19 December 2015
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Not for the first time, Spain looks like following in the footsteps of its much smaller neighbor. It’s not quite on the grand scale of the Spanish taking their cue from the Portuguese in the Age of Discoveries, or in switching from dictatorship to democracy in the 1970s. However, the […]
17 December 2015
The archipelago of the Azores was once again placed under a weather “red alert” for Friday, the highest of a four-scale alert system, described as a “situation of extreme risk.” It is the second time this week that a weather red alert was issued for the islands. According to the Portuguese Institute of Sea and […]
17 December 2015
By Len Port, Contributor (*) As the implications of the Paris agreement on climate change began to hit home in countries around the world this week, there was no great sigh of relief in the Algarve where concerns are running high about oil and gas explorations. With the future of the planet at stake,195 countries […]
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 […]
