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ANSA - MotoGP: Bagnaia hails 'incredible' tussle with Marquez - World champ claims second victory of the season
Italy's twice MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia expressed delight after coming off better in a remarkable duel with Marc Márquez to win Sunday's Spanish Grand.Prix.... |
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ANSA - غموض حول مستقبل كييزا
(أنسامد)-أبريل 29- روما - ذكرت تقارير إيطالية أن مستقبل النجم الإيطالي فيديريكو كييزا، مهاجم نادي يوفنتوس، مازال معتم بالغموض وسط شكوك بقائه مع السيدة العجوز للموسم القادم.
التقارير أفادت بأن توتر العلاقة بين ماسيمليانو أليجري وكييزا سبب أساسي قد يدفع اللاعب إلى مغادرة اليوفي هذ الصيف،... |
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NNA - Lancement de la compétition «Femme Francophone Entrepreneure» 2024: 30 000 Euros et un accompagnement de 6 mois à 4 lauréates
ANI-Pour la 13ème année consécutive, l’AUF Moyen-Orient, Berytech et L’Orient-Le Jour proposent aux femmes francophones entrepreneures de développer leur projet d’entreprise à travers la compétition... |
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ANSA - عمل فني في فيرارا تكريما لساندرو سيميوني ومارشيلو ماستروياني
(أنسامد) - أبريل 29 - روما - تم تصميم لوحة فنية دائمة مخصصة لمصمم الملصقات السينمائية ساندرو سيميوني والممثل الإيطالي مارشيلو ماستروياني، مستوحاة من أحد أفلام كاتب السيناريو والمخرج الإيطالي إيتوري سكولا. ... |
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ANSA - Soccer: Inter continue scudetto party, Napoli-Roma draw
Bologna held too, Atalanta gain ground in Champions League race
Inter on Sunday continued their celebrations of this season's Serie A title triumph,beating Torino 2-0 at San Siro thanks to a double by Hakan Calhanoglu... |
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NNA - طلاق مهرجان لبنان السينمائي الدولي للأفلام القصيرة في طرابلس تحيّة إلى مارون البغدادي وبرهان علوية
وطنية - صور - أعلنت «جمعية تيرو للفنون» و«مسرح إسطنبولي» برنامج الدورة الثالثة من «مهرجان لبنان السينمائي الدولي للأفلام القصيرة» في الفترة الممتدة من 11 ولغاية 14 أيار في «المسرح الوطنيّ اللّبنانيّ المجاني» في مدينة طرابلس، تحت شعار "السينما للجميع "... |
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ANSA - Vicenza firm makes world's tallest roller coaster
Afirm from Vicenza in northern Italy has made the world's tallest roller coaster, now installed at an amusement park in Ohio, USA. ... |
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ANSA - كاتيلان وبينوني في متحف المتروبوليتان للفنون في نيويورك
(أنسامد) - أبريل 29 - روما - يتسضيف متحف المتروبوليتان للفنون في نيويورك معرضين للفنانين الإيطاليين ماوريتسيو كاتيلان وجوزيبي بينوني، ضمن معارض الربيع التي تقام في صالة المعارض الكبرى في نيويورك مثل جاجوسيان وماريان جودمان. ... |
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NNA - UNEP invites media to cover Lebanon’s national blue economy dialogue | Steering the tides of transformation
NNA - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Regional Office for West Asia has issued the following:
“The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - ... |
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NNA - فوز السائق البرازيلي اللبناني لبس شاغوري في سباق المكسيك للزوراق السريعة داخل الانهر
وطنية - تمكن السائق البرازيلي الجنسية اللبناني الأصل لبس شاغوري مع مساعده المكسيكي موريسيو غارسيا شيرر من الفوز في احد سباقات بطولة العالم لماراتون الأنهر لسنة 2024 للزوارق السريعة لفئة OB3000. ... |
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ANSA - تدشين جدارية 'سينا' فى مدينة إيمولا
(أنسامد) - أبريل 29 - روما - تم تدشين لوحة جدارية كبيرة تمثل وجه قائد سباقات السيارات البرازيلي أيرتون سينا بمناسبة الذكرى الثلاثين لوفاته فى شارع فيا تشينى بمدينة إيمولا بمناسبة فوروملا وان المقرر فى الأول من مايو. ... |
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ANSA - Pierfrancesco Favino on Cannes Film Festival jury
Italian actor in illustrious company on panel chaired by Gerwig
Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino was among the stars named on Monday on the jury of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which takes place May 14-25.... |
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NNA - افتتاح مؤتمر 'البحث العلمي.. طريق التنمية المعاصرة' والكلمات اكدت اهمية التبادل الفكري والمعرفي بين الباحثين والاكاديميين
