1 MT - Residence |: novembro 2010

General Information about Portugal

Passports and Visas
Delegations from non-European Union / Schengen area must request a visa to the portuguese diplomatic representations of their country.

For more on visas to Portugal, go to the Foreigners and Borders Service webpage (SEF – Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras).

Airports
ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal controls the operation of airports in Portugal. For information on landing and departure, please « check-in » at http://www.ana.pt.

For more on booking a flight, go to TAP PORTUGAL or dial 707 205 700.

Geographical Location
Portugal is located at the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the archipelagos of Madeira and Azores in the Atlantic Ocean.

Area = 88.889 km2

Language
Portuguese
Portuguese is the third most spoken European language in the world, representing around 200 million people.

Population
Portugal: ± 10 300 000 hab.Lisbon area: ± 3 000 000 hab.
City of Lisbon: ± 600 000 hab.

Energy
Electricity: 230 / 400 volts

Frequency: 50 hertz

Sockets follow European standards. Plugs with blades (American standards) must be combined with a transformer and an adaptor.

Currency and Banking
Portugal is part of the eurozone (€) since 2002.
Banks are opened from 8.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Credit cards (Visa, AMEX, Eurocard, Mastercard, etc.).
ATM machines are identified with “MB” (for “Multibanco”).

Telecommunications
The main mobile phones operators in Portugal are TMN, Vodafone, Optimus, Rede4 , UZO, Yorn (Vodafone), Zon, Phone-ix (CTT). The calling cards may be acquired through authorized dealers or online (for UZO cards or Rede4’s). (confirm information)

Public telephone booths work with coins or cards. You may acquire proper cards from PT-Portugal Telecom stores, Post Offices (CTT), in kiosks or in identified shops.

A list of country codes are displayed in all phone booths.

From Portugal abroad dial: 00 + country code + city code + phone number

Opening hours
Shopping: mon-fri.: 9h-19h sat.: 9h-13h
Some shops open saturday afternoons.

Shopping centres: 10h-23/24h

Banks: mon-fri.: 8h30-15h

Restaurants: lunch: 12h-15h dinner: 19h-22h
Some restaurants are opened non-stop or have a larger timetable.

Pharmacies: mon-fri.: 09h-19 h sat.: 09h -13 h
All pharmacies display a list of the nearest opened pharmacy, on permanent call.

Post Offices CTT: 9h-18h, from monday to friday. Central Post Offices and at the Airport are opened on saturdays.

Time zone
Lisbon GMT +0

Area codes
Portugal +351
Lisbon 21

Health
In case of emergency, please call 112.

INEM – Instituto Nacional d’Emergência Médica (National Institut for Medical Emergencies) is responsible for the coordination and management of the Integrated Medical Emergency System to ensure the victims of accidents or sudden illness the prompt and proper healthcare services.

To have access to healthcare, all EU citizens living abroad must be in possession of their passport or an identification document, and E111 and E112 forms.

In case of accident or disease during your stay in Portugal, EU citizens, from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, may have access to free health care, or at a moderate rate, if they are in the possession of an European Health Insurrance Card issued in their country) and an ID.

To more on INEM or the Ministry of Health.

During the Summit, three hospitals will be on permanent call:

Hospital Santa Maria
Av. Prof Egas Moniz
+351 21 780 50 00

Hospital São José
Rua José António Serrano
+351 21 884 10 00

Hospital S. Francisco Xavier
Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque
+351 21 043 10 00

Climate
Average temperatures in November: 14,8 ºC daytime, and 8,9 ºC during the night.

Tourism in Lisbon: http://www.visitlisboa.com/

Tourism in Portugal: http://www.visitportugal.com/Cultures/en-us/default.html

Cimeira da NATO em Lisboa

A Cimeira da NATO em Lisboa realiza-se nos dias 19 e 20 de Novembro de 2010, na FIL, Parque das Nações, em Lisboa. É uma reunião com os 27 líderes da União Europeia e membros da NATO, que terá como temas centrais de debate a proliferação das armas de destruição maciça e o terrorismo, tendo como objectivo reforçar a aliança transatlântica.

A par da Cimeira da Nato decorre também a Cimeira EUA-UE, um encontro que se realiza anualmente e que conta com a presença dos líderes da UE e dos EUA.

Barack Obama, presidente dos Estados Unidos da América vai estar presente na Cimeira da NATO e na Cimeira EUA-UE, em Lisboa.

Esta é a primeira Cimeira organizada por Portugal desde a entrada em vigor do Tratado de Lisboa. São esperadas mais de 5000 pessoas, entre delegações oficiais e jornalistas.

Programa provisório da Cimeira da Nato em Lisboa 2010

Sexta-feira, 19 de Novembro
Reunião de Chefes de Estado e de Governo
Conferência de imprensa
Jantar de trabalho dos Chefes de Estado e de Governo
Jantar de trabalho dos Ministros dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Jantar de trabalho dos Ministros da Defesa

Sábado, 20 de Novembro
Reunião de Chefes de Estado e de Governo
Reunião Força Internacional de Assistência para a Segurança – ISAF
Reunião OTAN-Rússia

Mais informações na página da Cimeira Nato Lisboa 2010: http://www.natolisboa2010.gov.pt/

Shakira in Atlantique Pavillion on the 21 November

The bilingual singer-songwriter known as Shakira has lit up the pop music universe for nearly a decade and sold over 30 million records in the process: since her 1996 release, Pies Descalzos, through her latest two-part offering Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1/Oral Fixation, Vol. 2, Shakira has mesmerized music lovers around the world with her words, her music, her vision and her soul. This star crafts songs that speak to everyone regardless of their native tongue.

Born in Colombia, Shakira was, from the start, an artist whose work crossed borders and broke records. Her first English language album, Laundry Service, sold 13 million copies. Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1, the first half of her new two album collection, was released in June 2005, and sold over 157,000 copies in the first week of its U.S. release - the highest first-week sales of any Spanish-language album in history. It debuted at Number 4 on the U.S. album sales chart amidst a wide array of mainstream releases. It debuted at Number 1 in all Latin American territories and Spain, and became the first Spanish-language album to reach Number 1 in Germany. The album sold over 3 million copies in its first two months of release alone, driven by the massive success of the single "La Tortura" - the first Spanish-language song to be sent into heavy rotation on MTV and VH1 as well as on mainstream radio. It earned Shakira three MTV Video Music Award nominations - another first for a Spanish-language song.

Now, the world can enjoy the second part of Shakira's greatest work to date, Oral Fixation Vol. 2, which is sure to further such success. Shakira wrote over sixty songs for these two albums, then produced and recorded 20 of them: ten of them were released as Fijacion Oral Vol. 1, while nine songs, plus two adaptations, make up Oral Fixation, Vol. 2.

To know more about this event: Eventful.com