Chinese Hainan Airlines (HNA Group) is to acquire up to 20% of TAP Portugal. The HNA Group, an aviation and tourism giant, is set to acquire the stake from Atlantic Gateway, a private consortium which currently owns half of TAP Portugal. As a result, direct flights between Lisbon and Beijing will be established, operated by […]
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Travel: China to acquire 20% of national flag carrier TAP – Portugal
Posted on 29 May 2016.
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The Week: McCanns appeal to Portugal’s Supreme Court – By Len Port
Posted on 28 May 2016.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) The lawyer for Kate and Gerry McCann has filed an appeal in Portugal’s Supreme Court following last month’s Appellate Court decision in favor of Gonçalo Amaral. This is the latest move in the long-running civil action over the former lead detective’s controversial book about Madeleine McCann’s disappearance in 2007. The […]
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Google: Azores targeting 200 million potential tourists – Azores
Posted on 24 May 2016.
A protocol was signed between the Government of the Azores and Google to optimize the Azores as a tourism destination, with the goal of reaching 200 million potential tourists over the next three years, the regional Tourism and Transport Deputy, Vítor Fraga, revealed Monday. “This partnership will be crucial to enhance the awareness vis-à-vis our […]
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Book: ‘The Prodigious Physician’ by Jorge de Sena – Editor’s Note
Posted on 22 May 2016.
This astonishingly erotic and ironic novel is set in vaguely medieval times, but the tone is starkly modern. A young gentleman is travelling on horseback, and stops by a river to rest and bathe. As he is lying there naked after bathing, three maidens appear and, trying to avert their gaze from the young man’s […]
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Community: RIC honors Portuguese Studies students – Providence, RI
Posted on 21 May 2016.
Rhode Island College’s Portuguese studies program inducted five students and three honorary members into the RIC Sigma Chapter of Phi Lambda Beta, National Portuguese Honor Society, on April 22. The annual honors event also presented two awards funded by the John A. and Mary V. Lima Scholarship in Portuguese Studies Endowment Fund. The National Portuguese […]
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The Week: Portugal ahead of many countries in clean energy – By Len Port
Posted on 20 May 2016.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal has demonstrated its leading role in clean energy by supplying the country’s entire electricity needs solely from renewal sources for a record four days in a row. It is being acclaimed internationally as a landmark in the shift from fossil fuels. The country’s consumption was fully covered for 107 […]
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