31 May 2011
According to the Bank of Portugal, in 2010 Portuguese emigrants worldwide sent home over 2,403 billion euros ($3,460 USD billion) — more 122.03 million euros ($175,7 USD million) than in 2009. It is estimated that over five million Portuguese live abroad. France, with remittances reaching 899.16 million euros ($1, 294, 6 USD billion), remains the […]
31 May 2011
The campaign for Portugal’s snap June 5 election has entered its final and decisive week with opinion polls showing the Social Democrat Party (PSD) leading with 37 percent of the vote over the Socialist Party (PS) down from 36 percent to 32 percent of the votes. The pool was conducted by Intercampus between May 25 and […]
28 May 2011
According to the 2011’s Global Peace Index (GPI), Portugal dropped from 13 to rank 17, out of 153 countries, in the annual report issued by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The change reflects the recent increase in political and economic instability with social tensions arising from economic uncertainties and the re-equipping of the Portuguese […]
28 May 2011
SATA Air Azores has established a new e-ticketing service with the goal of increasing its market penetration in Eastern Europe. The e-ticket service will allow travelers to fly to the Azores via Frankfurt airport in Germany, where the Azorean airline flies once a week. With this new flight program, offering 7,755 seats, SATA Air Azores expects […]
27 May 2011
Portuguese research scientists discovered a positive link between the levels of chlorine in the atmosphere and childhood leukemia. The research was conducted by Maria do Carmo Freitas of the Technological and Nuclear Institute, in Sacavém, Portugal, and statistician Maria Martinho of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations Headquarters, in New […]
26 May 2011
After an engine failure, a TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320-200 made an emergency landing, on Thursday, without problems, at the International Lajes Airport, Terceira, Azores. The aircraft, with 80 passengers on board, was en route to Lisbon — flight TP-1828 — when the incident occurred 10 minutes after takeoff. The crew subsequently shut the engine down […]
