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 […]
06 April 2011
In a press conference Wednesday, outgoing Prime Minister Socrates confirmed Lisbon had already asked the EU Commission for a bailout. In a position statement, Passos Coelho, the leader of the opposition party — Social Democratic Party (PSD) — noted the socialist government was too late in calling for a bailout. Coelho is expected to become […]
06 April 2011
Professor Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, the Executive President of Lisbon based Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) is visiting Massachusetts on April 10th and 13th as part of a 10 day international exchange program hosted by the U.S. State Department. The stay in the United States also includes visits to New Jersey, New York City and Washington, […]
Posted in Community, Education, Organizations
