04 November 2011
Over 750 journalists from across the globe will gather this weekend at the coastal resort town of Cascais, near Lisbon, as part of Renault’s product launch campaign for the world’s first range of electric cars, said Thursday Ricardo Oliveira, Communications Director for Renault Portugal S.A. Two new Renault electric models, Fluence and the Kangoo, will […]
Posted in World
03 November 2011
More than 40% of Portugal’s 20,000 architects run the risk of unemployment due to falling public and private investment, the head of the sector’s professional organization said Wednesday. João Belo Roseira told Lusa news that many young architects could not find first employment and that many others were being forced to emigrate due to the […]
Posted in Featured
03 November 2011
Thieves stole a rare 16th-century Portuguese book estimated to be worth 18,500 euros ($25,500), in Frankfurt, on October 26, at the world’s biggest book fair last month, German police said Wednesday. Written in 1542 by Portuguese humanist philosopher Damião de Góis (1501-1574), a friend and student of Erasmus, the 30-page book is entitled “Hispania damiani a […]
02 November 2011
By Carolina Matos, Editor — Representatives from Escola Secundária da Lagoa, based in São Miguel, Azores, will attend the Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum, to receive the 2012 Mentor School recognition award as one of the World’s Most Innovative Schools. The event will to be held November 7–10 in Washington, D.C More than 700 […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, Featured, Organizations
02 November 2011
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was nominated among 23 finalists for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d’Or award, the football’s global governing body announced Tuesday. He was awarded the Ballon d’Or award for the first time in 2008. The award is a combination of the FIFA World Player of the Year accolade and France Football Magazine’s Ballon […]
02 November 2011
The Portuguese American Citizens Committee of Rhode Island (PACC-RI) is hosting its Annual Fall Breakfast on Sunday, November 6, from 8:30am to noon, at the Portuguese Social Club, 131 School St., Pawtucket, RI. All proceeds from the event will go directly to the Portuguese American Scholarship Endowment Fund to assist deserving Rhode Island high school […]
Posted in Community, Heritage, Organizations, Scholarships
