The third and final election of the weekend is in Portugal, where all 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic are up. Portuguese elections are PR/MMD, with the district seats ranging from 48 in Lisbon and 40 in Porto down to 2 in the...
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Today, Portugal will elect a new Assembly of the Republic, its 230 seat legislature. Just over two years ago, Antonio Costa's Socialist Party faced an early election caused by the.
The main course is coming up in about five weeks, but before Portugal holds a national election, the Autonomous region of The Azores will hold a snap early election on.
Normally, I strive to post about any national election, only covering local and regional elections if there is some particular noteworthy significance. However, a reader emailed to request a thread about today's election in one of Portugal's two autonomous regions, Madeira. I was happy to...
One thing that I find fascinating is that for all the talk about western Europe being supposedly more progressive than the U.S., as the Americans get serious about reckoning with.
AirBNB and other similar sites have become a plague upon cities. The rise of global mass tourism combined with a lack of hotel rooms and the ability of investors to.
The daily horrors of the slave trade are just too much for us to quite comprehend. Here is a new discovery: In the early 15th century, Portuguese explorers like Henry the Navigator began sailing to Africa, bringing back both goods and enslaved people. A new...
One thing that is interesting in the United States right now is that unlike ever before in our history, at least nearly everyone left of center is willing to deal.
Major news in European elections: Portugal won the Eurovision Song Contest last night. Salvador Sobral's stripped-down performance and heartfelt singing were somewhat of an anomaly in an annual extravaganza known.
Circa 1377, the twenty year old man who would become King John I of Portugal begat a son with a woman who was either the daughter of a Jewish cobbler or a descendant of Charlemagne (who knows; perhaps both?) Some eight years later, John (himself...
This is a guest post courtesy of Mr. Trend of Alterdestiny. Brazil’s House of Bragança (also spelled Braganza), which ruled Brazil from 1822 to 1889, was a unique experience in.