World Briefing | Europe: Portugal: Oldest Person Dies at 115
Saturday, den 3. January 2009A woman who was believed to be the world’s oldest person died Friday in northwest Portugal at the age of 115, officials said.
Elderly, Portugal, Age, Chronological | 0 Kommentar »
Ílhavo Journal: A Portuguese Tradition Faces a Frozen Future
Tuesday, den 16. December 2008As frozen bacalhau — a salted, cured and dried cod — replaces its fresh counterpart in the marketplace, some mourn the shift as a loss of part of the country’s culture.
Cod (Fish), Christmas, Seafood, Portugal, Food | 0 Kommentar »
Move May Help Shut Guantánamo Camp
Friday, den 12. December 2008Portugal said it was willing to resettle some Guantánamo detainees and urged other European countries to accept prisoners remaining at the camp.
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba), Detainees, Portugal, Europe, Prisons and Prisoners, United States International Relations, International Relations, United States Politics and Government, United States | 0 Kommentar »
Gene Test Shows Spain’s Jewish and Muslim Mix
Friday, den 5. December 2008A study of genetic signatures has provided new evidence of the mass conversions of Sephardic Jews and Muslims to Catholicism in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Portugal, Genetics and Heredity, Genealogy, Spain, History, Christians and Christianity, Jews, Islam | 0 Kommentar »
World Briefing | Europe: Portugal: Bills to Legalize Same-Sex Marriages Fail
Saturday, den 11. October 2008Parliament rejected by a large majority on Friday two proposals to allow same-sex marriages.
Portugal, Marriages, Homosexuality, Legislatures and Parliaments | 0 Kommentar »
World Briefing | Europe: Portugal: Prosecutor Clears Parents of Missing Girl
Tuesday, den 22. July 2008Portugal’s public prosecutor closed the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, 3, saying that there was no evidence against her parents and a third person who had been considered suspects.
Pinto, Fernando, Portugal, Kidnapping, McCann, Madeleine | 0 Kommentar »
Abroad: Portugal Holds on to Words Few Can Grasp
Tuesday, den 15. July 2008The latest brouhaha involving cultural property is unfolding in Lisbon — and not, for a change, over stolen vases or precious war booty, but a poet’s correspondence.
Portugal, Lisbon (Portugal), Pessoa, Fernando, Poetry and Poets, Writing and Writers | 0 Kommentar »