02 November 2013
António Emílio Leite [Mia] Couto is the recipient of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature for lifetime achievement. Often called the “American Nobel,” the prize is awarded for a lifetime body of work. The 58-year-old Mozambican author, a fiction writer and poet, will receive a cash prize of a $50,000. The honor was announced […]
Posted in Awards, Books, Featured, Heritage, Mozambique, People
01 November 2013
In Portugal more people are dying than being born with live birth decreasing and emigration increasing, revealed Thursday the Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE). Accordingly, the Portuguese population is at its lowest level in six years, for three consecutive years. In 2012, the number of live births decreased to 89,856 (96,856 in 2011) and the number […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Portugal
30 October 2013
Fans of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo are outraged over a remark by Joseph [Sepp] Blatter, FIFA’s president, regarding the Real Madrid attacker. Fans are accusing Blatter of bias against Ronaldo, demanding Blatter’s immediate resignation. The 78 year old Blatter, who is Swiss, has been FIFA’s president since 1998. Blatter poked fun at the 28 years […]
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29 October 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) It turns out that Kate and Gerry McCann suppressed for five years ‘critical evidence’ that became the centerpiece of the recent BBC Crimewatch program on the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine. Findings by ex-MI5 agents long kept under wraps by the McCanns included the two e-fit images described in the […]
Posted in Organizations, People, Portugal, World
28 October 2013
By Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) Perhaps best known for an artistic performance piece at the Lisbon Zoo, where he locked himself in a cage near the monkeys with a sign reading “Homo Sapiens,” Alberto Pimenta is an engaging, lively poet, and performance artist. Born in Porto, Portugal, in 1937, he spent 17 years (1960-1977) […]
Posted in Books, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Portugal, World
28 October 2013
The II International Conference on the Future of the Portuguese Language is taking place, from October 29 to November 1, in the University of Lisbon. Gathering more than 300 participants, the conference includes policy-makers, institutional, academic researchers, mostly from the eight Member States of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) namely Angola, Brazil, Cape […]
Posted in Angola, Azores, Brazil, Cape Verde, Conferences, East Timor, Education, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Macau, Madeira, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World
