06 August 2014
Portugal was honored with 16 top awards by the prestigious 2014 World Travel Awards Europe at the “Oscars” of world tourism industry ceremony held in Athens, Greece. The awards went to Lisbon as the best port and cruise destination and Madeira as the best islands to vacation; cruise operator DouroAzul was awarded as the best […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
05 August 2014
Official data from the National Statistics Institute has reported Tuesday that Portugal’s unemployment rate has dropped to 13.9% in the second quarter of the year, down 1.2 points from the previous quarter and 2.5 points from the second quarter of 2013. At the beginning of last year the unemployment rate stood at 17.5%. The total […]
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05 August 2014
TAP Air Portugal cancelled 468 flights in June and July, around 2.3% of the total, more than double the cancellation rate of the previous five months, according to the latest figures revealed by the company to its workforce. “In all, in the first five months of the year we carried out 42,929 of the 43,290 […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World
05 August 2014
By Len Port, Contributor(*) Seventy-three-year-old ‘bachelor boy’ Sir Cliff Richard was in top form with a voice as strong as ever when he entertained a special gathering at his winery in the Algarve. The fund-raising event was in memory of Peta Birch, founder of a charity that helps support children and animals. Before tickets went […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Music, Portugal
04 August 2014
By Julie Dawn Fox, Contributor (*) Over the last few years, I’ve developed a fascination with stone sculptures. Fortunately, for me, there are plenty to be found in Portugal. It’s only recently, however, that I’ve realized that much of the craftsmanship I admire belongs to Romanesque architecture . This distinctive style and structure became popular […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Genealogy, Photography, Portugal, Religion, Travel
04 August 2014
From Sunday to Monday, overnight, the governor of the Bank of Portugal, Carlos Costa, has decided to split Banco Espírito Santo (BES) into two separate banking entities. The measure was made possible through the “Resolution Fund,” a provisional fund, set up in 2012 by all banks in Portugal, to help troubled banks. With this solution […]
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