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 […]
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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 […]
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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) […]
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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 […]
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26 October 2013
Azores based SATA Airlines has announced that starting October 28 it will strengthen air links between the Azores and the United States and Canada with new weekly flights from to Boston and Toronto. The number of weekly flights will gradually increase next summer when SATA will have a daily flight from Boston to Ponta Delgada […]
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