وطنية – انطلقت اليوم فعاليات 'مؤتمر بيروت البحث العلمي الدولي للعلوم الانسانية والصرفة' الذي ينظمه المركز العلمي للتعاون والتنمية الثقافية في جامعة الموصل في العراق ومعهد الاكليل للعلوم، تحت عنوان: "البحث العلمي .. طريق التنمية المعاصرة"، واستضافته جامعة الآداب والعلوم والتكنولوجيا AUL ... |
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NNA - إطلاق مسابقة 'المرأة الفرنكوفونية صاحبة الأعمال'
وطنية- أعلنت 'الوكالة الجامعية للفرنكوفونية' في بيان أنه "للسنة الـ 13 على التوالي، تعطي الوكالة الجامعيّة للفرنكوفونية في الشرق الأوسط وبيريتك وصحيفة لوريان لوجور النساء الفرنكوفونيات صاحبات الأعمال فرصة تطوير مشاريعهن من خلال مسابقة "المرأة الفرنكوفونية صاحبة الأعمال" التي من خلالها ستتقاسم ثلاثة مشاريع لبنانيّة... |
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ANSA - ترميم 30 جدارية فى شارع بينيديتو
(أنسامد)- أبريل 29 - روما - تقوم بلدية باربيرينو تافارنيل واللجنة الفنية المتحدة ورهبان فالومبروسان فى باديا باسيجنانو فى فلورنسا بالترويج لمبادرة "تبنى لوحة جدارية" لجمع الأموال لترميم واحدة من أكبر وأكمل دورات اللوحات الجدارية فى العالم والتى تتبع حلقات حياة القديس بنديكتوس السادس عشر.... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Govt recognises local opposition but lithium of critical importance
Lisbon, April 29,2024 (Lusa) - Portugal's Secretary of State for Energy recognised on Monday in Lisbon that there is ‘local opposition’ to new mining projects,... |
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CNA - Fuel sales down by an annual 3.2% in March
Total sales of petroleum products declined by 3.2%year on year in March with sales amounting to 108,200tonnes.
According to data released by the Statistical Service of... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Stock market closes with benchmark up over 1% led by Jerónimo Martins
Lisbon, April.29,2024(Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market ended Monday's trading session on a high, with its main index, the PSI, advancing 1.03% to 6,680.62 points,... |
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CNA - فيريرا تؤكد أن حركة الخط الأخضر تمهد الطريق لإعادة التوحيد
أكدت المفوضية الأوروبية في بيان صحفي بمناسبة الذكرى العشرين لحرية الحركة في قبرص من خلال الخط الأخضر، أن ذلك كان مهماً لضمان قدرة كلتا الطائفتين على الاستمتاع بحياتهم اليومية بحرية، وقالت المفوضة إليسا فيريرا في تصريحاتها أن هذه التفاعلات اليومية "لديها القدرة على تمهيد الطريق... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: State should formally apologise, support ex-colonies - Angolan analyst
Luanda, April.29,2024(Lusa) - Angolan analyst Fernando Pacheco argued on Monday that the former colonising powers should ‘formally apologise’ for slavery and help the former colonies... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Mining information 'completely distorted in country, EU' - geologists
Lisbon, April 29, 2024 (Lusa) - Information on mining is ‘completely distorted in Portugal and Europe’ and the activity can be carried out 'perfectly' safely,... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Taxi companies to get subsidies to offload older cars for electric
Lisbon, April 29,2024 (Lusa) - Taxi companies will have €500,000 available to support investment in decarbonisation and digitalisation, for the purchase of 100% electric vehicles,... |
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CNA - Financial policy’s main targets achieved, FinMin says
The government’s main financial policy targets have been achieved, Minster of Finance Makis Keravnos said on Monday, stressing that the Cypriot economy is... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: EU budget needs boost for defence, enlargement process - minister
Brussels, April.29,2024(Lusa) - The Portuguese minister of foreign affairs on Monday called for the European Union's long-term budget to be strengthened to cover defence spending... |
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CNA - هولغوين في بروكسل للقاء تشارلز ميشيل وإليسا فيريرا
تجري المبعوثة الشخصية للأمين العام للأمم المتحدة بشأن قبرص ماريا أنجيلا هولغوين كوييار زيارة إلى بروكسل اليوم الاثنين، حيث ستجتمع برئيس المجلس الأوروبي تشارلز ميشيل والمفوضة الأوروبية للتماسك والإصلاحات إليسا فيريرا.
