Protest: Portuguese immigrants to boycott remittances – Germany
On Sunday, December 18, Portuguese immigrants in Germany will rally to protest the closing of the vice-consulate of Portugal in Osnabrück. Protests have started in Germany but may spread to other...
View ArticleLourinhã: World’s largest Jurassic Park to open in 2013 – Portugal
The Portuguese town of Lourinhã, known for its dinosaur fossils dating back 150 million years, is opening the world’s biggest Jurassic park in the spring of 2013, town councilor Vital do Rosário...
View ArticleDesign: Artlandia Design wins “Red Dot Communication Design Award” – Germany
Portuguese design agency Artlandia Design was distinguished with the 2012 “Red Dot Communication Design Awards, ” one of the most prestigious design awards worldwide, for the work of graphic designer...
View ArticlePortugal named one of the most beautiful countries in the world – Travel
Portugal was named one of the most beautiful countries in the world by online travel advisor UCITYGUIDES.com . Portugal ranked 5th on the top 10 list after Italy, Spain, France, Australia and Greece,...
View ArticleAusterity: Angela Merkel to visit Lisbon amid street protests – Portugal
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will pay an official visit to Portugal, on November 12, to meet with Portugal’s President of the Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, and Prime Minister, Pedro Passos...
View ArticleDiplomacy: Portugal ends mandate at the Security Council – United Nations
Portugal’s two-year mandate at the United Nations Security Council ends on December 31, after having won a close election against bids from Germany and Canada, in late 2010. Portugal assumed its first...
View Article2012 – Negative birth rate decreases further – Portugal
In 2012, Portugal’s natural balance, the difference between births and deaths, was once again negative by its widest margin ever in recent history. According to Laura Vilarinho, director of the newborn...
View ArticleRemittances: Portuguese abroad sending more cash home – Portugal
Data from the Bank of Portugal has revealed that remittances from the Portuguese living abroad have increased 12,6%, between January and October of 2012, accounting for a total of € 2,254 million,...
View ArticleFilm: Night Train to Lisbon debuts at the Berlin International Film Festival...
The movie adaption of bestselling novel, Night Train to Lisbon, by Pascal Mercier, will have its world premiere, February 7-17, at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival. The top prize will be...
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Portugal: Top judges spark Christmas crisis – By Len Port
By Len Port, Contributor (*) The approach of Christmas brings fresh worries to Portugal and its hopes of returning to something like financial stability next year. Once again, the biggest threat to the...
View ArticleAzores: Rep. Devin Nunes introduces House Bill to keep Lajes Air Field...
A bill was introduced in the House of Representatives, by Portuguese American Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), proposing to relocate AFRICOM’s headquarters from Stuttgart, Germany, to the continental United...
View ArticleTravel – Portugal voted best European county to visit – USA TODAY
Portugal won first place at the USA Today “10Best Readers’ Choice” contest for ‘Best European Country” to travel. According to the editors, “Portugal is less iconic than other well-known countries, but...
View ArticleHonored: TAP Air Portugal names aircraft after Aristides de Sousa Mendes –...
TAP Air Portugal has named its newest Airbus A319, the CS-TTV, after Aristides de Sousa Mendes as a tribute to the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux, France, who saved thousands of lives at the time of...
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Opinion: Human migration has come full circle – By Len Port
By Len Port, Contributor(*) Unlike birds and other creatures that migrate in an orderly and timely way, the mass movement of humans is shambolic. We used to wander about freely hunting and gathering in...
View ArticleBook: ‘Operation Alacrity’ The Azores and the War in the Atlantic – Editor’s...
To win the war against German U-boats, the Allies had to protect their convoys in the vast black hole of the mid-Atlantic known as the Azores Gap. In 1943 they devised a plan to set up air bases on the...
View ArticleBook: ‘The Company of Strangers’ – Editor’s Note
1944: Andrea Aspinall, mathematician turned spy, disappears under a new identity into the torrid summer streets of Lisbon that see the with spies and informers. The Germans have made advances in atomic...
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Opinion: Where does Portugal figure in all this?– By Len Port
By Len Port, Contributor(*) A weekend is a long time in politics. It certainly was last weekend, especially for the future of the European Union. Immediately before the election in Britain, it was no...
View ArticleFernando Pessoa: Profile of the writer focus of major projects and events...
By Cristina Ogden Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is the focus of a number of recent projects and events, including a digital poetry archive and a major art exhibition, marking the...
View ArticleUnited Nations: António Guterres awarded the Charlemagne Prize – Aachen, Germany
Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, was awarded the Charlemagne Prize 2019, one of the most prestigious European awards, at a ceremony held on Thursday in the German city of...
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