NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
1 January (Holy Mary Mother of God); Shrove Tuesday, Good Friday & Easter Sunday are variable; 25 April (Liberty Day); 1 May (Labour Day); 10 June (Portugal Day); 14 June (Corpus Christi); 15 August (The Assumption of Our Lady); 5 October (Founding of the Republic); 1 November (All Saints); 1 December (Restoration of Independence); 8 December (Immaculate Conception) and 25 December (Christmas Day).

NEWSPAPERS
Most foreign newspapers are widely available in Portugal, particularly in the main tourist areas of the country. Major English-language titles such as the International Herald Tribune and Financial Times can be bought at most city newstands, along with locally-printed newspapers like as the Anglo-Portuguese News. Portuguese dailies such as Diário de Notícias, Público and Correio da Manhã are a good source of information about the cinema, forthcoming football matches and so on.