27 November 2011
Fado, Lisbon’s mournful song and the Portuguese most traditional music genre, was added Sunday to UNESCO’s list of World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. According to UNESCO, intangible heritage includes traditions and skills passed on within cultures. The UNESCO’s committee of experts, meeting on Bali island of Indonesia, unanimously praised Fado as an “example of good practices” […]
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26 November 2011
The President of the Government of the Azores, Carlos César, and Alfred Pilon, from the Youth Office of the Government of Quebec, signed in Ponta Delgada an agreement of cooperation establishing a student exchange program under the youth mobility Eurodyssey initiative. According to the agreement, starting in 2012, students from the Azores will be able apply […]
Posted in Azores, Canada, Education, Organizations, Scholarships
26 November 2011
The Bermuda Professional Photography Association presented photojournalist Tony Cordeiro, 73, with the lifetime achievement AFL Prisma Award for a 40 year a career in photography and digital media. Born in Rabo de Peixe, São Miguel, Azores, Cordeiro was a photojournalist at Bermuda Press Holdings for the majority of his career. Cordeiro immigrated to Bermuda as […]
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25 November 2011
China’s domestic rating agency, Dagong Global Credit, downgraded Portugal’s sovereign rating Thursday from BBB+ to BB+ with a negative outlook “due to the country’s deteriorating economic and fiscal situation,” the agency said in a statement. Dagong said Portugal’s economic and fiscal situation has undergone further deterioration since it downgraded the country’s rating from A- to […]
24 November 2011
The leaders of Portugal’s two union confederations, CGTP and UGT, held a joint press conference in Lisbon Thursday to weigh up the day’s events. Asked if they would hold further protests, they said it was a serious possibility. After considered the general strike a “success,” they acknowledged they were ready for another general strike if […]
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23 November 2011
Portugal’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Portas, said Tuesday he had asked that the Portuguese language be recognized as an official working language in the United Nations. Speaking to journalists, he also said that the Portuguese presidency of the United Nations Security Council was “very important to project Portuguese as a working language” in the […]
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