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Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist Update | Airlines begin cancellations ahead of December 11 general strike – Portugal Project Homecoming | Incentives offered for voluntary self-deportation
 

Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA

In a major development, law-enforcement officials have publicly identified the suspect in the killings at Brown University and MIT’s Professor Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, as Cláudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Torres Novas, Portugal. Authorities said Valente was later found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Professor […]

Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline – Massachusetts

Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, late on the evening of Monday, December 15. Authorities confirmed that Loureiro, originally from Viseu, Portugal, was found with multiple […]

Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist – London, UK

Portugal has been selected by the British magazine The Economist as the “Economy of the Year” for 2025, placing the country at the top of a ranking of the world’s 36 richest economies   Titled “Which economy did best in 2025?”,  the magazine highlighted Portugal’s strong blend of macroeconomic indicators, including solid GDP growth, low inflation, […]

Update | Airlines begin cancellations ahead of December 11 general strike – Portugal

Travelers heading to or from Portugal on December 11, 2025, should brace for widespread flight cancellations and major delays, as a nationwide general strike is set to disrupt operations at all major airports and across public services. The stoppage, called by Portugal’s main trade-union confederations in protest over proposed labor-law reforms, is expected to affect […]

Project Homecoming | Incentives offered for voluntary self-deportation – DHS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today, December 5, reaffirmed its commitment to reducing undocumented immigration through voluntary departure mechanisms, unveiling the full scope of its “self-deportation” program under Project Homecoming. Under this initiative, undocumented immigrants who choose to depart the United States voluntarily using the CBP Home mobile app will receive a USD$1,000 exit […]

Public television RTP-1 to be privatized in 2012 – Portugal

31 August 2011

The Portuguese government will partially privatize Rádio Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the national public television network, in 2012. A plan for the privatization will be presented in Parliament for debate on September 15. The plan contemplates selling Channel -1 of RTP, while keeping the RTPN channel as a public venue for the internationally broadcast programs, […]

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Posted in Canada, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Politics, World

Google doodles Lisbon tramcar – Portugal

31 August 2011

Google-Portugal search engine users were surprised Wednesday to find a “doodle” of a Lisbon “elétrico da Carris” (Carris tramcar) celebrating the Cais do Sodré-Algés line which started circulating in Portugal’s capital city on August 31, 1910. Currently the line serves more than 20 million passengers every year. Carris, the company that oversees Lisbon’s tramway network, […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Travel

Lisbon among the best cities in the world to live – Portugal

31 August 2011

Lisbon occupies the 57th position among 140 cities in the ranking of the world’s best city to live by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The rankings include five categories for the evaluation: stability, health care, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. The Australian city of Melbourne ranked number one on the list, replacing Canadian city […]

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Posted in Featured, Travel, World

Katy Perry biggest winner at the MTV Video Music Awards – People

29 August 2011

Singer Katy Perry was the biggest winner at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards with Video of the Year for “Firework”, Best Collaboration, and Best Special Effects. The event took place in Los Angeles, Sunday, August 28. “Oh, my goodness, thank you so much,” Perry said as she picked up her VMA Moonman statuette for […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Music, People

Funchal: The world’s largest photo exhibit – Madeira

28 August 2011

Madeira is showcasing the second edition of “The World’s Largest Photo Exhibit” with over 600 pictures from world photographers. The event will take place September 1-30. The first edition took place in Lisbon last June. The pictures will be displayed for public viewing at open spaces, inside and outside, all over the city of Funchal, […]

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Posted in Madeira, Photography, Porto Santo

Computer game for autistic children developed at University of Porto – Portugal

27 August 2011

Researchers at the University of Porto, in a joint project with the University of Texas at Austin, are developing an interactive computer game aimed at assisting children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) communicate their emotions. The goal of the research is to develop an early intervention tool, an interactive and adaptive game system, to help […]

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