15 July 2013
The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), dedicated to founding research for the cure of Parkinson’s disease, has awarded the University of Coimbra, Portugal with a $250 thousand research grant. Pledged last year, the “Rapid Response Innovation Award” will fund the work of Portuguese researchers Carlos Palmeira and Rodrigo Cunha affiliated with the Center for Neurosciences […]
Posted in Awards, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, Scholarships, World
14 July 2013
After addressing the nation on Wednesday, President Aníbal Cavaco Silva held separate meetings with Prime Minister Passos Coelho and the leaders of the three main parties – the Social Democratic Party (PSD) opposition Socialist Party (PS) and of the Christian Democrats (CDS-PP) – to seek an accord of “national salvation.” In his address, Portugal’s President had […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Politics, Portugal
12 July 2013
By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Darrell Kastin is a Portuguese-American writer who is making quite a name for himself. Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1957, much of his writing focuses on his family’s roots in the Azores. He is a novelist, short story writer, poet, and musician, and his work is much influenced by […]
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11 July 2013
Portuguese musician, Rodrigo Leão, is the composer of the soundtrack for the movie The Buttler, directed by Lee Daniels, to be released in August in the United States. The film is based on the life story, researched by the Washington Post, of an African-American who worked at the White House for three decades, serving eight […]
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11 July 2013
The Portuguese benchmark index (PSI-20) opened 0.9% down this Thursday after President Aníbal Cavaco Silva stunned the nation in a speech asking for a national salvation alliance between the three major parties and calling midterm elections for July 2014. In the rest of Europe, stocks were trading with gains today. “The hour of responsibility of […]
10 July 2013
In a much anticipated address, today Portugal’s President Anibal Cavaco Silva rejected the opposition parties’ demands for early elections in September 2013, while keeping the coalition government of Prime Minister Passos Coelho in place and calling early elections for July, 2014. The President also proposed the formation of a “national salvation” alliance with the major […]
