Jocelino Rodrigues, 19, is one of the top four UK finalists who will compete December 1 for astronaut training in the AXE Apollo Space competition at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. Born in Porto, Portugal, Rodrigues is a 2nd year Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Bristol, UK. He will spend the […]
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NASA: Jocelino Rodrigues finalist at the AXE Apollo Space Competition – KSC, Florida
Posted on 11 November 2013.
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Launched: International Graduate Certificate Program in Portuguese Global Studies – e-Learning
Posted on 11 November 2013.
The Open University of Portugal and Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA, are jointly launching their first International Graduate Certificate Program in Portuguese Global Studies. Starting January 2014, the program is oriented mainly toward: (i) Portuguese heritage-descendents in the United States who want to reconnect with their family background origins or just want to acquire additional […]
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Portugal: Is unisexism for all the way forward? By Len Port
Posted on 09 November 2013.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal is in the middle order of world rankings when it comes to gender inequality. The gap is closing in several key areas, but there is little chance of this country ever catching up with remarkable developments in Sweden. As one of the world’s most equal countries, Sweden has reached […]
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Community Alert: Provision to keep Lajes Air Field open not included in Senate Bill – Washington, DC
Posted on 07 November 2013.
On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, the United States House of Representatives passed unanimously an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that “prohibits the Air Force from reducing the force structure at Lajes Field in Fiscal Year 2014.” However, according to a community alert statement released Tursday by the National Organization of Portuguese Americans (NOPA), “Although […]
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McCann case: Anger over new suspect – by Len Port
Posted on 06 November 2013.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) When Scotland Yard launched its Madeleine McCann investigation, it called for ‘restraint’ from the British media. Meanwhile, a Portuguese law forbids police here from divulging inside information about on-going criminal investigations. So how come newspapers in both Britain and Portugal have identified and published sensational stories about another implausible ‘prime […]
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Travel: Lonely Planet names best value top 10 travel destinations for 2014 – Portugal
Posted on 06 November 2013.
Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet named Portugal one of the top 10 world value travel destinations for 2014. Portugal was named after the Greek Islands, Italy, Nicaragua, and Bulgaria and followed by Fiji, Mexico, Karnataka (India), Palawan (Philippines) and Ethiopia. Each year the British Post Office surveys the prices in European holiday resorts. Based on […]
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