The Regional Government of the Azores is sponsoring the 9th edition of the “Saudades dos Açores” program. The initiative is aimed to providing older Azorean expatriates living in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and Brazil with the opportunity to travel back to the homeland to visit family and friends. To qualify, candidates must be age […]
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Saudades dos Açores Program for Seniors – Azores
Posted on 02 September 2011.
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Madeira public debt exceeds 500million-euro – Brussels
Posted on 01 September 2011.
The leader of the Regional Government of Madeira, Alberto João Jardim, has admitted that the Autonomous Region has a liquidly problem. New figures from the European Commission (EC) revealed Wednesday that the Region public debt, exceeding 500million-euro ($712.9 USD million), has worsened the Portuguese deficit by 0.3% of its gross domestic product, reported Lusa news […]
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Thousands to join the 27th Brazilian Day Festival – NYC
Posted on 01 September 2011.
The Brazilian American resident community in New York City is celebrating the 27th Brazilian Day Festival, on Sunday, September 4. Since 1984, this annual festival celebrates Brazil’s Independence Day, Brazilian culture, heritage and rich musical tradition. Artesian crafts, two stages for live music and food stands feature traditional dishes such as moquecas, acarajes and abaras […]
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Public television RTP-1 to be privatized in 2012 – Portugal
Posted on 31 August 2011.
The Portuguese government will partially privatize Rádio Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the national public television network, in 2012. A plan for the privatization will be presented in Parliament for debate on September 15. The plan contemplates selling Channel -1 of RTP, while keeping the RTPN channel as a public venue for the internationally broadcast programs, […]
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Google doodles Lisbon tramcar – Portugal
Posted on 31 August 2011.
Google-Portugal search engine users were surprised Wednesday to find a “doodle” of a Lisbon “elétrico da Carris” (Carris tramcar) celebrating the Cais do Sodré-Algés line which started circulating in Portugal’s capital city on August 31, 1910. Currently the line serves more than 20 million passengers every year. Carris, the company that oversees Lisbon’s tramway network, […]
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Lisbon among the best cities in the world to live – Portugal
Posted on 31 August 2011.
Lisbon occupies the 57th position among 140 cities in the ranking of the world’s best city to live by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The rankings include five categories for the evaluation: stability, health care, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. The Australian city of Melbourne ranked number one on the list, replacing Canadian city […]
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