14 October 2011
Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho faced criticism from António José Seguro, the Socialist leader in opposition, at the Portuguese parliament Friday, over his newly proposed government austerity budget for 2012. Seguro charged the center-right government of having reneged on the electoral promises made in June by demanding “sacrifices” far beyond those agreed by the […]
14 October 2011
The village of Ericeira, mailand Portugal, is now officially a World Surfing Reserve (WSR), becoming the second WSR overall and the first in Europe. The Ericeira World Surfing Reserve was officially endorsed on October 14 by Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and was acknowledged in the Portuguese National Assembly. The President acknowledged the significance of […]
13 October 2011
Experts in the Azores have alerted the population of São Miguel Island for seismic activity which they considered to be above normal. The seismic events where located in the system of Fogo and Congro lakes, the central region of the island. “The situation is ongoing and the number of microseisms is slightly above reference values” […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, São Miguel
13 October 2011
The editors of Esquire magazine have named Barbados native singer Rihanna the “2011 Sexiest Woman Alive” for their November edition, while Portuguese American Daniela Ruah was listed at the top of their list of “Women We Love” including international beauties distinguished for their artist talent, their beauty and their sexiness. Her name comes second next […]
Posted in Awards, Film, People, Photography
12 October 2011
The president of the Portuguese National Elections Commission (CNE), Fernando Costa Soares, said Tuesday it would investigate alleged cases of illegal transport of voters during Sunday’s ballot in the Atlantic archipelago of Madeira and if there were any signs of criminal activity, they would be investigated by the Public Prosecutor’s office, Lusa news reported. The […]
Posted in Madeira, People, Politics, Porto Santo
12 October 2011
Returning Portuguese football squad members made no comment on arrival at Lisbon airport early Wednesday following their defeat by Denmark. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning free kick, but it was Denmark who beat Portugal to an automatic place at Euro 2012 with victory in Copenhagen. Denmark qualified for its seventh European Championship finals. Portuguese team […]
