Portugal is forging ahead with phasing out fossil fuels to help save the planet from global warming. Thanks to strong winds, plenty of bright sunshine, and even lots of rain in parts of the country, Portugal is in the forefront of expanding the use of renewable sources to produce electricity. The United Nations COP28 summit […]
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Opinion | Portugal at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution – Len Port
Posted on 10 January 2024.
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Book | The Portuguese Colonial War and the African Liberation Struggles | By Miguel Cardina – Editor’s Note
Posted on 05 January 2024.
The Portuguese Colonial War and the African Liberation Struggles: Memory, Politics and Uses of the Past presents a critical and comparative analysis on the memory of the colonial and liberation wars that led to a regime change in Portugal and to the independence of five new African countries: Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and São Tomé […]
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Ricardo Farinha: Four Decades of Portuguese Hip-Hop – Interview
Posted on 03 January 2024.
By Jeremy Klemin For as long as Ricardo Farinha can remember, hip-hop has been a part of his life. The neighborhood of Queluz, in the Lisbon metropolitan area, where Farinha grew up, has been a musical hotbed for decades, and his parents were also huge fans, often playing the latest hits around the house. Farinha […]
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Opinion | António Guterres facing opposition – By Len Port
Posted on 17 December 2023.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has been doing his best to push forward dramatic changes on two critical fronts, but he has been facing highly controversial opposition. After personally appealing for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israeli-Gaza war, Guterres agreed to a request to have the matter put to a vote in the UN […]
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Honor: Two Portuguese innovators among the top ten women in AI – Forbes
Posted on 17 December 2023.
Two Portuguese women innovators, Daniela Braga and Manuela Veloso, were recognized by Forbes magazine as among the top 10 “leading women” globally in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In a LinkedIn post, innovation expert Elizabeth Scallon proposed several “extraordinary” women to consider for the board of directors of OpenAI, the world’s foremost AI company. […]
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New image: Portuguese government enforces controversial new brand – Portugal
Posted on 12 December 2023.
The Portuguese government has created a new “brand” to identify its administration services, with a more digital-friendly logo, resulting in a “formal synthesis” of the national symbols, aiming to create a more “inclusive, plural and secular” image. While the previous logo was closely associated with the national flag, the new image is a more simplified […]
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