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Midterm meh, Portugal Netflix movie & “Only that way are we a better society”
On Wednesday 4th November 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal! news notes the Lisbon court has permitted Renata Cambra to maintain a protest tent at Rossio until the budget vote on 24 November, while the Interior Ministry says police may still intervene over other tents. Other headlines include Netflix beginning production on its first Portuguese film, “Operation Tap,” and a Portugal Club quiz question from Tom asking why Salazar banned Coca-Cola. The show also touches on a “meanwhile” story about how society becomes better and a light discussion of what one would do if one found a 'well-endowed' wallet. Thanks to @Michael Barton for the Miranda morning shot 😻 @Heather Binder will be back on air tomorrow morning (and is an expert-in-residence here on moving to Portugal).
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Eiffel’s bridge, in Portugal, twelve years before his tower 🌉
Olá, bom dia ALEGRIA! 149 years ago today, on 4 November 1877, the king and queen of Portugal opened a red iron arch high above the Douro. The Ponte Maria Pia, named after the queen, finally brought the train into Porto. And the company behind it was Gustave Eiffel’s, twelve years before his tower went up in Paris. Today’s sheet, Nº 23: A Ponte Maria Pia, is in the classroom. A myth-buster to start: Porto’s other famous iron bridge, the Luís I, is often credited to Eiffel, but it was designed by Théophile Seyrig, his former partner. And a language nugget: in Portugal, a train is o comboio, not o trem as in Brazil. Over to you: which is your favourite of Porto’s bridges? And has anyone walked across the top of the Luís I? Boa viagem! 🚂
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Chained & balcony dogs to be freed, Parabéns 111 year-old Joaquim & $6.3 billion crypto hack?!
On Friday 30th October 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal! news leads with Portuguese rural worker Joaquim Varela becoming Europe’s oldest living man at 111; he remains mentally sharp and vocal on social issues, while 110-year-old Idalina Moniz is Portugal’s second-oldest citizen. The Assembleia da República has passed two bills restricting permanent chaining of companion animals, banning pain-causing collars, and prohibiting pets on balconies; the measures still require presidential promulgation and are not yet enforced. Other headlines include one in five luxury homes in Portugal selling within 30 days, activists discussing the future of the housing movement in Lisbon and Porto, the former Tupperware factory in Constância sold for €4 million, the Lisbon mayor criticising an insurer for describing a funicular as unreliable, and a fall in the number of children in state care. Weather is mild and overcast, with Lisbon at 27°C and Évora 26°C. (Natasha Donn joins for the Portugal Resident news review at 09:15am, every Friday)
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Criminal facts in Portugal
Because there is crime in Portugal (it's not a paradise...), I'll place some ocasional news about the subject here. Seven people were convicted to prison (7Y9M to 16 years) for a total of 36 robberies. They robbed houses, with old folks inside, and businesses, perpetrated in the districts of Coimbra and Aveiro in early 2022.https://www.jn.pt/3644566357/sete-dos-15-arguidos-do-caso-teia-dourada-condenados-a-prisao/
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Why was Coca-Cola banned in Portugal during the Estado Novo era?
Until 1977, Coca-Cola was banned in Portugal. Why?
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