علمت وكالة الأنباء القبرصية أن الاجتماع مع ميشيل سيتم بعد ظهر اليوم. ... |
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Lusa - Business News - Angola: State spent $769M on fuel in Q1, 21% less than Q4 2023
Luanda,April.29,(Lusa)-The Angolan government spent US$769 million(€722 million) on fuel purchases in the first quarter, 21% less than in the last three months of last year,... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Airbus Atlantic to hire 50 more workers this year
Lisboñ,April.29,2024(Lusa)-Airbus Atlantic Portugal is to hire another 50 employees to join its Santo Tirso unit,with the aim of having 350workers by the end of 2024,... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Housing evaluations up 6.5% Y-O-Y in March to €1,580/m2
Lisbon, April 29, 2024 (Lusa) - The median bank appraisal value for housing increased by 6.5% in March compared to the same month in 2023,... |
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CNA - Εconomic sentiment improves in April according to ESI-CypERC
In April 2024, economic sentiment in Cyprus improved after two months of deterioration, as the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI-CypERC) increased by 0.8 points ... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Guests up 12.2 %, overnight stays by 12.8% in March - official
Lisbon, April.29,2024(Lusa)- The tourist accommodation sector recorded 2.3 million guests and 5.7 million overnight stays in March, a year-on-year increase of 12.2% and 12.8% respectively,... |
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Lusa - Business News - Angola: President in South Korea with strategic mineral opportunities
Seoul, April 29, 2024 (Lusa) — Angola's president began a two-day visit to South Korea on Monday. They discussed business opportunities in Angola, ... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: GDP 1% to 2.1% higher in Q1 - economists
Lisbon, April.29,2024(Lusa)- According to the latest forecasts from various economists, Portugal's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew between 1% and 2.1% year-on-year in the first quarter.... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Azores Airlines sell-off must return to drawing board - Socialists
Ponta Delgada, Portugal, April 29, 2024 (Lusa) - The Azores Socialist Party on Monday called for the cancellation of the privatisation process of Azores Airlines... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Coimbra researchers investigating safer batteries without lithium
Coimbra, Portugal, April.29,2024(Lusa) - Researchers from the University of Coimbra (UC) have developed a project for a new generation of batteries that could be safer... |
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CNA - وزيرة الدولة للشحن تجتمع مع مسؤولين ومديرين تنفيذيين للشركات في قوانغتشو
وفقاً لبيان صحفي صادر عن وزارة الدولة للشحن، اجتمعت وزيرة الشحن مارينا هادجيمانولييس الأسبوع الماضي في قوانغتشو في الصين مع المديرين التنفيذيين لشركات الشحن ووكالات الشحن والمؤسسات المالية، بالإضافة إلى المسؤولين المحليين. ... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Alentejo wine tourism sees 27% more visitors in 2023 than year before
Évora, Portugal, April.29,2024 (Lusa) - Wine tourism in the Alentejo grew by 27% last year, compared to 2022, with visitors from Portugal leading the 'ranking',... |
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Lusa - Business News - Mozambique: Net international reserves fall in March to €3.377B
Maputo, April 29, 2024 (Lusa) - Mozambique's Net International Reserves (NIR), needed for imports of goods and services, fell slightly in March to $3.59 billion... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Consumer confidence index keeps rising while economic climate falls
Lisbon,April.29,2024(Lusa)- According to official figures released on Monday, the consumer confidence index continued to rise in April and reached its highest value since February 2022,... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Stock market buoyed by Jerónimo Martins which rose than 4.5%
Lisbon, April 29,2024 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market was trading higher on Monday, with Jerónimo Martins shares leading the gains, rising 4.52% to €19.89,... |
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Lusa - Business News - Mozambique: LAM authorised to carry cargo to Lisbon after five-month wait
