12 July 2011
Brazilians are the largest immigrant community in Portugal, followed by the Ukrainians and Cape Verdeans, according to a report on migration trends released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). According to the International Migration Outlook 2011, the total foreign population in Portugal, in 2009, was 457,000, an increase from the 443,000 […]
Posted in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Prince
12 July 2011
Portuguese film producer Paulo Trancoso announced the creation of the Portuguese Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, a nonprofit professional association aimed to bringing the Portuguese film industry under one organization. Inspired by the Academy Awards (USA), BAFTA Awards (UK), Cesar Awards (France) and the Goya’s Awards (Spain), the new organization has already 340 […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Organizations
11 July 2011
The Center for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETAPS), at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, is sponsoring an international conference evocative of the fourth-hundred anniversary of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” schedule for December 1-3, 2011. Titled “Dashed all to pieces: Tempests and other natural disasters in the literary imagination,” the event aims to promote a broader discussion […]
Posted in Conferences, Education, Featured
09 July 2011
Archaeologists from the Portuguese Association of Archeological Research (APIA) believe to have found in the Azores a significant number of Carthaginian temples, from the fourth century BC, dedicated to the goddess Tanit. The new archaeological sites were found in Monte Brasil, Angra do Heroismo, Terceira island. According to APIA’s archaeologists, Nuno Ribeiro and Anabela Joaquinito, “More […]
Posted in Azores, Corvo, Faial, Flores, Heritage, Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira
08 July 2011
President Aníbal Cavaco Silva considered Moody’s attribution of junk status to long-term Portuguese bonds as unjustifiable and wants a “European response” to the rating agency’s rule. A presidential aide told Lusa news agency, Cavaco Silva, a former economics professor, saw “no minimal justification” for Moody’s rate cut on Tuesday. Cavaco Silva believes that “risk assessment […]
07 July 2011
Moody’s Investors Services downgraded Thursday the ratings of Lisbon and Sintra cities, in mainland Portugal, and the two autonomous regions of Madeira and Azores. Moddy’s downgraded Lisbon in four levels from a Baa1 to Ba2, attributing a “negative outlook” to the capital city. Sintra city, in mainland Portugal, was also downgraded by Moody’s on Thursday, […]
