19 September 2011
Portuguese Prime Minister, Passos Coelho, will visit the United States to address the United Nations General Assembly on September 23. The event will be attended by 121 heads of state of which 12 are women. Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, will be the first woman in 66 years to open the United Nations General Assembly scheduled […]
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19 September 2011
Business graduate degrees at two Portuguese universities — Universidade Nova and Catholic University of Lisbon — are among the best in the World, according to the ranking made public by the well-respected London newspaper Financial Times. The “CEMS–Master in International Management”, an international effort of top business schools in 26 different countries, including the School […]
18 September 2011
The 2nd International Sephardic Heritage Festival (II Festival Internacional da Memória Sefardita) is taking place in Guarda, Portugal, September 18-21, to celebrate the Portuguese-Jewish heritage. As part of the celebrations, the documentary “The Consul of Bordeaux” (O Cônsul de Bordéus) will be premiered September 19, at Teatro Municipal da Guarda (TMG). The film was directed […]
18 September 2011
The Portuguese American community of Azorean descent will celebrate the 500 hundred years of Azorean presence in North America, on September 24, with an event at the Dighton Rock State Park in Massachusetts. The event is an initiative of the government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, through the Office for the Azorean Communities, […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, People
17 September 2011
Portugal is the third country in the world with highest speed of access to broadband Internet, according to the most recent publication by the ITU – International Telecommunications Union. In its annual report “Measuring the Information Society – 2011” the ITU reports that among the countries that offer the fastest broadband, Portugal comes immediately after […]
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15 September 2011
Lisbon-based Carbono Theatre Company will present its latest production “Alma” at the 6th Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in Massachusetts. The festival celebrates the centenary of playwright Tennessee Williams. The world premiere of Alma, by the Carbono Theatre Company, takes place on September 22, 24, and 25. After the premiere in Provincetown, the play […]
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