Tap Air Portugal cabin crew is staging a 10 day summer strike for June 18, 19, 20, 25 and 26, and for July 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, to protest staff layoffs — announced, Wednesday, the National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Attendants. In a statement to the press, unionist Ricardo Andrade said the […]
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TAP Air Portugal on a 10 day strike – Portugal
Posted on 01 June 2011.
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Dr. DePinho named president Anderson Cancer Center – People
Posted on 01 June 2011.
Portuguese American scientist Dr. Ronald A. DePinho, MD, 56, was chosen as the sole finalist to succeed John Mendelsohn as the next president of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, at the University of Texas in Houston. The son of Portuguese immigrants, Dr. DePinho is a Harvard University cancer geneticist, the director of the Belfer Institute […]
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Portuguese emigrants sent home over $3.4 billion – Portugal
Posted on 31 May 2011.
According to the Bank of Portugal, in 2010 Portuguese emigrants worldwide sent home over 2,403 billion euros ($3,460 USD billion) — more 122.03 million euros ($175,7 USD million) than in 2009. It is estimated that over five million Portuguese live abroad. France, with remittances reaching 899.16 million euros ($1, 294, 6 USD billion), remains the […]
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Elections enter final week without a leader – Portugal
Posted on 31 May 2011.
The campaign for Portugal’s snap June 5 election has entered its final and decisive week with opinion polls showing the Social Democrat Party (PSD) leading with 37 percent of the vote over the Socialist Party (PS) down from 36 percent to 32 percent of the votes. The pool was conducted by Intercampus between May 25 and […]
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Portugal drops four points in the Global Peace Index
Posted on 28 May 2011.
According to the 2011’s Global Peace Index (GPI), Portugal dropped from 13 to rank 17, out of 153 countries, in the annual report issued by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The change reflects the recent increase in political and economic instability with social tensions arising from economic uncertainties and the re-equipping of the Portuguese […]
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SATA penetrates Eastern European market – Azores
Posted on 28 May 2011.
SATA Air Azores has established a new e-ticketing service with the goal of increasing its market penetration in Eastern Europe. The e-ticket service will allow travelers to fly to the Azores via Frankfurt airport in Germany, where the Azorean airline flies once a week. With this new flight program, offering 7,755 seats, SATA Air Azores expects […]
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