21 October 2011
The latest version of the Kindle, the Amazon.com digital device, has incorporated a Portuguese language dictionary, the result of an agreement signed between Portuguese publisher Priberam and Amazon.com. Carlos Amaral, Priberam manager, revealed the agreement was signed with Amazon.com about two months before the new Kindle was released. According to Amaral, those who own the new […]
21 October 2011
The Portuguese government announced Thursday the creation of the Strategic Council for the Internationalization of the Economy (Conselho Estratégico de Internacionalização da Economia- CEIE). The newly created institution will be chaired by Prime Minister Passos Coelho in cooperation with Ministers of State Victor Gaspar (Finance) and Paulo Portas (Foreign Affairs) and the Minister of Economy […]
Posted in Featured, Organizations, Politics
20 October 2011
Portugal ranked 30rd among the world’s best economies for doing business, according to World Bank’s latest ranking released Thursday. Portugal had ranked 30rd on the previous edition of the World Bank reports. The World Bank annual report “Doing Business” examines the laws that affect companies in 183 economies, between June 2010 and May 2011, classifying […]
Posted in Cape Verde
20 October 2011
The Portuguese design agency P-06 Workshop, Environment and Communication won the Grand Prix in Red Dot Communication Design Awards 2011, in Berlin, Germany, one of the most important design awards worldwide. P-06 Workshop, Environment and Communication was selected among 6.468 participants worldwide for ‘Skin’ in the “information/design/public space” category, for the foyer installation and interior […]
Posted in Awards
19 October 2011
The two largest Portuguese union federations have agreed, Wednesday, to stage a general strike on November 24. The shutdown is a protest against the newly proposed government austerity budget measures for 2012 and 2013 submitted to parliament on Monday by Prime Minister Passos Coelho. Unionist leaders Carvalho da Silva (CGTP) and João Proença (UGT) set […]
Posted in Politics
19 October 2011
The municipality of Florianópolis, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, is honoring its Azorean heritage with the establishment of the “Centro de Cultura Açoriana” (Azorean Cultural Center) planned for 2012. The objective is to preserve and strengthen the Azorean heritage of Florianópolis where immigrants from the Azores settled along the Santa Catarina coast during […]
