11 February 2014
Portuguese contemporary artist Joana Vasconcelos is staging new works of art at the Manchester Art Gallery, UK, opening February 15 through June 2014. Curator Natasha Howes said the event would be “the most ambitious” exhibition by Vasconcelos in the United Kingdom. Manchester Art Gallery is visited by about 400,000 people every year. Titled “Britannia” the […]
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10 February 2014
Portugal was voted best hostel destination in the world at the 12th edition of the Annual Hostel Awards by Hostelworld. According to the “Hoscars” Customer Annual Ratings, Portugal was voted the country with the largest number of awarded categories (19) and hostels (11), being Lisbon the city with more “Hoscars” (15 in total). Only Italy, the […]
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09 February 2014
The recent flurry of fictitious reports about the Madeleine McCann case is another example of how far quality journalism has been replaced by the latest form of ‘churnalism.’ A story is concocted by a reporter and published on the website of a major newspaper or TV network. Within hours, it has been copied, rewritten or […]
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07 February 2014
Catholics in Portugal want an inclusive church that does not discriminate against the children of non-traditional families, such as homosexuals, unmarried couples or divorcees, a Vatican-sponsored questionnaire on family-related issues has found, the Portuguese Episcopal Conference (CEP) announced on Thursday. “The cases of families that are not in line with canonical norms are presented as […]
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05 February 2014
Portugal will host its first Comic-Con Portugal convention to be held in Porto city, in December 5-7, 2014. Taking place at EXPONOR – Porto International Fair – the event is expected to attract over 20,000 participants. Organized by Conventions in the Yard (CITY), the Porto Comic Con Portugal Convention will host celebrity guests and guest […]
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05 February 2014
President Barack Obama has appointed Portuguese-American attorney David Simas as Director of Political Strategy and Outreach in preparation for the 2014 mid-term elections. Simas will be in charge of handling the midterm Democratic election agenda, from the White House, crucial to the two final years of the Obama administration. In January of last year, President […]
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