Portuguese business daily “Diario Economico” has left the newspaper stands. They have ceased printing its newspaper and became a digital-only publication. The paper has long been going through severe financial difficulties. Its director, Gonçalo Faria de Carvalho, announced the “suspension of the paper edition.” The last printed edition is hitting the stands today with a…
Paris Friday the 13th was of real terror and carnage. The terror attacks and shootings were not too far from where, just ten months and six days before, the Charlie Hebdo shooting took place. Back then, 12 lives were lost, but this Friday the death toll reached 300 people. Here are some of Paris terrorist…
Right-wing coalition party (PSD-CDS) won the 2015 legislative elections. Voters seem to choose continuity, by electing the current government who successfully ended the country’s bail-out period. The coalition reelection got a 4.5% advantage over the runners-up Partido Socialista. Only this time, unlike the first mandate, left-wing is now the majority in parliament. Portugal has no…
The Portuguese parliamentary elections will take place next Sunday with the most recent poll pointing to an above 30% abstention rate and the current austerity government reelection. The very last Portuguese parliamentary election poll has the conservative party ahead by up to 5% over the runners-up the left-wing socialist party. Today’s prime minister Passos Coelho…
The British Science Association announced today the discovery of about 200 standing stones (called Superhenge) just under two miles (3km) away from the Stonehenge. “The overlying bank surrounding the Superhenge is aligned with the winter solstice, but the buried monument seems to be on a different alignment.” Professor Vince Gaffney Recent scanning of the area…
