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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22 November 2011
Portugal’s “Laços de Sangue” (“Blood Ties”) won the EMMY for “Best Telenovela” at the 39th Annual International Emmy Awards ceremony held Monday at the Sofitel in New York City. The show ran for 322 episodes on Lisbon-based SIC television network ending in October 2011. “Laços de Sangue” features actresses Diana Chaves, Joana Santos and actor […]
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22 November 2011
Portugal’s dire economic and financial plight is spurring a new wave of emigration, including an older stratum of people and new destinations, a senior government official said Tuesday. “We know, namely through the increase of administrative movement through our consulates and through the opening of new (bank) accounts, that there’s a very large increase” in […]
21 November 2011
Many thousands of workers are expected to participate in the general strike called for next Thursday by CGTP and UGT the two largest Portuguese labor union confederations. Demonstrations are planned in many cities on strike day, with attention centered on a march and rally set for Lisbon, the capital. Union leaders and 15,000 union activists […]
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