20 July 2011
Lisbon will host the 2012 Tall Ships Race scheduled for July 5 to August 26. The race will start on July 5 in Saint-Malo city (France). Lisbon is the first port of call (July 19-22), followed by the Spanish host ports of Cadiz (July26-29) and Coruña (August 10-13). The race ends on August 26, in […]
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19 July 2011
Music Box Films presents the opening of the film “Mysteries of Lisbon” by director Raul Ruiz scheduled for Friday, August 5, in New York City, at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center and IFC Center, followed by a national roll out. The film, a period piece produced by Paulo Branco, […]
Posted in Awards, Entertainment, Featured, Film, World
18 July 2011
The alleged Carthaginian temples dedicated to the goddess Tanit, found recently on Terceira island, Azores, are not ancient archaeological findings from the fourth century BC, but sixteenth and seventeenth century military structures, according to Francisco Maduro Dias, president of the Historical Institute of Terceira Island. Early in July, archaeologists from Lisbon-based Portuguese Association of Archaeological […]
17 July 2011
Finnish driver, Juho Hänninen, 30, was the absolute winner of the international 45th SATA Rallye Azores, held in São Miguel, Azores, July 14-16. Hänninen drove a ŠKODA Motorsport Fabia Super 2000 in a close run against Norvwegian driver Andreas Mikkleson, 22, second place winner . Portuguese favorite Bruno Magalhães, the winner in the Azores in 2010, […]
17 July 2011
Portuguese Parliament is endorsing the movement to make Fado, Portugal’s national song, part of UNESCO’s World Heritage Cultural Patrimony. The Parliamentary Committee for Education, Science and Culture is holding a hearing, on July 19, with a committee of private citizens working with Lisbon City Hall, to promote Fado’s candidacy at UNESCO. After a process started six […]
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16 July 2011
American tourism could help reseting the Portuguese economy, according to Allan Katz, US Ambassador in Portugal. Speaking at a seminar about Tourism and Security, held in Gaia, northern Portugal, Allan Katz said that of all efforts by the government and the private sector, “This is probably the only area of Portugal’s economy that can grow […]
