13 November 2011
By Carolina Matos, Editor – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has announced a new year-round study abroad program called “UMass in Lisbon” starting during the Fall semester of 2012, in addition to its 11th Annual Summer Program in Portugal, both of which are co-sponsored by its Center for Portuguese Studies & Culture and financially supported […]
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13 November 2011
The Vidago brand, a Portuguese bottle-water company, won the Best New Glass Bottle at the Water Innovation Award 2011, to its 0,75 cl frosted glass bottle, launched in October 2011. Promoted by British magazine FoodBev, the prize was announced at the gala dinner of the 8th Global Bottled Water Congress, in Rio de Janeiro, organized […]
Posted in Awards
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. […]
