Guimarães hosts, from September 8 to 10, the 8th edition of the National Urban Cleaning Meeting, as part of the programming of Guimarães 26 – European Green Capital. Under the theme "[De]constructing the future", the meeting brings together municipalities, companies, technicians and specialists to discuss urban cleaning, public space management and the challenges of the field.
The article refutes São José Almeida's claim that there is in Portugal "a deafening silence and a real blockage of the self-critical capacity of very many Portuguese people," considering this characterization as utterly false and presenting a contrary view on the Portuguese critical capacity.
This article is a reflection on political hypocrisy, pointing out that rulers show no fear in creating laws they know will not be enforced, nor in repealing legislation that is dead letter or simply not intended to be enforced, thus criticizing the lack of coherence and seriousness in government actions.
President Trump ordered the federal government to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America," in a new escalation of his trade and diplomatic dispute with Canada. The executive order comes in the context of a broader tariff war between the United States and Canada, which has already provoked significant tensions in bilateral relations between the two countries.
The Livre party questioned the Portuguese Government about the case of Hugo Freitas de Sousa, a 39-year-old Portuguese national from the Azores who has been detained by ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) for almost a month. The man was reportedly detained at the border between Canada and the United States when returning from a short stay in the Azores, raising questions about Portugal's diplomatic intervention to guarantee his consular rights.
