The book&nbsp;Mário Soares – Time and Memory [Mário Soares – O Tempo e a Memória], which brings together 100 articles by&nbsp;Mário Soares&nbsp;originally published in&nbsp;Diário de Notícias&nbsp;and selected by Jorge Morais, will be launched on 16 April 2026 at 6:00 pm at the Fundação Mário Soares e Maria Barroso.

The volume is published by&nbsp;Âncora Editora&nbsp;and will be presented by&nbsp;Manuel Pedroso Marques.

Mário Soares Centenary

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Launch of the book "Mário Soares – O Tempo e a Memória"

On&nbsp;23 and 24 April 2026, the international meeting&nbsp;“FREI – From Resistance to European Integration”&nbsp;will take place in Lisbon, under the theme&nbsp;“Unarchiving Democracy: Youth, post-colonial memory and the construction of democracy in Portugal”.&nbsp;The event will be held in English.

Full programme here.&nbsp;Registrations <a href="https://forms.gle/kaVxJ55hcXNzWfYK7">here</a>.

This initiative will bring together primarily&nbsp;young participants, as well as researchers and European institutions, to reflect on the relationship between democratic memory, post-colonial legacies and the contemporary challenges facing democracy.

Over two days, the programme will include testimonies, debates, workshops and visits to sites of memory, exploring how archives, historical memory and civic engagement can contribute to strengthening democratic values and combating racism and discrimination.

The meeting will include three moments, across three memory institutions:

 - Aljube Museum – Resistance and Freedom

 - Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation

The initiative is part of the European project “<a href="https://www.foster-europe.org/projekte/frei-from-resistance-to-european-integration">FREI - From Resistance to European Integration</a>”, funded by the CERV programme - Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values of the European Union, which explores European trajectories linking experiences of resistance to authoritarian regimes in the 20th century with processes of democratic construction and European integration.

Educational Service

Shared Heritage

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Unarchiving Democracy: Youth, Post-Colonial Memory and the Portuguese Democratic Path

The next visit will take place on 29 April at 10:00 and 15:00.

- The Garden, designed by Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles

- The exhibition "Mário Soares. Portugal, what Revolution?"

Free entry by&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://forms.gle/PKyJzLdvXHKPsbQt5">appointment</a>.

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Guided tours to the Foundation in April

An international conference in honour of Mário Soares, with the participation of politicians, intellectuals and academics, which concludes the celebrations of Mário Soares' centenary.

The conference will take place at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 2026.

The initiative is part of the Mário Soares Centenary programme.

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Mário Soares Centenary International Conference

The next visit will take place on 27 May at 10:00 and 15:00.

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Guided tours to the Foundation in May

Mário Soares. Portugal: What Revolution?&nbsp;is an exhibition in which images speak and words reveal, forming an alliance where they complement and enrich each other.

Based on a long interview given by Mário Soares to the French journalist Dominique Pouchin (Le Monde) - which would later become the book&nbsp;Portugal: What Revolution?, revisited and updated three decades later - the exhibition presents a vivid account, told in the heat of the moment, close to the events and their main figures. The narrative unfolds like a film, set to the restless soundtrack of the tumultuous sounds and slogans of the&nbsp;PREC&nbsp;(Ongoing Revolutionary Process).

The photographs on display, taken by several renowned photographers, speak with a visual voice as clear and compelling as that of the events themselves, showing how Mário Soares lived and witnessed that decisive period of the Revolution - of which he was one of the main protagonists - in a struggle that helped shape Portugal into a European democracy.

The exhibition is organized by the&nbsp;Organizing Committee for the Centenary of Mário Soares, with the support of the&nbsp;Commission for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the 25th of April Revolution. It will be on view at the&nbsp;Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation, from&nbsp;17 November 2025 to 31 May 2026, and admission is free.

Opening to the public:&nbsp;17 November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/a3i4EoZxccN6ZBXs6">https://forms.gle/a3i4EoZxccN6ZBXs6</a>

Opening hours:&nbsp;Monday to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Venue:&nbsp;Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation (Rua de S. Bento, 160, Lisbon)

By appointment:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/jXtrQeuybgEfsw9E6">https://forms.gle/jXtrQeuybgEfsw9E6</a>

This initiative is part of the programme commemorating the Centenary of Mário Soares.

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