12 November 2011
Portugal’s capital city, Lisbon, was voted Friday, November 11, the European City of the Year 2012 by the Academy of Urbanism Awards, based in London, UK. The award resulted from Lisbon being voted by about 500 academicians who elected Lisbon over Oslo (Norway) and Gothenburg (Sweden). During July through September, groups of academicians traveled to 15 […]
12 November 2011
Graça Castanho, Director of the Department for Azorean Communities (DRC), of the Government of the Azores, visited George Washington University (GWU) Friday to sign a memorandum of understanding which objective is to better integrate the history and culture of the Azores in the Portuguese language teaching curriculum. “It is very important that the curriculum to […]
11 November 2011
Demonstrations by Portuguese civil servants and the military are set to take place in Lisbon on Saturday to protest over the severe austerity measures proposed by the government for 2012. Police officers were expected to join the military demonstration projected to gather thousands of protesters. Portugal’s Armed Forces are “democrats” and “obey the government”, retired […]
11 November 2011
A government proposal for the 2012 budget was approved in Parliament Friday, on a first reading, with votes from the center-right PSD/CDS-PP majority governing coalition. The Socialists (PS), ousted from power last June, abstained, while the extreme left (PCP, BE and ENP) voted against. The approved proposal will be discussed for the next two weeks. […]
10 November 2011
The 6th Toronto International Portuguese Film Festival (TIPFFestT) is being held from November 11 through November 13, featuring films from Portugal, Brazil and United States. According to TIPFFest, this year’s the festival highlights Portugal’s uniqueness with documentaries exploring Port Wine and Fado and hosts its first ever youth night dedicated to all young people in […]
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10 November 2011
By Carolina Matos, Editor – Over 40 researchers, educators, community organizers and policy makers, from Portugal and the Azores, the United States, Canada, Brazil and Cape Verde, gathered November 9-10, in Cambridge, MA, at the 1st International Symposium on Human Rights and Quality of Life in the Portuguese-Speaking Communities in the United States and Canada, […]
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