15 December 2015
Following reports by the Portuguese media, that Banif (Banco Internacional do Funchal) could collapse and close its doors, chairman Jorge Tomé assured Monday that there are no plans to close the troubled bank. In a television interview, Jorge Tomé said that the bank’s liquidity levels are “comfortable,” revealing that six international investors are considering buying […]
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15 December 2015
The main character in ‘A General Theory of Oblivion’ is an elderly lady real person, Ludovica Fernandes Mano, who at the start of the Angolan war shut herself in her apartment, writing on her walls in charcoal. She stayed there for twenty-eight years. The outside world slowly seeps into Ludovoca’s life through snippets on the […]
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14 December 2015
The Government of the Azores has declared a state of emergency for Monday, following warnings of a complex weather system developing, involving hurricane strength winds as well as coastal flooding and erosion. According to local forecast reports, the Eastern islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria will take the brunt of the hit. Civil protection […]
12 December 2015
The 34th session of the Portugal-U.S. Standing Bilateral commission met on Friday, December 4, in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, for yet another round of “high-level bilateral talks” which resulted inconclusive. The US official delegation, headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary Conrad Tribble, met with the President of the Government of the Azores Vasco Cordeiro, and Portuguese […]
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10 December 2015
Review by Elaine Avila, Contributor (*) ‘Women, Crime and Forgiveness in Early Modern Portugal’ is a superb book, focusing on two types of crimes involving women in the 16th and 17th centuries: 1) physical injuries and homicides, and 2) sexual crimes. Dr. Darlene Abreu-Ferreira, a professor at the University of Winnipeg, is a specialist in […]
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09 December 2015
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal was among the 20 countries in the world most affected by global warming over the past 20 years, according to a Global Climate Risk Index report presented at the climate change conference in Paris. “The Index indicates the level of exposure and vulnerability to extreme events that countries should […]
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