartable data.
A report released by the company specialising in podcast analysis indicates that in just five years the number of podcasts produced has increased 17-fold and that the number of downloads has almost tripled in 2020, growing by 180 percent. The same publication reveals that about 30 percent of podcasts published in 2020 had only one or two episodes while about 23 percent (more than 200,000) currently have more than 10 episodes.
Letter from 1506 donated to Lamego Museum By TPN/Lusa, in News · 07-02-2021 18:00:00 · 0 Comments
The Lamego Museum will receive on 20 February an unprecedented donation of a letter, signed by Bishop D. João Camelo de Madureira, in 1506, the director of the space told Lusa.
"It is a letter, that is, of attribution of the possession of a church to a successor which would amount to the succession of parish, of parish priest of a church. It is signed by the Bishop of Lamego D. João Camelo de Madureira, in 1506, who is well known for having been responsible for ordering the altarpiece of the Se of Lamego to the painter Vasco Fernandes, that is, Grão Vasco", said Alexandra Falcão.
More than 350 people were victims of human trafficking in Portugal between 2014 and 2018, mainly men for forced labour, reveals a United Nations report, which...
PAN wants Animal welfare be taught in schools By TPN/Lusa, in News · 06-02-2021 18:00:00 · 7 Comments
The PAN party have delivered a draft resolution that recommends to the Government that "animal welfare" must be taught in the subject of citizenship and development, "preferably in all study cycles of basic education". The draft resolution, whose discussion in plenary was scheduled for the 18th, recommends that the Government "review the National Strategy for Education for Citizenship" so that the domain of 'animal welfare', currently optional, becomes "mandatory, preferably in all study cycles of basic education".
The party also appeals to the executive to "develop an education framework for animal welfare autonomous and independent from the current Environmental Education Framework for Sustainability or any other framework of education, in compliance with the provisions of the Decree -Law No. 27/2016, of 23 August".
The largest number of applications for Diaspora Investor Status, which includes support and incentives for investments in Portugal, comes from Portuguese...
Portuguese honored at Tokyo International Photography Award By TPN/Lusa, in News, Art · 06-02-2021 16:00:00 · 0 Comments
Two Portuguese nationals residing in Macau have been distinguished in the Tokyo International Photography Award, with emphasis on the two awards (silver) won by João Miguel Barros.
João Miguel Barros secured, in addition to two honorable mentions with the project "Jamestown", two 'silver' awards with the work "Akuapem", in many other categories: Editorial/Sport and Editorial/Photo Essay.
"My work was again distinguished this year", stressed João Miguel Barros, whose work "Akuapem" portrays "the traditional Festival of Odwira celebrated in Akuapem, Ghana, integrating multiple cultural, religious and traditional activities among them, boxing", with the work including "two sets of images of various fights taking place on this occasion in a public square full of people".
First cannabis-based substance for medicinal purposes approved
The National Authority for Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed) has approved the first substance based on the cannabis plant for medicinal purposes in Portugal.
“This is the first and only cannabis-based preparation or substance for medicinal purposes allowed in our country and we are planning in the near future to make other products accessible to patients in Portugal", says Rita Barata, general director of Tilray Portugal, located in Cantanhede, in the district of Coimbra, in a statement sent to
The Portugal News.
According to the official, patient “demands are increasing "and Tilray's mission is to provide the “safest and best quality products that comply with their needs".
The most expensive places to buy and rent By TPN/Lusa, in Business, Property · 05-02-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
With Covid-19 pandemic leaving its mark on society and the economy, Idealista has carried out a study, in which they analysed the most expensive and sought-after municipalities to buy and rent a house in Portugal.
In order to carry out the different rankings, the average price of residential properties in the municipalities with more than 500 advertisements on Idealista, the largest real estate marketplace in Portugal, both for sale and for rent, per square metre (m2), between October and December 2020, as well as the average total price of the advertised houses, were considered.
Blacktower Group Celebrates Record Growth in 2020
After a seemingly endless news cycle of doom and gloom last year, it’s refreshing to be able to report some truly good news this week.
First of all, The Blacktower Group celebrated its 35th birthday this month, having first been established in 1986 by John Westwood – Founder and Group Managing Director. The first office in Portugal was opened in the Algarve some years later in 2000, and we have been offering first class financial advice to the community in the 20 years since then. Truly, we can say that Blacktower is a rock-solid, steadfast heavyweight on the financial services market and intends to remain so for many years to come.