Portugal is a beautiful country to go on a vacation but unless you carve out a niche for yourself, earning a living in Portugal is not going to be easy. Presently the Portuguese economy is extremely slow. Unemployment is high and earnings are well below the EU average. You must master Portuguese if you want to work with […]
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Five things to know about working in Portugal
Posted on 01 April 2011.
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Sousa Mendes and Martins de Souza honored – Newark, NJ
Posted on 31 March 2011.
The Sousa Mendes Foundation and the International Roaul Wallenberg Foundation, in partnership with the Portuguese Sport Club and the Serranos Club, of Newark, NJ, will honor two great WWII heroes at two separate events. Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes will be honored on April 3rd, at 6:00 p.m. at the Portuguese Sport Club, 55 Prospect […]
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Scholarships for Cape Verdean students – Brazil
Posted on 31 March 2011.
Brazil’s Ministry of Education has just awarded 141 scholarships for Cape Verdean students, who will receive a monthly 545-real stipend to study in the South American country. The scholarships are financed by the Milton Santos Higher Education Access Project, which this year benefited students from 24 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. A […]
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Passos Coelho the new face in Portuguese politics – Portugal
Posted on 31 March 2011.
Portuguese politician Pedro Passos Coelho will most likely play a key role in the near future of Portuguese politics. He is the leader of the major opposition party – the center-right Social Democratic Party (PSD). Last week, all the opposition parties in the Portuguese parliament rejected the Socialist-led government’s list of austerity measures. The move […]
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Manuela Veloso makes her robots think – Pittsburg, PA
Posted on 31 March 2011.
Portuguese Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science Manuela Veloso is known for her contributions to the development of cognition, perception and action in autonomous robot teams. She has studied how autonomous agents can work cooperatively in complex environments and has pioneered work on robotic soccer playing. Most recently Manuela Veloso has developed the CoBo […]
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Smart-city to be built in Paredes – Portugal
Posted on 31 March 2011.
Steve Lewis, a former Microsoft executive, is behind the Living PlanIT project to build a brand new smart-city in Paredes, Portugal. Smart cities have intelligence and remote sensors built into the very fabric of the city – its buildings use computing power to monitor and constantly adjust for optimal efficiency. According to the The Wall Street […]
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