06 November 2013
Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet named Portugal one of the top 10 world value travel destinations for 2014. Portugal was named after the Greek Islands, Italy, Nicaragua, and Bulgaria and followed by Fiji, Mexico, Karnataka (India), Palawan (Philippines) and Ethiopia. Each year the British Post Office surveys the prices in European holiday resorts. Based on […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, Life Style, Organizations, Portugal, Travel, World
04 November 2013
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, the MA & PhD Program in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory, and the Department of Portuguese announce a lecture, “Progress and Scientific Idealism in Eça de Queirós (A cidade e as serras) and Julio Verne (Les tribulations d’un chinois en Chine)” by Prof. Sérgio Paulo […]
Posted in Books, Community, Conferences, Education, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
04 November 2013
Portuguese tenor Bruno Ribeiro is taking stage as Don José in Dallas Opera’s Carmen, at the Winspear Opera House. Ribeiro, who made his professional debut as Don Ottavio at the Michigan Opera House, in Detroit, is taking stages by storm all over Europe and North America with his powerfully expressive voice. Credits include Alfredo (La […]
Posted in Entertainment, Featured, Music, People, Portugal, World
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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