23 July 2012
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) When Jeffrey S. Bennett, a professor of sociology and religious studies, first visited Portugal in 1996, quite by accident he made a stop at Fátima on July 13. It was the seventy-ninth anniversary of one of the most celebrated Marian apparitions there. That weekend, more than a quarter million Portuguese […]
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22 July 2012
Conservation biologist Diogo Veríssimo is the winner of the IUCN – Thomson Reuters Environmental Media Award for 2012. The award is sponsored the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in partnership with the Thomson Reuters Foundation to honor environmental journalism across the globe. For the first time, the search was conducted via Facebook which […]
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20 July 2012
According to data released by the Bank of Portugal (BP) Thursday, remittances sent home from the Portuguese leaving abroad showed a 17.7% surge in the first five months of this year, breaking the Euro 1,049. 3 million mark, compared to the same period in 2011. Yet, according to the source, in the first five months […]
20 July 2012
Portuguese historian and television personality, José Hermano Saraiva, has died today age 93. Saraiva was most famous in Portugal and beloved among Portuguese communities around the world, through his television programs “História Essencial de Portugal” and “A Alma e a Gente” on the History of Portugal. The programs were broadcast by Radio Televisão Portuguesa Internacional […]
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19 July 2012
A team of Portuguese high school students ranked high at the 53rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held July 8-15, in Mar del Plata, Argentina. A total of 548 participants from 100 countries competed in the 2012 annual math competition. The Portuguese team won a Gold Medal (Miguel Santos), a Silver Medal (Miguel Moreira), two Bronze […]
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18 July 2012
Portuguese design agency Artlandia Design was distinguished with the 2012 “Red Dot Communication Design Awards, ” one of the most prestigious design awards worldwide, for the work of graphic designer by Beatriz Horta Correia. Correia designed a three volume book collection titled, The RA Collection of Chinese Ceramics: A Collector’s Vision, (pp.1200) authored by Maria […]
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