By Len Port, Contributor (*) The multinational Repsol-Partex oil and gas consortium says it will commence “clean and safe” exploratory drilling off the south coast of Portugal late this year or early next, but it may be another four or five years before it can accurately gauge if hydrocarbon deposits are sufficient to make it […]
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Portugal: Exploratory offshore gas drilling to start soon – By Len Port
Posted on 16 January 2014.
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Portugal: US requested transshipping chemical materials from Syria via Terceira – Azores
Posted on 14 January 2014.
United States authorities have contacted the Portuguese Government regarding the transshipping of 500 tons of chemical materials from Syria via Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores. The materials, already in international waters, began to be shipped out of Syria on January 7 under a disarmament agreement that had been agreed with Damascus. The Portuguese media speculated […]
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FIFA: Cristiano Ronaldo awarded the 2013 Ballon d’Or – Zurich,Switzerland
Posted on 13 January 2014.
For the second time in his career, Cristiano Ronaldo, 28, won Monday the prestigious Ballon d’Or award, after being voted “World’s Player of the Year” at the FIFA’s awards ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland. He has beaten Franck Ribéry of the Bayern Munich and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, who was has held the honor for the last four […]
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Book: ‘Operation Alacrity’ The Azores and the War in the Atlantic – Editor’s Note
Posted on 12 January 2014.
To win the war against German U-boats, the Allies had to protect their convoys in the vast black hole of the mid-Atlantic known as the Azores Gap. In 1943 they devised a plan to set up air bases on the Azores Islands, owned by neutral Portugal. It was essential for the operation to remain secret […]
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Crisis: Frelimo increases military action against Renamo guerrillas – Mozambique
Posted on 10 January 2014.
Mozambique is facing its worst conflict since 1992, when the Rome peace accords brought an end to 16 years of civil war between Renamo and Frelimo, the country’s main opposing political factions. A former Portuguese colony in East Africa, Mozambique became independent in 1975. Reports are still confusing and contradictory, but the political and military […]
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Highest Honor: Eusébio to be memorialized at the National Pantheon – Portugal
Posted on 08 January 2014.
The Portuguese Parliament has approved Wednesday a motion to transfer the body of Eusébio to the National Pantheon, bestowing him with the honor to rest alongside most distinguished Portugal’s national heroes. Renaming Benfica’s Estádio da Luz in his honor is also being considered. Eusébio, 71, one of the greatest soccer players of all time, died […]
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