07 April 2011
According to the Wall Street Journal, Portugal’s bailout could cost as much as $129 billion. The terms of the deal will be discussed at the upcoming meeting of EU finance ministers and central European bankers in Budapest, next Friday. The paper also said the process will undergo various phases, before and after the country’s June […]
Posted in Politics
07 April 2011
The Portuguese American Scholarship Foundation (PASF) is organizing a Wine Tasting Gala fundraising event on April 15, at 6 pm, at COTALIMAR Adega, 1178 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, MA. The event will provide a tasting of Portuguese wine sponsored by LGL Luis Oliveira Imports of Fall River, MA, catering by CATLIMAR, and Fado singing by […]
Posted in Community, Education, Scholarships
07 April 2011
Portugal holds one of the highest school dropout rates in the world with 37.1 percent of students abandoning school before graduation — but a recent report released by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OEDC) revealed that Portuguese 15-year-olds students made the biggest overall improvement in reading, math and scientific skills from 2006 to […]
07 April 2011
The Associação Internacional dos Colóquios da Lusofonia (AICL), based in São Miguel, Azores, announced the XVI Colóquio Internacional da Lusofonia, to take place in Santa Maria from September 30 to October 5. The conference will address issues relating to Portuguese literature, including the literature of the Azores, the literature of the Santa Maria specifically, the Portuguese language […]
Posted in Azores, Conferences, Education, Featured, Santa Maria
07 April 2011
The 2011 Madeira Flower Festival will take place May 7-8, in Funchal, the main city on the island. The event comprises of parades through the streets of Funchal in festive costumes, artistic flower carpets, and music and flower exhibitions. A new tradition was added in recent years — the ‘Wall of Hope’ – with the […]
07 April 2011
Portuguese born WNBA player, Patrícia ( Ticha) Nunes Penicheiro, 36 years old, is since January at home in Portugal playing for Mcell-Algés averaging 9.6 points — an impressive 9.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists, through five Portuguese League games. She is a member of Portugal’s national women’s basketball team. According to her team’s website in the US, Penicheiro will […]
