Canadian mining company Colt Resources has announced a “new and significant gold find” in the Portuguese region of Évora. “Tests carried out under the Chaminé deposit, within the framework of the Boa Fé concession, prove the existence of gold deposits located hundreds of meters below the surface,” said Nikolas Perrault, Colt Resources Chief Executive Officer […]
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Évora: New significant gold deposits found – Portugal
Posted on 22 December 2012.
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Travel: Azores named best destination to go in 2013 – Fodor’s
Posted on 21 December 2012.
The editors of Fodor’s travel guide publishing named the Azores one of their 25 best places to visit in their GO List for 2013nature, mild climate and European culture of the Azores Islands, just four hours from Boston, make the islands the closest and one of the more affordable destinations in Europe. Accordingly, the unspoiled […]
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Lisbon: International Conference on the Luso-American Experience – Portugal
Posted on 20 December 2012.
The Faculty of Letters at University of Lisbon and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the New University of Lisbon, are hosting an International Conference on the Luso-American Experience, titled ”Neither Here nor There, Yet Both,” to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, July11-13, 2013. The Conference aims at becoming a forum on Luso-American […]
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Award: Nuno Camarneiro winner of the 2012 LeYa Prize – Portugal
Posted on 18 December 2012.
Portuguese author Nuno Camarneiro, 35, was awarded the 2012 LeYa Prize for his novel Debaixo de algum céu [Under some sky]. The literary prize is worth Euro100,000. More than 270 original works by Portuguese language authors entered the competition. The annual prize, created to distinguish an unpublished work written in Portuguese, was established by the […]
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Translator Richard Zenith awarded 2012 Pessoa Prize -Portugal
Posted on 15 December 2012.
Richard Zenith, 56, was awarded the 2012 Pessoa Prize. Zenith was praised for his research and translations of Portuguese Modernist poet Fernando Pessoa. American born, Zenith has become “a citizen of Portugal out of his dedication and commitment to his work, to Fernando Pessoa, to literature, our own, and to a language, Portuguese,” said president […]
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Terceira: More than 400 military and 500 family members to leave Lajes – Azores
Posted on 14 December 2012.
More than 400 military personnel and 500 family members will leave Lajes Air Field, on Terceira island, Azores, by the end of fiscal 2014, the U.S. Air Force announced Thursday. According to a U.S. Air Force news release, the Defense Department Dependents School at Lajes Field will be closed and other services will be reduced […]
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