Maputo, April 29, 2024 (Lusa) - The Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique (CTA) said on Monday that Portugal has just authorised Mozambique's state-owned airline... |
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Lusa - Business News - Macau: Hotels welcome 3.7M guests in Q1, up 40% YoY, up 8% on 2019 - official
Macau, China, April 29, 2024 (Lusa) - Macau's hotels welcomed more than 3.7 million guests in the first quarter of the year, up 39.7% year-on-year... |
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Lusa - Business News - Mozambique: BCP subsidiary Millennium BIM posts 2023 profit up 8.2% to €105M
Maputo,April.29,2024(Lusa)-The profits of Banco Internacional de Mocambique (BIM), a subsidiary of Portugal's Banco Comercial Português (BCP) that is is one of Mozambique's three largest banks,... |
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Lusa - Business News - Angola: President starts two-day official visit to South Korea, to sign agreements
Seoul,April.29,2024(Lusa)- The president of Angola, João Lourenço, arrived in South Korea on Monday for a two-day official visit during which agreements are to be signed... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Communist leader calls for show of force against government on 1 May
Seixal, Portugal, April 29, 2024 (Lusa) - The secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), Paulo Raimundo, has called for mass mobilisation on 1 May... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Government to review law on gas levy being passed on to consumers
Lisbon,April.29,2024(Lusa)-Portugal's government is to review the current law on the Subsoil Occupation Tax (TOS), under which it is supposed to be paid by gas distributors... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Far right to urge parliament to condemn president on reparations issue
Lisbon,April.29,2024(Lusa)-Chega,a far-right party in Portugal that is the third largest in its parliament,will this week present a formal vote of condemnation of the country's president,... |
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Lusa - Business News - Angola: Economy to grow 2.2% as oil output, investment rise - Oxford Economics
London,April.29,2024(Lusa)-Angola's economy is set to grow by2.2% this year, underpinned by a slight increase in production and investment in oil production and more tax revenue,... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Lisbon stock market gains on opening; benchmark index up almost 1%
Lisbon, April.29,2024(Lusa)- The Lisbon stock market opened on Monday in positive territory, with the benchmark PSI (Portugal Stock Index) rising 0.96% to 6,675.71 points.
On Friday,... |
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CNA - وزيرة الزراعة في لوكسمبورغ للمشاركة في مجلس الزراعة للاتحاد الأوروبي
توجهت وزيرة الزراعة والتنمية الريفية والبيئة ماريا بانايوتو إلى لوكسمبورغ، حيث ستشارك اليوم الاثنين في مجلس الزراعة والثروة السمكية مع نظرائها في الاتحاد الأوروبي، بالإضافة إلى رئاسة الاجتماع الثاني للدول التسع الأعضاء المطلة على المتوسط الذي يهدف إلى تعزيز مقترحات لتبسيط لوائح السياسة الزراعية المشتركة... |
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CNA - وزير الداخلية يشارك في اجتماع الاتحاد الأوروبي في غنت حول اللجوء والهجرة
يعرض وزير الداخلية كونستانتينوس إيوانو على وزراء الاتحاد الأوروبي اليوم الاثنين سياسة عودة اللاجئين، وذلك خلال مؤتمر وزاري حول اللجوء واللاجئين في مدينة غنت، مع تكثيف المناقشات في إطار الرئاسة البلجيكية للاتحاد الأوروبي بشأن تنفيذ وتفعيل الميثاق المعتمد بشأن الهجرة واللجوء. ... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Algarve farmers demand same water cut for all
Lisbon, April 29, 2024 (Lusa) - The Algarve Commission for Hydro-Agricultural Sustainability (CSHA) called on Monday for a change to the cuts in water consumption... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Monday, 29 April
Lisbon,April.29,2024(Lusa)- The changes to income tax rates and the newly elected president of Porto football club feature widely on the front pages of Portugal's newspapers... |
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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Lisbon city council hikes tourist tax to €4 per night
Lisbon, April.17,2024(Lusa)- The Lisbon city council on Wednesday approved the PSD/CDS-PP proposal to increase tourist tax on overnight stays from €2 to €4 per night, whilst supporting a PS amendment to exclude camping sites.
