13 March 2011
More than 300,000 thousand people protested Saturday March 12 in at least 11 major Portuguese cities. Tens of thousands had already responded to a national Facebook appeal to take part in this public demonstrations against the lack of jobs, poor wages and poor working conditions. According to figures published by the National Statistics Institute (INE), based in Lisbon, the unemployment […]
Posted in Politics
13 March 2011
Canadian author, Farzana Doctor launched her second novel, Six Metres of Pavement, a fictional cross-cultural account of life in “Little Portugal” the Portuguese community of Toronto. Doctor who lives in the Brockton Triangle area said that the book is very much inspired by her neighborhood. In the book, Ismail Boxwala befriends Fátima and Célia, two Portuguese-Canadian […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Canada, Community, Heritage, World
13 March 2011
Portugal based Leya Publishers, in partnership with Universidade Aberta (Open University), launched the E-Learning Project a distance learning program online which will provide college preparation, professional development and certification, to students and professionals in the Portuguese speaking countries, including the Portuguese immigrant communities worldwide. Starting in the academic year of 2011-2012, the online courses will focus […]
Posted in Education
13 March 2011
The “Great Place to Work” Institute awarded Cisco Systems Portugal the best 2011 workplace. Cisco Systems Portugal won in 4 different categories: Best Workplace from 100 to 250 employees; Best Workplace for Women, and the special awards “Corporate Social Responsibility” and “Learning & Leadership for Sustainability.” Cisco Systems Portugal was followed by Microsoft Portugal, Everis […]
Posted in Portugal
13 March 2011
Microsoft has updated the last two versions of Office (2007 and 2010) compatible with new Portuguese orthography. The new tools can be downloaded for free at the Microsoft website. The project was developed in partnership with linguists from the Portuguese Institute for Computational Theoretical Linguistics and the Center for Research and Development at Microsoft Portugal.
Posted in Portugal
13 March 2011
The website Orphanet.com, dedicated to rare diseases worldwide, is now available in European Portuguese providing information on rare diseases, specialized consultations, clinical trials and patient networks. Jorge Sequeiros, the Portuguese project coordinator, said to Lusa the site “gathers reliable important information for Portuguese speaking patients and their doctors, and alsoscientists and organizations worldwide.” The Orphanet’s database will also provide information […]
Posted in Portugal, Social networks
