02 April 2011
In partnership with the Leadership Business Consulting, Inc. and the goal to promoting initiatives in Science, Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics amongst its membership, the Portuguese-American Post-graduate Society (PAPS) will honor the winner of its Excellence Award in Leadership, at the XII PAPS Forum Award-Winner, April 16, in New York. A jury will pick a winner among […]
Posted in Awards, Community, Education, Featured, Organizations, Scholarships
02 April 2011
The Lisbon MBA International is a joint project between the two top business schools in Portugal, Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Both Portuguese universities hold the triple crown accreditation of AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB – a renowned International Management Schools’ accreditation. The project, which has the collaboration of the MIT Sloan School of Management, aims at […]
02 April 2011
Most study abroad programs in Portugal are language based, yet students with particular interest would also find a variety of field oriented internship opportunities. Group classes are usually small and those looking for a range of experiences will find both academic and cultural learning opportunities. Students would be able to improve their linguistic skills and […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Education, Heritage, Travel
02 April 2011
Portugal is providing US$71.8 million in funding to build three dams in Cape Verde. The dams will be built on the rivers of Salineiro, in the Ribeira Grande de Santiago municipality, Faveta, in São Salvador do Mundo and Charco/Saquinho, in Santa Catarina. According to José Maria Veiga , Cape Verdean Minister for the Environment, Rural Development […]
Posted in Cape Verde, World
01 April 2011
President of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva accepted today the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister José Socrates, dissolved the Parliament, and announced early elections to be held June 5 for a new administration. In a live televised address, the President of Portugal stated that the country’s Council of State had agreed unanimously to dissolve the Parliament […]
01 April 2011
The US job market showed a significant improvement by adding 216,000 jobs to the workforce in March over the 194,000 in February nationwide – the best showing since March 2009. Since November 2010, the jobless rate has declined by 1.0 percentage. The current unemployment rate is down to 8.9 percent but the Portuguese speaking communities nationwide […]