The PSD/CDS-PP proposal also provides for an increase in the tourist tax for arrivals by sea, from one to €2, although the amount that is now being proposed is the same as the one that began to be applied this year, when this tax began to be levied on cruise passengers.
In a private meeting of the municipal executive, the PSD/CDS-PP proposal was approved with the PCP abstaining and the remaining councillors voting in favour, namely the proponents, PS, Livre, Cidadãos Por Lisboa (elected by the PS/Livre coalition) and BE, according to a municipal source.
The proposal will now be subject to "a 30-day public consultation period" to gather contributions before it comes into force.
The PSD/CDS-PP leadership suggested including campsites in the tourist tax, but the PS proposed eliminating this measure, which was approved with the PSD/CDS-PP and BE voting against.
The BE argued that the tourist tax for arrivals by sea should be €4 per passenger, but this proposal was also rejected with PSD/CDS-PP, PS and PCP voting against.
At the proposal of Cidadãos Por Lisboa (CPL), approved with PCP abstaining and PSD/CDS-PP voting against, the council included in the document the idea of re-evaluating the impact of tourist pressure on the calculation of general charges/public space in the city.
Also approved, with the PSD/CDS-PP voting against and the PCP abstaining, was the CPL's proposal that the tourist tax for arrivals by sea be evaluated one year after its application, "introducing, if feasible, differentiated criteria for the environmental sustainability of cruises".
After the vote, in a written statement sent to the Lusa news agency, the mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas (PSD), said that "increasing the tourist tax is above all very fair for the city and for the people of Lisbon", noting that this option will make it possible to increase the quality of tourism and reinforce investments in fundamental areas such as urban cleaning, transport and infrastructure and heritage projects.
"This option to increase the tourist tax is the result of the conclusion that today tourism in Lisbon needs to contribute more and better to the quality of life in our city. And thus also raise the quality for the tourists who come to see us," said the Social Democrat, emphasising that at all times the situation must be assessed in the light of the real scenarios that exist and the specific circumstances.
In May 2021, in an interview with TVI as a candidate for mayor of Lisbon, at a time of economic recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic, Carlos Moedas suggested reducing the tourist tax.
"We're going to have to think very carefully about whether we don't have to reduce this tourist tax in order to gain competitiveness in tourism, which is going to have immense difficulty," he said at the time.
Confronted today with this change of position, the PSD mayor defended himself: "I was true to what I said. I analysed the issue very carefully. At the time we were coming out of the Covid crisis with major economic impacts. Today, the reality is different, with other cities charging a very high tourist tax compared to ours."
Recalling the "very strong opposition" of the PSD/CDS-PP to the creation of the tourist tax, the PS councillor welcomed the change in position and emphasised that "the revenue from the tourist tax has always served to reduce the tourist footprint on urban hygiene and transport, or to diversify tourist attractions, easing the pressure on the Baixa, Belém and Parque das Nações districts".
The Socialist councillor recalled that it was with these funds that the Ajuda Palace and the Carlos Lopes Pavilion were restored, and the Sul Sueste Station was built.
The socialists warned that in the PSD/CDS-PP proposal "there is no reference to the destination of the revenue, leaving the idea that it is more to compensate for the cash flow problems of the municipality, which only recently asked for a loan of €50 million".
Justifying its abstention vote, the PCP said that "the nearly €40 million currently collected by Lisbon city council as a result of the tourist tax is a long way from being used to mitigate the most negative impacts of tourism on the city", pointing to the "deplorable situation" in terms of urban cleaning and hygiene and the difficulties with public transport in the most overburdened areas.
"Choosing in this context to double the tax, without the necessary debate and the necessary reorientation of priorities regarding the application of the funds, seems to us to be manifestly inopportune and inappropriate," said the PCP.
The tourist tax in Lisbon began to be applied in January 2016 on overnight stays by national tourists (including Lisbon residents) and foreigners in hotels or short-term rental accommodation.
Initially it was one euro per night, but in January 2019 it increased to €2.
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Agency : LUSA Date : 2024-04-18 11:28:00
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