Portugal’s unemployment hit a record level of 14% in the final quarter of last year, according to figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported by LUSA. Around 50,700 men and 30,600 women lost their jobs in the final quarter of last year. The new record represents a total of 770,000 people out of […]
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Labor: Unemployment hits record level of 14% – Portugal
Posted on 20 February 2012.
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Film: Portuguese director Miguel Gomes wins Alfred Bauer Prize – Berlin
Posted on 19 February 2012.
Portuguese film director Miguel Gomes, 40, received Friday the Alfred Bauer Prize, at 62nd Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival), for “Tabu” a black-and-white unconventional film which, according to the critics, is a ”work of particular innovation” that “broadens the horizons of the art of filmmaking.” Also at the Berlinale, Portuguese director João Salaviza, 28, won […]
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Religion: Manuel Monteiro de Castro elevated to Cardinal – Vatican
Posted on 18 February 2012.
Pope Benedict XVI elevated D. Manuel Monteiro de Castro, 73, to the prestigious College of Cardinals in an elaborate ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday. Born in Santa Eufémia de Prazins, Guimarães, mainland Portugal, D. Manuel was elevated to the position along with 21 other new cardinals, including Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the head Archdiocese of […]
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YouVote: Two Portuguese teams competing for NASA SpaceLab Award – YouTube
Posted on 16 February 2012.
Two Portuguese teams are among the 60 world finalists for the YouTube Space Lab: Space Experiment Competition For Teens. One of the Portuguese teams is formed by João Pereira and Vasco Ferreira freshmen at the Faculty of Bio-Engineering at the University of Porto. The other team is formed by Daniel Carvalho, Guilherme Aresta, and Miguel […]
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Fado: Ana Moura in concert – Review
Posted on 15 February 2012.
By David Mendonça (*) ♦ Ana Moura brought an eclectic but strongly traditional fado experience to the Zeiterion Theatre in New Bedford on Saturday night (4-Feb), the first stop on her 2012 North American tour. If you don’t know the fado or are curious about it–and even if you do know the fado–this is the tour […]
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ADL: Henrique Cymerman winner of the Daniel Pearl Award – Palm Beach, FL
Posted on 14 February 2012.
World news reporter Henrique Cymerman, 52, was the winner of the 2012 Daniel Pearl Award by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for investigative reporting. He was the first Portuguese reporter to be distinguished with the prestigious international award, in a ceremony held February 10, in Palm Beach, Florida. Born in Porto, Portugal, Henrique Cymerman graduated from […]
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