Portuguese Parliament has expanded reproductive rights to gay women by approving their access to artificial insemination. The measure voted Friday was restricted to married heterosexual couples and couples living in domestic partnerships for over two years. The legal changes also recognize surrogacy for women with health problems seeking pregnancy. Both measures will be effective within […]
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Approved: Parliament expands reproductive rights – Portugal
Posted on 13 May 2016.
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Book: ‘300 Days of Sun’ by Deborah Lawrenson – Review
Posted on 12 May 2016.
Review by Susan Roebuck (*) This is the second Deborah Lawrenson novel that I’ve read. The first was The Lantern which was set in Provence, an atmospheric mystery that conjured up the sights and aromas of a beautiful landscape that transported the reader right into the story. 300 Days of Sun possesses the same wonderful […]
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Heritage: Maestro Francisco Lacerda (May 11, 1869 – July 18, 1934) – Azores
Posted on 11 May 2016.
Composer and conductor Francisco Lacerda was born in May 11, 1869, in Ribeira Seca, São Jorge, Azores. At the age of four he studied music with his father. In 1888, he moved to Porto, mainland Portugal, to study medicine but decided to drop out from medical school to study piano. Soon after, he moved to […]
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Book: ‘Rilke Shake’ poetry by Angélica Freitas – Editor’s Note
Posted on 10 May 2016.
Rilke Shake’s title, a pun on milkshake, means in Portuguese just what it does in English. With frenetic humor and linguistic innovation, the Brazilian poet Angélica Freitas constructs a temple of delight to celebrate her own literary canon. In this whirlwind debut collection, first published in Portuguese in 2007, Gertrude Stein passes gas in her […]
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The Week: Money, money, and more money… – By Len Port
Posted on 07 May 2016.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) This week’s revelations about the money laundering activities of Russian gangsters in Portuguese and other European football circles come just days before an avalanche of new information is published from the leaked Panama Papers. The Russian racket in Portugal was uncovered by the Polícia Judiária (PJ) with the support of […]
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May 5th – International Day of the Portuguese Language and Culture – CPLP
Posted on 05 May 2016.
The Lusophone world is celebrating today the International Day of the Portuguese Language and Culture. The celebrations, which were first held in May 5, 2013, will take place in about five dozen countries. The initiative was launched by the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) during the 14th CPLP Council of Ministers meeting, in Cape […]
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