All Saints Day [Dia de Todos os Santos] is celebrated in Portugal on November 1st with a national holiday to honor the dead. The origin of All Saints’ Day cannot be traced with certainty, but it has been observed on various days in different places around the world. It is a national holiday in many […]
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National holiday: November 1st is All Saints Day – Portugal
Posted on 01 November 2011.
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Unemployment rate up to 12.5% – Portugal
Posted on 01 November 2011.
Figures from Eurostat revealed Monday the unemployment rate in Portugal had climbed to 12.5% in September with youth unemployment (under-25) rising two decimals to 27.1%, returning to the level of June after dipping to 12.4% in July and August. Portugal now holds the fourth worst unemployment rate behind Spain with a rise in September to […]
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Gold mines: Government signing agreement with Colt Resources – Portugal
Posted on 31 October 2011.
The Portuguese Government and Canadian gold mining exploration company, Colt Resources, are signing an agreement, November 2, to launch an experimental gold probe project in the southern Alentejo region of mainland Portugal. The sites for the project are located at Nossa Senhora da Boa-Fé and Santiago do Escoural (Montemor-o-Novo) near Évora city. The announcement was […]
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Portugal represented at the 21st Ibero-American Summit – Paraguay
Posted on 30 October 2011.
Portugal was represented at its highest level at the 21st Ibero-American Summit by President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, and Foreign Minister Paulo Portas. The summit was held Friday and Saturday in Asunción, capital of Paraguay. On October 27, on their way to Paraguay, Portugal’s President and Prime Minister made separate stops in […]
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Portugal waiting to hear from its younger descendant generations – Brazil
Posted on 29 October 2011.
The Portuguese government wishes to reach the younger generations of Luso-descendants, but believes they should be the ones to communicate how this should be done, said Saturday in São Paulo, Brazil, the Portuguese Secretary of State for the Communities José Cesário. “I don’t know what the younger generations in São Paulo, Toronto or Paris want. I […]
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Fado recommended for World Cultural Heritage genre – UNESCO
Posted on 29 October 2011.
UNESCO’s committee of experts has recommended “Fado,” Portugal’s soulful traditional music, to be enshrined as a World Cultural Heritage genre, the UN organization announced Thursday. Fado is considered Lisbon’s song, which makes Lisbon one of the few cities in the world with its own musical style, one that has come to symbolize the soul of […]
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