Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano will receive the Career Award on Saturday in Lisbon at the seventh edition of the "Lusophony Awards" Gala, the foundation announced today in Maputo. According to a statement from the Joaquim Chissano Foundation, quoted by Lusa, the former head of state of Mozambique (from November 1986...
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LAM says resumption of flights from Maputo to Lisbon will allow more routes to Mozambique
Mozambique Airlines (LAM) said on Friday that the resumption of flights from Maputo to Lisbon will increase the number of routes of the Mozambican company, considering the "very strong" historical ties between the two countries. The director of operations for the Mozambican airline, Hilário Tembe, said in Inhambane, on the sidelines of the...
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LAM promises to resume flights to Lisbon next November
Mozambique Airlines (LAM) plans to resume flights between Maputo and Lisbon in the first half of November, an official source said. Final negotiations are currently underway between LAM and the Portuguese airline EuroAtlantic Airways over the use of the latter's Boeing 767 aircraft, with capacity for 279 passengers, according to sources cited...
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Portuguese artists pay tribute to rapper Azagaia with show in Lisbon
Valete, Sérgio Godinho, Paulo Flores, Maria João and Karyna Gomes are some of the 22 musicians who are giving a show in Lisbon on Thursday as a tribute to Mozambican rapper and activist Azagaia, who has been declared a national hero by the Mozambican people. The show will take place at Casa Independente in Lisbon, curated by rapper Valete. "Consecrated a national hero by the...
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Protests over housing rights in Lisbon degenerate into clashes
After a peaceful march this Saturday for the right to housing, which was replicated elsewhere in Portugal, the protest in Lisbon ended in clashes. It seems that the arrest of two demonstrators, who were vandalizing shop windows, degenerated into violence in the Martim Moniz area. According to RTP and Euro News, in the national context, thousands...
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Two women died in the attack on the Ishmaelite Center in Lisbon. How it all happened, after all
The victims of the knife attack at the Ismaelita Center in Lisbon, Portugal, are Mariana, 24, and Farana, 49. The mother of one of the victims was at the scene early on Tuesday morning, when she thought her daughter was only injured. According to Portuguese news portal Correio da Manhã...
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UN Oceans Conference continues today with climate march on the sidelines
The UN Oceans Conference in Lisbon continues today, the third day, with a climate march as a parallel action, the sharing of solutions to marine pollution and surfing as an "ambassador" for the preservation of the seas. The summit, co-organized by Portugal and Kenya, ends on Friday and aims to boost the action of the...
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Lisbon is the third most expensive city in the world to live in
According to the ranking of the British insurer 'CIA-Landlords', the Portuguese capital is the third "least viable" city to live in, surpassed only by its European counterparts London and Rome. The ranking was drawn up with data on the rent charged in the cities, determined by subtracting the cost of living, the average cost of rent and the salary...
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Angolan plane en route to Lisbon diverted mid-flight
A Linhas Aéreas de Angola (TAAG) plane bound for Lisbon from Luanda was diverted to Seville airport today due to a fault affecting a radar at Lisbon airport. "NAV Portugal registered today, late in the morning, at 05:41, a failure in the air traffic management system that...
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Covid-19: Flight from Mozambique brought three cases of Omicron to Portugal
The repatriation flight that took mostly Portuguese and Mozambican citizens from Maputo to Lisbon, last Saturday (4), had on board three cases of covid-19, related to the new variant Ómicron. Source from the National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), informed about covid-19 infections, this Monday, and hours later it was confirmed that it was...