23 March 2012
The Portuguese Council of Ministers announced Thursday it has made changes in the current legislation regarding entrance, residency and voluntary and involuntary departure of non-nationals. A statement released by the Council announced “significant improvements” to five different areas of visa policies. In addition to criminalizing the employment of illegal immigrants, the new regulations create a […]
23 March 2012
Portuguese was recognized as an official language on the ADAMS system run by the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA). Portuguese and Mandarin were approved as official ADAMS system languages at a meeting of the World Anti-doping Agency in Lausanne, Switzerland on Wednesday. Established in 1999, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s mission is to lead a collaborative worldwide […]
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22 March 2012
After 15 years of studies, world renowned wine expert, Luca Gardini, (Best Sommelier in the World), named Quinta do Noval Silval Vintage Port 2003 the “Best Wine in the World.” A profile of the selected Port vintage tops the experts’ selection of the 50 best wines of the world in the Enciclopedia del vino, published […]
20 March 2012
The leader of the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (CGTP), the Portuguese largest trade union confederation, said Monday the organization intents to go ahead with the general 24-hour strike scheduled for Thursday, March 22. Workers will protest the government’s tough austerity measures imposed by the troika of European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and […]
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19 March 2012
Portuguese Finance Minister, Vítor Gaspar, is visiting the United States this week for high-level talks in Washington with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday. At the meetings, Gaspar will explain the progress with the implementation of the bailout program negotiated last May by Portugal with its European Union […]
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17 March 2012
By Carolina Matos, Editor ♦ Genealogist Henrietta Mello Mayer, 82, has spent most of her adult life researching Portuguese genealogy in the Borough of Stonington, specifically the community of South of the Cannons. Her new book, South of the Cannons: Portuguese Families of Stonington, Connecticut, published by the Stonington Historical Society, is a revised and expanded […]
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