China and Portuguese-speaking countries featured in the gender gap world ranking
Plataforma - Macau - 31/03/2021
Five Portuguese-speaking countries improve in Transparency International's corruption index, three worsen
Lusa - Portugal - 28/01/2021
Perception about corruption in the public sector improved in five Portuguese-speaking countries, worsened in three, including Portugal, and remained in Cape Verde, according to the Corruption Perception Index (IPC), released today by Transparency International (TI).
The…
Mia Couto wins French Literature Prize for “As Areias do Imperador”
Lusa - Portugal - 09/12/2020
Mozambican essay writer Mia Couto won the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, for the French edition of the trilogy “As Areias do Imperador”, published this year in France, with translation by Elisabeth Monteiro Rodrigues, today announced the Swiss foundation.
The…
Portuguese-speaking countries exported less to Macau in the last 10 months
Lusa - Macau - 27/11/2020
Portuguese-speaking countries exported 20.3% less to Macau in the first ten months of the year, compared to the same period in 2019, the Directorate of Statistics and Census Services (DSEC) said today.
Portuguese-speaking countries exported goods worth 564 million patacas…
CPLP Education Ministers debate the sector in the context of Covid-19
Plataforma - Macau - 17/11/2020
Pandemic has proven to be a challenge for schools and universities.
The ministers responsible for Education in the Member States of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) will meet tomorrow by videoconference to discuss the current state of education in a…
Mia Couto: "A large part of the Catholic Church was compolicit with the dictatorship"
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 14/11/2020
The Mozambican writer’s new novel can be summed up in one of the interview responses: “Memory is always a choice. In Mozambique, we live a history in which everything seems still recent. We have not yet learned to erase our forgetfulness. ” A narrative that recalls…
Cape Verde is the best Portuguese-speaking country in Africa to do business
Plataforma - Portugal - 09/11/2020
Cape Verde is the PALOP where it is easier to start and operate a business, reveals the World Bank’s “Doing Business 2020” report.
Cape Verde appears in position 137, followed by Mozambique in place 138, São Tomé and Príncipe occupies position 170, Angola 177…
“CPLP does not have a boss and that makes a difference in relation to the Commonwealth”
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 02/11/2020
The Portuguese diplomat has been executive secretary of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries since January 2019. DN Francisco Ribeiro Telles speaks of the interest of more and more countries in being associated observers and of the future, with an emphasis on…
André Jordan: “I consider China's growth to be very positive for the world”
Plataforma - Macau - 02/11/2020
Considered by many as “the father of Portuguese tourism”, André Jordan needs no introduction. At the age of 87, 50 of whom linked to the sector, the visonary entrepreneur talked to PLATAFORMA about almost everything. The creator of the luxurious Portuguese enterprises…
A gallery to showcase African artists in Lisbon
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 30/10/2020
The Spanish Janire Bilbao opened the first commercial gallery in Luanda in 2017 and now brings Movarte to Lisbon. The first exhibition is by the Angolan Ihosvanny.
It was the first commercial art gallery in Luanda. Now, come to Lisbon. Movart is an art gallery that works…
Portugal guarantees 1.8 million for 32 cooperation projects
Lusa - Portugal - 29/10/2020
Portuguese cooperation will finance more than 1.8 million euros 32 projects promoted by 13 civil society organizations in eight countries in Africa and Latin America.
According to information made available online by Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, in…
