15 August 2011
Portuguese teaching at the heritage language schools in the United States and Canada may be compromised if Lisbon-based Instituto Camões decides not to renew teachers’ licenses, reported Lusa news agency. In a comment to Lusa, Ana Paula Laborinho, President of Instituto Camões, said the institution “is unable to resolve this matter” and referred the matter […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Politics
15 August 2011
Last week, Portuguese-American pop singer, Katy Perry, became the second artist in the history of Billboards’ Pop Songs chart to take five tracks from a single album to “Number One” with her single hit “Last Friday Night” from her last album “Teenage Dream.” Katy is now set to score her fifth straight week No. 1 […]
Posted in Azores, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Music, People
14 August 2011
From a total of about 46,000 law practitioners in Portugal, 27,000 were women, according to figures released by the Directorate-General for Justice Policy (DGPJ). In 2010, 55.7% of judges, 60% of public prosecutors and 62.5% of court clerks were women. Also, women accounted for 51.7% of all lawyers and for 58.5% of all chief law […]
13 August 2011
A graffiti display in Lisbon was listed among the top 10 best street art in the world, by London-based newspaper Guardian. The artists were selected by designer and critic Tristan Manco. The honored art work is a collective project by Brazilian twin brothers “Os Gêmeos” and the Italian and Spanish duo “Blu SAM.” The graffiti is painted on a vacant building […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Brazil, Featured, People, World
12 August 2011
TAP Air Portugal, the State run national flag carrier, announced a 137 million-euro loss for the first two quarters of 2011, representing an additional 53 million-euro loss over the same period in 2010. According to TAP’s financial report released Friday, a 43% rising in fuel prices was to blame. In spite of the loss in […]
Posted in Featured
12 August 2011
European Union representatives in Lisbon announced Friday that Portugal had passed the first review of its 78-billion-euro bailout program granted in May. According to European Comissioner, Juergen Kroeger, the general assessment was “very postive.” Portugal will receive the next 20 billion-euro installment of the loan, as previously agreed, to fulfill its current financing requirements. The […]
