Kozhikode is now the ‘City of Literature’ and Gwalior the ‘City of Music’. On World Cities Day, Kozhikode in Kerala and Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh became a part of the prestigious UNESCO Creative Cities Network, adding to the list of 55 new cities. The list was released by the UN body on Tuesday and Union […]
Sao Lorenco de Bairro in Portugal was in for a surprise on Sunday when a river of red wine began flowing through the streets of the small town. Residents watched stunned as millions of litres of wine flowed down from a steep hill in the town and gushed down the streets, reports said. Videos show […]
The apparent edit went viral and spotted by eagle-eyed users on social media. Luxury car brand Porsche is facing criticism online for an advertisement it released an advertisement to celebrate 60 years of Porsche 911 that apparently removed a famous statue of Jesus Christ called Cristo Rei. It overlooks the city of Lisbon, Portugal. The […]
German police said in June 2020 that Madeleine was assumed dead. Lisbon: Portuguese police will on Tuesday search a reservoir inland from where British three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007, authorities said on Monday, in the first formal development in the case in Portugal in several years. A fire brigade spokesperson said police were preparing […]
The law will not extend to foreigners coming to Portugal to seek assisted suicide. (Representational) Lisbon: After a long battle, Portugal on Friday passed a law legalising euthanasia for people in great suffering and with incurable diseases, joining just a handful of countries around the world. The issue has divided the deeply Catholic country and […]
The gunman committed suicide when police officers arrived on the scene. (Representational) Lisbon: A man shot three people dead and then committed suicide on Sunday in the Portuguese city of Setubal, about 45 km (28 miles) south of the capital, CNN Portugal said. PSP police commissioner Joao Freire told Reuters that “there are four bodies, […]
