Portugal holds the largest socio-economic inequality gap among 20 developed countries according to a study by US-based bank Morgan Stanley, released Tuesday. With a population of nearly 10 million, Portugal remains Western Europe’s poorest country. The report ranked the inequality gap in Portugal using several socio-economic indicators, ranging from distribution of income, access to health services […]
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Report: Portugal holds largest inequality gap among developed countries – Morgan Stanley
Posted on 26 November 2015.
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UPDATE: Anti-austerity leftist alliance set to form government – Portugal
Posted on 24 November 2015.
Fifty one days after the parliamentary elections on October 4, Portugal’s president, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, has named, on Tuesday, Socialist Party leader, Antonio Costa, Prime Minister, calling him to form government with the Communist Party and radical Left Bloc. The pronouncement ends weeks of presidential indecisiveness over the political future of the country. The appointment […]
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Exhibit: Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between: Portuguese Popular Art – Interview with Anthony Shelton
Posted on 19 November 2015.
By Elaine Avila, Contributor (*) Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between: Portuguese Popular Art was an art exhibition curated by Professor Anthony Shelton, of over 300 Portuguese folk art works at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada from May 12-October 12, 2015. The exhibition included exquisite marionettes, figurines, […]
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Community: Goodies from home coming soon to a supermarket near you – Azores
Posted on 17 November 2015.
Azorean products will be featured in New England and Florida, in the United States, in a promotional initiative taking place between November 19 and December 31. The promotion consists mostly of foodstuffs to be featured in several ethnic supermarkets in the East Coast, major importers of Portuguese products. It includes dairy products, preserves, jams, honey, tea, biscuits, […]
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Book: ‘Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora in the United States and Canada’ – Editor’s Note
Posted on 15 November 2015.
This anthology brings together fiction, poetry, recipes, and memoirs by some of the best Portuguese-Canadian and Portuguese-American writers to narrate the Portuguese Diasporic experience in North America. These works focus on lived experiences, shared spaces and the ethnic identity through which this distinctive culture is lived in the United States of America and Canada, both […]
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Paris: Two Portuguese killed in terror attacks – Portugal
Posted on 14 November 2015.
Two individuals of Portuguese heritage were confirmed dead, victims of Friday terror attacks in Paris. According to Portuguese authorities, a third Portuguese victim is also feared dead. The first identified victim was Manuel Colaço Dias, 63, a native of Mértola, mainland Portugal, who emigrated to France 45 years ago. Dias lived in Paris with his […]
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