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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18 July 2012
The President of Portugal, Cavaco Silva, begins today a three-day official visit to Mozambique to attend the 9th Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) Summit. CPLP is an intergovernmental organization which mission is to foster friendship among the community of nations where Portuguese is the official language, comprising 250 million people. In 2008, Cavaco Silva […]
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17 July 2012
Miguel Bastos Araújo, a visiting research professor at the University of Évora, Portugal, has been selected by the International Biogeography Society (IBS) to receive the 2013 MacArthur and Wilson Award that recognizes an early-research individual for a notable, innovative contribution to biogeography. The award will be presented at the society’s biennal meeting in Miami, Florida, […]
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