Today it is news in Portugal and in Lusofonia — DNOTICIAS.PT
Today, a national demonstration under the “Increase in resources Counter the increase in the increase TPCG-IN today emergency of the cost of living and the national attack”.
The protest aims at the immediate “demand of workers: of the increases of all workers by 90 extraordinary increases even of the increases of all the increases that have been updated, have already been updated by the response; National, setting it at 800 euros, with extraordinary side effects of pensions and reform that restores the increase in purchasing power and ensures its appreciation”.
Among those is the “increase in social support benefits, the repeal of labor standards, a company of maximum limits on applications for goods and services and the prices of an essential tax on the coloss profits of large companies” .
Today, demonstrations are planned in Lisbon (3 pm, in Cais do Sodré) and in Porto (3 pm, in Campo 24 de Agosto).
Today, it is also news:
CULTURE
The centenary of the birth of Agustina Bessa-Luís, in several cities across the country, with a set of inspiring artistic and cultural heritage today celebrates and promotes the artistic heritage of the writer, as well as territorial ties.
The main axes of the programme, which start today in Amarante and continue until October 2023, focus, in particular, on the itinerary dedicated to the places of Agustina, who was born in Amarante, lived in Porto and has a strong connection to the Douro and to Minho.
Today, also in Amarante, the exhibition “the super-girl: spaces, letters and books” and “The face of thought” will be inaugurated, followed, at 22:00, by the concert by Orquestra do Norte, conducted by Martim Sousa Tavares, at Cineteatro Raimundo Magalhães.
In the city of Porto, where a writer lived, the opening ceremonies are scheduled for 18:00, in Serralves, also with the presence of the President of the Republic.
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The Close-Up cinema show starts today in Vila Nova de Famalicão and, until next Saturday, will show the work of Catarina Mourão, remember the cinema of Antonioni and Pasolini and present cineconcertos by Glockenwise and Miramar.
The Close-Up commented films, includes sessions dedicated to families and schools and an exhibition by the Italian Federico Fellini, in partnership with the Museu do Cinema de Melgaço.
Close-Up starts today with the screening of the documentary “A Távola de Rocha”, by Samuel Barbosa, and the film “O Grito”, by Michelangelo Antonioni, in the Small Auditorium of Casa das Artes, with the official opening of the band Glockenwise, that will give music to the movie “Melodia do mundo”, by Walter Ruttmann, in the Grand Auditorium.
SPORT
Benfica, leader of the I Football League, debuts in the Portuguese Cup 2022/23, which is a record holder of titles, when going to the Caldas stadium, in Liga 3, in a third round game.
The Lisbon team, still without any defeat suffered this season, faces from 20:45 the second of the Série B of the third tier, which in the previous round of the Portuguese Cup eliminated Sporting da Covilhã, of the II League, precipitating the departure of the coach Leonel Pontes in the mountains.
The ‘incarnates’ lead the I Liga, with 25 points, after nine rounds, without having lost any of the 17 games this season, while the emblem of Caldas da Rainha follows in second place in Série B of Liga 3, with nine points, also without any defeat, in the six games already played.
Benfica will compete with several players less used by coach Schmidt, since the German on Tuesday faced Paris Saint-Germain, for the next Champions League (1-1), and on Friday Porto, second positions in the championship, with three points less, in matchday 10.
The ‘incarnates’ are trophy record holders, with 26 titles won, but have not lifted the Portuguese Cup since 2017, having since lost the 2019/20 and 2020/21 finals, while Caldas’ performance in the competition is a presence in the semi-finals, in the 2017/18 season.
Benfica is the first of the three ‘bigs’ to play the round, which marks the entry into the third scene of the top-tier teams, with FC Porto, holder of the championship and national champion, and Sporting visiting Anadia and Varzim on Sunday, respectively. , both from League 3.
In addition to Benfica, seven more teams from the I Liga will debut today in the ‘queen competition’ of Portuguese football: Arouca, Gil Vicente, Vitória de Guimarães, Marítimo, Famalicão, Vizela and Santa Clara.
LUSOPHONIA & AFRICA
The Angolan President, João Lourenço, today addresses a message on the state of the Nation, an act that formally marks the opening of the first parliamentary year of the V Legislature of the National Assembly of Angola.
João Lourenço delivers a message on the state of the nation and “as recommended policies for the resolution of the main issues, promotion of the well-being of Angolans and development of the country”, as established in article 118 of the Angolan Constitution.
The AV Legislature of the National Assembly of Angola 2022-2027 emanates from the Angolan General Thursdays of August 24, which elected 220 deputies, with emphasis on the 90 deputies of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, the largest opposition party) which doubled the number of deputies.
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA, in power since 1975) elected 124 deputies.
The MPLA and UNITA are the only Angolan parties that in the present legislature form a parliamentary group.
The remaining six deputies are distributed among the debuting Humanist Party of Angola, the historic National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) and the Social Renewal Party (PRS).
These policies elected two deputies each, insufficient to form a parliamentary group.
Before the Angolan President’s message to the nation, the President of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira, will deliver a welcome message to João Lourenço.
COUNTRY
A reforestation protocol between several entities for national forests in Leiria and Urso will be signed today in Coimbrão, in the municipality of Leiria, five years after the fires that seriously affected forest areas.
In question is a partnership between the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action, through the Institute for Nature and Forest Conservation, with the municipalities of Leiria, Marinha Grande and Pombal and with the Leiria Region Intermunicipal Community.
The rural fires of 2017 destroyed 86% of the area of the Mata Nacional de Leiria, which covers 11,021 hectares and two thirds of the municipality of Marinha Grande. At the time also a large part of the Mata Nacional do Urso, in the extension of the Pinhal de Leiria.
The Central region registered more fires among several fires that hit the country between 15 and 16 months, with more than 50 people and a registration trail that extended to three counties.
Seventy people were injured, and about a thousand homes were totally destroyed or destroyed, as well as more than 50 businesses.
POLICY
The Liberal Initiative (IL) brings together its mayors and local structures in Coimbra, focusing on the party’s path in local terms and the importance of centralization, whose form of implementation diverges from the Government.
The 1st National Meeting of Territorial Nuclei, which coincides with the 2nd National Meeting of Mayors, together with “large” of militants in Coimbra, according to IL leader João Cotrim Figueiredo, stating that the meeting will be evaluated “the course that was done and that led to the existence of so many nuclei and so many elected mayors, reinforcing the importance they have in this project”.
“The more decentralized the decisions, the closer to the individual and the more adjusted these same parameters are or can be, and the better as decisions. of competences and in terms of funding. Against what is being done with what should be done”, he explained. .
The objective, according to Cotrim Figueiredo, is that both those responsible for the nuclei and the mayors “know that this is where the important pieces of power in the central state will be recovered and which they divert in the local power”.