27 May 2014
By Len Port, Contributor(*) The European parliamentary elections have resulted in convolutions bordering on chaos – but then what else did we expect from one of the biggest democratic events in the world, which spanned four days, 28 countries and almost 400 million citizens? The European Union is such a befuddling and annoying phenomenon that […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, Portugal, World
27 May 2014
The New York based Arte Institute is presenting the 4th Edition of NY Portuguese Short Film Festival (NYPSFF) to be held on May 30 and 31 in New York City and simultaneously in the Portuguese cities of Lisbon and Cascais. The New York screening will take place at the Tribeca Cinemas, May 30 and 31, […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Brazil, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
25 May 2014
Two Portuguese athletes, Ana Dulce Félix and Sara Moreira, won first and second place at the 27th Austria Women’s Run, the 5km race held on Sunday, May 5, in Vienna, Austria. Ana Dulce Félixwon the race for the third time (the first time in 2011 and the second time in 2012) finishing the run with […]
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22 May 2014
Alfredo Leitão won first prize, in the category of “Young Artist-Euphonium,” at the 2014 International Tuba Euphonium Conference (ITEC 2014) competition hosted by Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. The competition features the world’s best in the field. Alfredo Leitão, 18, is a student of euphonium at the Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa, Portugal, under professor […]
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20 May 2014
By Len Port, Contributor(*) A foreign community of workers employed by a Danish company has just come to the end of another season of harvesting a specialized crop in Portugal. They are now on their way to picking fields in Denmark. Since the beginning of March, more than 100 workers from various European countries, mostly […]
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20 May 2014
Portugal is among the top ten countries where it is safest for newly-born babies with one of the lowest neonatal mortality rates in the world, The Lancet reported on Tuesday. While it was already well known that Portugal had one of the best infant mortality rates (children under 5), what The Lancet proved was that […]
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