28 January 2014
Lisbon has been voted the number one city for hosting the best congresses by delegates participating in a recent survey undertaken by the Centre for International Business Tourism in Lisbon. The city was voted ahead of London, Paris, Madrid, Munich and Milan, with 45.9 per cent of respondents ranking the probability of return as “very […]
Posted in Awards, Conferences, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World
27 January 2014
In the first three weeks of January, 2014, Portugal granted a total of 49 fast-track golden visas associated representing investments in the country of about Euro 27 million, Foreign Minister Rui Machete said on Monday. “2014 represents another very promising year,” said Machete placing the total visa program in 2013 at 470, bringing in some […]
Posted in Angola, Brazil, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, South Africa, Travel, World
27 January 2014
The “The Lisbon MBA International,” a graduate business program in partnership between the Nova University and the Catholic University of Lisbon, has climbed nine points in the Financial Times Top 100 . The program was ranked 52nd in the world, the only Portuguese graduate business program placed in the top 100. According to the Financial […]
Posted in Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
25 January 2014
Norma Lundberg (*) The book’s title evokes a metaphor of bruised skin, the purple of the initial hematoma gradually fading to livid green as the damaged area recovers. In many of these stories characters have been hurt, some of them struggling to change their lives, others overwhelmed and failing. The pain of living in poverty, […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Featured, People, Portugal
24 January 2014
Portuguese fado vocalist António Zambujo is returning to the United States for his 2014 concert tour starting January 25, in Los Angeles, followed by shows in Seattle, Phoenix, Minneapolis, San Francisco and a finale at Carnegie Hall in New York City, February 8. Zambujo, 38, who also plays de guitar, is quite a singular artist […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
23 January 2014
By Len Port, Contributor (*) The storms that battered Portugal’s entire coastline recently, plus extensive flooding in England, prolonged drought in California, extreme cold in northeastern America and extreme heat in Australia, have created further confusion over climate change. In the aftermath of the most violent waves in 20 years, the cash-strapped Portuguese government is […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Portugal, World
