21 February 2012
The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD) announces a lecture by Prof. Jorge Medeiros, President of the University of the Azores, one the topic: “The University of the Azores and the Atlantic.” The event will take place on Thursday, February 23, at 2:00 p.m. in LARTS, Room 397D, […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Education, Heritage, People
21 February 2012
Two Portuguese government representatives, Under Secretary of State Teresa Morais and Emigration Parliament Representative Maria João Ávila, will hold a conference on gender equality scheduled for February 25 at 2:00pm, at Casa dos Açores da Nova Inglaterra (CANI), located in East Providence, Rhode Island. Teresa Morais, 52, ia a lawyer and carrier politician, author of […]
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20 February 2012
Commuters and travelers across Portugal will begin feeling the impact of a transportation strike staged to start Monday at the evening rush hour by train engineers at CP, the national railway network. CP spokeswoman Ana Portela said Monday that the 24-hour strike scheduled for Tuesday would force the cancellation of about 81% of the scheduled 841 […]
20 February 2012
Portugal’s unemployment hit a record level of 14% in the final quarter of last year, according to figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported by LUSA. Around 50,700 men and 30,600 women lost their jobs in the final quarter of last year. The new record represents a total of 770,000 people out of […]
19 February 2012
Portuguese film director Miguel Gomes, 40, received Friday the Alfred Bauer Prize, at 62nd Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival), for “Tabu” a black-and-white unconventional film which, according to the critics, is a ”work of particular innovation” that “broadens the horizons of the art of filmmaking.” Also at the Berlinale, Portuguese director João Salaviza, 28, won […]
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18 February 2012
Pope Benedict XVI elevated D. Manuel Monteiro de Castro, 73, to the prestigious College of Cardinals in an elaborate ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday. Born in Santa Eufémia de Prazins, Guimarães, mainland Portugal, D. Manuel was elevated to the position along with 21 other new cardinals, including Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the head Archdiocese of […]
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