29 January 2012
The Portuguese government opted to end with the two public holidays of October 5th and December 1st in order to ensure numerical symmetry with the cut in religious holidays. “For the Church, it was highly important to ensure symmetry (…) and we agreed with the proposal,” said Álvaro Santos Pereira, the Economy Minister, adding that […]
28 January 2012
The SATA Rallye Azores, scheduled for February 23-25, is the first round for the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC). The 2012 SATA Rally Azores, officially 47º SATA Rallye Azores, is a 17-stage gravel rally taking place on the island of São Miguel. The 2012 IRC will get off to a spectacular opening round with a […]
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26 January 2012
By David Mendonça (*) ♦ Jorge Fernando brought a very unique fado show to Carnegie Hall last night (24-Jan-12), one that exploited the tension between the old and the new fado in ways that I’d never have expected. The typical fado show has a very predictable structure: guitarrada (just the musicians playing), followed by a number […]
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24 January 2012
Five of the 28 scientists considered “people who, 10 years from now (…) will be the scientific leaders in their countries”, by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, are working in Portugal. The four Portuguese and one American researchers are based at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB), […]
23 January 2012
Books and other belongings of Portuguese 1998 Nobel laureate, José Saramago, began arriving at Lisbon’s Casa dos Bicos, said a statement from the Saramago Foundation. At the time of his death in 2010, Saramago, who was married to Spanish journalist Pilar del Rio, lived on the Lanzarote island in the Spanish Canaries. Casa dos Bicos, […]
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22 January 2012
Portuguese Canadian singer Nelly Furtado is coming out with her new yet-to-be-titled LP in the summer and also touring to promote this follow-up to her multi-platinum selling album, Loose. Nelly tweeted recently saying, “It’s official: Album out for summer 🙂 and I’ll be out on the road promoting it for at least 2 years cuz […]
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