The order of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, dated 30 January and published in the Official Gazette, designates “the city of Lagos as the venue for the celebrations of the Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities, in 2025, extending the celebrations to the Portuguese community in Macau”.

The document establishes that “a Commission chaired by Dr. Lídia Jorge, writer, is set up to organize the celebrations”, without giving details about the schedule of the celebrations.

The city of Lagos is once again the stage for the celebrations of Portugal Day, 29 years after the 10th of June was celebrated there in 1996 by the then President of the Republic Jorge Sampaio.

Speaking to Lusa, the mayor of Lagos, Hugo Pereira, said that “the designation is a great honour and a historic recognition for the Algarve city”.

“It is a source of pride for all the people of Lagos because it projects the city and its role in the national economy, also highlighting its importance as the city of Discoveries,” he emphasised.

Hugo Pereira also highlighted the “honour of having the Algarve writer Lídia Jorge chairing the organising committee for the celebrations, in a program that will be defined by the Presidency of the Republic and that will have the full support of the municipality”.

In 2024, Portugal Day celebrations took place in three municipalities in Leiria affected by the 2017 fires and in Coimbra, extending the celebrations to the Portuguese community in Switzerland.

Switzerland was the seventh country to host the celebration, after France (2016), Brazil (2017), the United States (2018), Cape Verde (2019), the United Kingdom (2022) and South Africa (2023).