Enamored with Lisbon's culture, Edu Castro (Vigo, 1966) has been getting lost in the streets of Lisbon for a year and a half now, strolling through the parks, where he sits down to read some of the books that have accompanied him throughout his career: Don Quixote, History of Western Philosophy, Ulysses either The man without attributesThe former Barça coach and current Benfica manager is an avid reader and is taking advantage of his time in Portugal to delve deeper into the literature of José Saramago and Antonio Lobo Antunes. "Leaving Barça is never planned, but I'm making the most of my time at Benfica. It wasn't a goal I had set, but once it happens, it's exciting," he explains to ARA. Born in Vigo, although raised in Bellvitge, he is a lawyer by profession who entered the world of hockey by chance. "Espanyol's hockey section didn't have a place to play their matches and they rented the rink at a school in Bellvitge, Joan XXIII. We saw the sport, fell in love with it, and both my brothers and I started playing." At 59, he manages Benfica, where he currently has a contract until June 2027. "Coaches are always dealing with temporary situations, and in a sport like ours, where there are few projects you can make a living from professionally, that's the reality." This means that, for the time being, he lives alone in Lisbon, far from his family; but Edu Castro has found the positive side: "Being alone gives me more time to dedicate to literature and hockey. You always have to make a virtue of necessity."

An underground cable that connected the two cars of the historic funicular that He had an accident on Wednesday in Lisbon The cable broke at the attachment point of one of the cabins, according to the initial findings of the investigation being conducted by the government agency in charge of the case. In total, 16 people died and another 23 were injured in the tragic accident. Now the Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Aircraft and Railway Accidents (GPIAAF) has reported that the pneumatic brake and the manual brake of the funicular were activated, but this did not stop the movement or reduce the speed of the funicular, which derailed. The accident occurred in just 50 seconds.

Portuguese authorities updated the death toll from yesterday afternoon's Lisbon funicular accident on Thursday. While seventeen fatalities had been reported in the morning, the figure has been revised downwards and, for now, stands at sixteen dead and twenty-one injured, five of them in critical condition. According to hospital sources, the initial error was due to a duplicate registration of one of the victims. Among the injured were two Spanish citizens, who have already been discharged.

The history of Portugal could be written speaking only of Terreiro do Paço. The land facing the Tagus River, where the royal palace stood for 200 years until the earthquake of 1755 destroyed both the residence and its library with more than 70,000 books. Now, in Terreiro do Paço stands the imposing Praça do Comércio. A well-chosen name, since the Portuguese knew how to trade and goods from China, Japan, India, Brazil, and Africa passed through this space in that era when the ships Portuguese women went further than anyone else.