25 March 2014
Portuguese living abroad have increased remittances home, up 9.6%, to a total of €3 billion “for the first time ever” revealed the Bank of Portugal, the nation’s central bank. France remained the leading source of remittances, accounting for €894 million of the total, up 5.7% compared to 2012, slightly ahead of Switzerland with a total […]
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23 March 2014
By Len Port, Contributor(*) The Ukrainian Ambassador to Lisbon and the non-governmental Association of Ukrainians in Portugal this week added their voices to the near universal condemnation of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine’s sovereign territory that has led to the specter of war. Prior to the fast-tracked treaty signed by Russia and Crimea on Tuesday, Ambassador […]
20 March 2014
The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), which had disappeared from mainland Portugal for centuries, is on its way back and there are reports of its presence in the north and center of the country, according to a biologist from Aveiro University. The red squirrel expanded from Galicia in Spain to the north of Portugal in the 1980s, […]
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19 March 2014
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) The LuminArte Gallery of Dallas, Texas, is presenting the “Luso-American Surrealism of the 21st Century,” art exhibit featuring works by Portuguese artists Victor Lages, Paula Rosa, Francisco Urbano, and Santiago Ribeiro and American artists France Garrido, Joe MacGown, K.D. Matheson, Shahla Rosa, Steve Smith, and Olga Spiegel. The exhibit, running […]
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17 March 2014
Portuguese Parliament has voted down a provisional “co-parenting” bill that would have granted same sex couples the right to adopt the children of their partners. The proposal would have allowed that “when two people of the same sex are married or cohabiting and one of them has parental responsibility for a minor, by blood or […]
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13 March 2014
International artists of Portuguese descent are competing at the 2014 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA). Nominees in seven categories have been announced. Band Faith of New Bedford leads the pack with three nominations. The contest received about 400 entries from a dozen countries, including artists from as far as Romania, Venezuela and Sierra Lione. Categories […]
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