The news outlet Observador has confirmed that a viral social media post mimicking the graphics of the Brazilian news portal G1 is false. There is no evidence of such a report, and official data from the 2025 Internal Security Report (RASI) does not link criminality to the nationality of offenders.
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The Assembly of the Republic unanimously voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of Rui Paulo Sousa, president of the Transparency Committee, following a request from the Amadora Judicial Court. He faces accusations of illicit photography and discrimination/incitation to hatred stemming from social media posts and images shared during his municipal campaign in Amadora. Sousa has suspended his duties as committee chair and will be formally interrogated as a defendant in the proceedings.
Brazilians living in the Madeira and Azores archipelagos must travel to Lisbon in order to vote in their national elections. This process often requires expensive airfare and potential accommodation costs, leading many to forgo their right to vote.
The deadline for the fourth edition of the FIBE award, which offers up to 8,000 euros for academic research on Brazil-Europe relations, is this Wednesday, September 30. Eligible submissions include unpublished master's theses and doctoral dissertations defended in the last 24 months in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, with a specific award category for research on the immigration of Brazilians in Portugal.