25 October 2016
In 2016 the Web Summit comes to Lisbon and promises to deliver much. With an ever growing list of outstanding startups in Portugal it’s a great time to be able to hear from several of the top new Portuguese businesses and learn something about their history and experience. This book is the product of a […]
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21 October 2016
A period piece of the nineteen sixties. A novel that tells the story of Jody, a young mother and designer from Manchester, and Zé an artist who has fallen foul of the regime in Sálazar’s Portugal. A love story set amid the then-conservative North of England, the rugged landscapes and brilliant light of modern Portugal, […]
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20 October 2016
Set in Lisbon at the close of the nineteenth century, The Maias is both a coming-of-age novel and a passionate romance. Our hero Carlos Maia, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Portugal, is rich, handsome, generous and intelligent: he means to do something for his country, something useful, something that will make his […]
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18 October 2016
President Barack Obama congratulated former Portuguese Minister, António Guterres, on his recent appointment as Secretary-General of the United Nations. In a prepared statement issued by the White House on October 13, through the Office of the Press Secretary, President Obama welcomed Mr. Guterres to his new role, stating that the United States will providing full […]
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17 October 2016
Vasco Cordeiro was reelected on Sunday, October 16, President of the Government of the Azores, with an absolute majority, following regional legislative elections for the new Legislative Assembly. Polls had projected Socialist Party (PS) Vasco Cordeiro as the winner. He won 46, 43% of votes against Social Democrat (PSD) opponent, Duarte Freitas, who garnered 30, […]
06 October 2016
The 15-member United Nations Security Council unanimously nominated former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres the next Secretary-General of the organization, starting January 1, 2017. Guterres was nominated today “by acclamation” following a final straw poll by the Security Council, on Wednesday, recommending that the 193-member General Assembly appoint him for the five-year term post. Guterres, […]
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