Posted on 26 February 2014. Tags: Agriculture and Forestry, and Pharmacy, best, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electro-technical Engineering, higher education, law, Ocean and Earth Sciences, Pharmacology, Portugal, Portuguese.education, QS, Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, ranking, University of Porto, world, world elite
The University of Porto, Portugal, is among the world’s 200 best universities ranked in seven of the 30 fields of study by the QS World University Rankings by Subject, one of the leading international rankings for higher education. In the report published by Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, more than 3,000 universities and 10,000 courses […]
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Posted in Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal
Posted on 26 February 2014. Tags: actor, Adrian Schiller, Amber Rose Revah, Christopher Spencer, Colin Swash, d Roma Downey, Darwin Shaw, Diogo Morgado, February, Greg Hicks, History Channel, Joe Wredden, Lisbon, Mark Burnett, Matthew Gravelle, Nic Young., Paul Marc Davis, Portugal, Portuguese, Richard Bedser, Roma Downey, Sebastian Knapp, Simon Kunz, Son of God, The Bible
Portuguese born Diogo Morgado is the latest actor performing the role of Jesus in the new film “Son of God” produced by 20th Century Fox to be released in theaters nationwide February 28. The ambitious motion picture tells the life of Jesus expanding on the 10-hour mini-series, The Bible, produced last year by Mark Burnett and […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
Posted on 24 February 2014.
The Portuguese American Citizenship Project (PACP) has announced, in a prepared statement, the appointment of Dr. Frank F. Sousa as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Sousa has a long history of supporting causes in the Portuguese community, and is the Founding Director of the Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture and Research at […]
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Posted in Azores, Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal
Posted on 24 February 2014. Tags: active volcanism, Art Deco, Azorean, Azores, Bensaúde, Boston, caldera, Carolina Matos, Furnas Lake, Furnas Parish, Furnas Valley, George Washington, Lagoa das Furnas, Manuel António Vasconcelos, mid-Atlantic Ridge, Portugal, renovation, Sao Miguel, Terra Nostra Garden Hotel, Terra Nostra Park, Thermal Water Pool, Thomas Hickling, volcanic activity, Volcanic Complex of Furnas
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) The Furnas Valley is home to the Furnas parish, a small isolated rustic community of about 900 dwellings. Set within a 6 km diameter crater of a dormant caldera, the valley is surrounded by towering hills with geysers and fumaroles nested within the lush green landscape. The caldera is part […]
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Posted on 21 February 2014. Tags: Africa, art, artist.painting, Asia, Australia, Creative Concept Studios, Europe, March, Natalia Gromicho, NYC, Portugal, Portuguese, The Power of Perception II, USA, wxhibit
Natália Gromicho is representing Portugal at “The Power of Perception II: International Art in 2014” group exhibit, taking place in New York City March 3-17, 2014. The Power of Perception II: International Art in 2014 is the second annual showcase of global art curated by Creative Concept Studios, featuring art from Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa […]
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Posted on 19 February 2014. Tags: appointed, Carlos Tavares, chief executive, China, Dongfeng Motors, École Centrale in Paris, France, Lisbon, Lycée Français, Lycée Pierre Fermat, named, Nissan Motor for the Americas, Paris, Philippe Varin, Portugal, Portuguese, PSA/Peugeot-Citroen, Renault, Tennessee, USA
Portuguese business manager Carlos Tavares, 55, former Renault executive, will take over as PSA/Peugeot-Citroen’s CEO next month. Tavares joined PSA in January in preparation for the appointment. He will take over from Philippe Varin as president of the managing board on March 31. In June 2011, Carlos Tavares, the former head of Nissan Motor for the […]
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