Month: November 2010

News from Sue

Rehabilitation Of The Old Butter Factory – Fajã da Ovelha

Located in a residential neighborhood of single family houses, the old butter factory has the characteristic image … Read more

Many thanks to Jon for this angle on the weather situation :

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

The Telegraph reports:

“Christopher Columbus, was the son of a Polish king living in exile in Madeira.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/8166041/Christopher-Columbus-was-son-of-Polish-king.html

Caption and Painting … Read more

The Diario Newspaper website reported at 11.02 am that the Instituto de Meteorologia has cancelled the ORANGE weather warning for ‘heavy rainfall’ for Sunday 28th November. Then, not long after … Read more

Portuguese national and international news from Paul Abbiati

Portuguese family-owned winery named by Forbes magazine as one of the world’s 10 great wine destinations

“O Vinho e a Poesia – … Read more

News from Tom :

Portuguese Parliament Approves Austerity Budget – 1 minute ago

(RTTNews) – The Portuguese Parliament has passed the debt-ridden government’s austerity budget aimed at restoring the confidence … Read more

Instituto de Meteorologia issued YELLOW weather warning for ‘heavy rainfall’ and ‘strong wind’ for Friday 26th November
http://www.meteo.pt/pt/… Read more

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

UMA Professor quoted in FT article on Irish economic situation

Professor Doutor Ricardo Cabral of the Universidade da Madeira
Departamento de … Read more

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

Ryder Cup 2018: Portugal showing its best to the world

‘The Special One’ is ambassador for Portugal’s bid to host the … Read more

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

BBC article:

‘Portuguese fear Irish bail-out threat could spread’

“Many Portuguese are watching events unfolding in the Irish Republic almost obsessively, … Read more

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

Wonderful photographs of the most endangered seal on the planet The Mediterranean Monk Seal by Nuno Sá off The Desertas Islands … Read more

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

‘Duas Cervejas, Dois Paises.Um destino’

“Two countries, two beers, one destiny,”. Headline of Lisbon daily ‘i’ with a photo of Portugal … Read more

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

Portuguese stock: PSI-20 Index second gain this week

Bloomberg reports:

“Portugal’s benchmark PSI-20 Index rose 40.52, or 0.5 percent, to 7,822.57 … Read more

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

Portuguese music news

Carlos do Carmo & Bernardo Sassetti” is the title of the album of the collaboration between the fadista … Read more

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

Mr Peter Nabney in Lisbon letter to the FT:

“Sir, Regrettably the FT is falling into the same trap as the … Read more

Portuguese national & international news from Paul Abbiati:

Euro hit by Portuguese and Irish worries

The Guardian reports:

“Anxiety about the health of the Portuguese and Irish economies hit … Read more

Portuguese News from Paul:

http://foreign.peacefmonline.com reports:

“The derby atmosphere between Real Madrid and Atletico has the unmistakable ring of Jose Mourinho who described the game as anything but special, branding … Read more

Some Portuguese national news & articles from Paul:

Ryanair makes lots more money from “huge” opportunities in Spain and Portugal; no rush to serve Turkey…

anna.aero reports:

“Ryanair …more preoccupied … Read more

More from Sue :

12th International Bridge Open in Madeira

The Club Sports of Madeira, in partnership with the CS Madeira Atlantic Resort & Sea SPA Hotel and the Top … Read more

From Paul: if you have not seen it yet…”video going viral”…’People are awesome’:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Goals keep pouring out of Ronaldo’s legs

madridtickets.org:

“Ronaldo could easily end up with 40 goals … Read more

Portuguese news from outside of Madeira from Paul

Tourism-Review.com reports:

“The only Portuguese national park Peneda-Gerês is full of wonderful views.

It is worth visiting because of its beautiful waterfalls, … Read more