By Len Port, Contributor(*) The most relevant snippet of information to emerge from all the recent histrionics in Brussels was confirmation that Jean-Claude Juncker is a good friend of Portugal. In this country anyway, it well surpasses revelations about his drinking habits. On a visit to Portugal in May, Juncker let it be known that […]
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Portugal: Jean-Claude Juncker pays lip service to Lisbon – By Len Port
Posted on 05 July 2014.
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Terceira: Teachers of Portuguese attend professional development workshops – Azores
Posted on 03 July 2014.
The Government of the Azores in partnership with the Association of Teachers of Portuguese in the United States and Canada (APPEUC) is co-sponsoring the 22th Meeting of Teachers of Portuguese in the United States and Canada being held July 3-6, in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores. Under the theme Nos Mares da Língua Portuguesa [The […]
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Business: IBM to launch global cloud center in Lisbon – Portugal
Posted on 03 July 2014.
Lisbon is one of the sites chosen by IBM to locate one of its newly created “cloud computing” centers through which user services and applications are aggregated in a “cloud” that can be accessed in any computing device anywhere in the world. The IBM Lisbon center will provide assistance to Portuguese and foreign companies that […]
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Fado: Carlos do Carmo recipient of the LRA Lifetime Achievement Award – Hollywood, LA
Posted on 02 July 2014.
Portuguese fado performer Carlos do Carmo will be honored with The Latin Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony to be held on Wednesday, November 19, at the Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino as part of the weeklong 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards celebration. The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by vote of The Latin […]
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Music: Rodrigo Leão honored at 29th Annual ASCAP Film & TV Music Awards – Los Angeles
Posted on 27 June 2014.
Portuguese composer, Rodrigo Leão, was honored at the 29th Annual ASCAP Film & TV Music Awards with the American Film and Television Award for the soundtrack for the film, The Buttler, directed by Lee Daniels and released in August 2013. The awards celebration, held June 25 in Los Angeles, honored the composers of top box-office films, the […]
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Pending approval: Portugal will soon legalize online gambling – By Len Port
Posted on 26 June 2014.
By Len Port, Contributor(*) The odds are heavy that Portugal will soon legalize online gambling. You can bet your boots gamblers will be delighted, but the chances are that many non-gamblers will be troubled by this development. Last week the Council of Ministers approved plans to push ahead and legalize licensed online casino, poker and […]
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