30 July 2011
Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, announced Monday that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the city, in 2013, at the occasion of the World Youth Day (Jornada Mundial da Juventude) sponsored by the Catholic Church. In a statement to the press, Pares said the city is ready to host the Pope. “We will […]
29 July 2011
The Turismo de Portugal Hotel Schools, in partnership with École Hôtelière de Lausanne (Switzerland), is sponsoring culinary arts courses to provide technical training in Portuguese cuisine to international professional cooks. The courses, scheduled for the academic year of 2011-12, have a duration of 3 semesters and are taught at the Hotel School of Estoril and […]
28 July 2011
Portuguese citizens and Brazilian residents in Portugal can expedite a marriage or divorce process through a service offered online. Applicants are able to initiate the marriage or divorce process by logging onto the Civil Online website which allows for data to be entered into required fields and fees to be payed with a credit card. […]
Posted in Featured, Life Style
27 July 2011
Portugal introduced changes in its passport application and issuance process as an effort to expedite the Portuguese passport services. Changes allow applicants to request or renew their passports at the 319 local government bureaus. Previously, passports could only be issued through the 27 district government centers nationwide. With the new measure, applicants will save time […]
27 July 2011
A new creative video surfaced on YouTube targeting Moody’s for its verdict on downgrading Portugal’s sovereign debt to junk status early on July. The video, poking fun at Moody’s and boosting Portuguese ethnic pride, is titled “We are NOT in the Moody’s/Moody’s avalia isto!” or “Moody’s guesstimate this!” The decision by Moody’s to downgrade Portugal’s […]
Posted in Social networks
26 July 2011
Portuguese American scientist, Craig Mello, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Medicine, is back in the Azores, on vacation, to visit relatives. Craig Mello has roots in Maia, São Miguel island, the homeland of his great-grandfather. He visited the Azores for the first time in 2009. In a statement to the press in Ponta […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, People, São Miguel
