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	Gay Marriage Approved in Portugal by Alexandra Pereira Two years after I was born, in 1982, homosexuality was still consider
	Portuguese report by Euro Reporter The end classification of transsexualism as ‘illness’A campaign that aims to end the classification of transsexuals as individuals who suffer an ‘illness’ as well as educating the general population
	Portuguese report by Euro Reporter Forest fire damageOn the day that estimates showed that 200,000 hectares of land in the EU have already been burnt in 2009, compared to a total of 180,000 in 2008, the Portuguese Forestry Authority (AFN) said three times more

	Carnations Have a Future by Alexandra Pereira “April is Young, it has a future”. Although we are waving goodbye to the month of April now, and already cheering the 2009 Summer ahead of us, the slogan still applies today almost as well as it applied when April had a wil
	Reflections On the Topic of Slavery - Part 3 by Alexandra Pereira We know that modern slavery continues around the world, through the exploitation of workers and their lives, sometimes even in the most “civilized” countries. There are a number of ways in which people can be trapped and used in benefi
	The Portuguese and Spanish Slave Trade - Part 2 by Alexandra Pereira
	The Portuguese and Spanish Slave Trade - Part 1 by Ana & Alexandra Pereira IntroductionSlavery is a social-economic system under which a person (the “slave”) is deprived of freedom and compelled to work
	Serpa (Brinches) Photovoltaic Power Station [PICS] by Luis Alves Beginning of Autumn. At the end of a warm day - half an hour before the sunset and after having rolled across the spacious Alentejo’s plains - we finally get to the little village of Brinches
	Portugal report by Euro Reporter Cut corporate taxPortuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates on Wednesday unveiled plans to introduce a new, lower corporate tax rate of 12.5 percent in 2009, a move designed to help small and medium-sized firms ride out the finan
	Portuguese report by Euro Reporter Bank of PortugalPortugal is likely to experience an economic slowdown in 2009 because of the lingering effects of the international credit crisis, the governor of the Portuguese central bank cautioned recently. Vitor Constancio also no
	The world's largest photovoltaic power station [PICS] by Luis Alves In Amareleja, a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Moura, the rural landscape was modified by hundreds of thin metallic structures anchored on the ground by concrete foundations. These s
	Uma GeraÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Abandonada by Alexandra Pereira Alguns dos espíritos mais brilhantes do país estão a ser diariamente desperdiçados. Disseram-lhes que viviam numa democracia, que um diploma lhes garantiria acesso ao trabalho, que o estado suportava os seus cidadãos e se
	Moura Renewable Energies Project by Luis Alves
	The Memory of Aristides de Sousa Mendes by Alexandra Pereira
	Der Weg der Anakonda: Wenn Bauten tanzen lernen by Leila Dregger Der Designer Martin Pietsch verbindet Musik und Baukunst – in diesem Jahr auch beim Boom-Festival in PortugalBoom erhält eine neue Verpackung. Das unabhängige Kultur- und Kunst-Festival Boom wird vom 11.-18. August
	Koistinen (2/3) by Luis Alves O actual sistema capitalista1. Conceito de classe socialO sistema capitalista baseia-se em duas instituiç
	Koistinen (1/3) by Luis Alves Nokia1. Visão “interMédia “
	O trilho da Anaconda: Quando as construÃ§Ãµes aprendem a danÃ§ar by Leila Dregger O designer Martin Pietsch combina a música com a arquitectura, e este ano vai faze-lo no Boom-Festival em Portugal.O Boom vai receber uma embalagem nova. Entre 11 e 18 de Agosto, este festival independente, cultural e art
	Impasse by Luis Alves Os últimos eventos políticos vêm confirmar que o processo de regionalização português não deve esta
	The path of the Anaconda: When buildings learn to dance by Leila Dregger Boom gets a new wrapping. Like every two years, music and art festival “Boom” will attract thousands of goa and trance lovers to Idanha-a-Nova in Portugal this year from 11th-18th of August. “Trail of the anaconda”, “
	10 anos depois da RevisÃƒÂ£o Constitucional de 1997 (3/3) by Luis Alves O processo de descentralização da Administração Central é urgente – Regionalização é a “alavanca”
	3,000 Portuguese enslaved in Spain and the Basque Country by Alexandra Pereira Spanish authorities estimate that the organized group that was recently dismantled in a combined operation of the Portuguese and Spanish polices must have enslaved 3,000 Portuguese in the areas of La Rioja, Navarra,
	Descentralizacao para o nivel local e sub -regional by Luis Alves Além da desconcentração, é inadiável pôr em prática a descentralização aos níveis descritos nos pontos 2 e 3 - processo pol
	Be the Change - Youth for a Future without War by Leila Dregger In the Peace Research Center Tamera/Portugal, the Summer University will take place from July 21st to the 30th with the title: "Be the Change - Youth for a Future without War". It is being organized by the young people
	Transferencia de competencias da administracao central para a local by Luis Alves Ao longo das últimas décadas, os estados têm vindo a perder o largo controlo económico e financeiro que detinham nos seus territórios. As privatizações, a abertura de mercados
	Petra Kaminen Mosher's Helsinki Exhibition by Alexandra Pereira Nunes Gallery is in the process of changing hands, as long-term owner Paula Nunes will retire soon and leave her place to the 31-year-old Portuguese gallerist Joana Ribas, who ha
	Portugal e um dos paises mais centralizados da UE by Luis Alves Portugal é um dos países mais centralizados da União Europeia, tendo 30 anos de uma relativamente jovem democracia parlamentar[55] e de um poder local demo
	The Tamera Peace Research Centre II by Alexandra Pereira Tamera is no religious sect, Tamera is no science-fiction, Tamera is a Peace Village of the Future, and it is really happening… in the South of Portugal.
	Reforma do sistema eleitoral portugues by Luis Alves Provavelmente, no ano de 2007 a reforma do sistema eleitoral português começará a ser discutida no Parlamento. O PSD pretende a criação de círculos uninominais (onde apenas o candida
	The Tamera Peace Research Centre by Alexandra Pereira On Peace, Human Ecology, Alternative Energies, the Solar Power Village and the idea of the Global Campus “Think Local, Act Global”
	A obrigatoriedade do Referendo a Regionalizacao em Portugal by Luis Alves Em Portugal, o processo de regionalização foi travado pelo referendo negativo de 8 de Novembro de 1998. Após revisão constitucional em 1997, a formação de regiões administrativa
	Portugal Report by Euro Reporter Cuba and Portugal to Hold Conference on Respiration ProblemsFor the first time, Cuba and Portugal will hold an international conference on the achievements, diagnosis, and treatment of respiration problems to exchange their respective
	Divisoes administrativas da Finlandia: Municipios by Luis Alves “Os municípios representam o nível local de administração da Finlândia e actuam como unidades administrativas fundamentais do país. Os munic
	A primeira democracia moderna by Luis Alves A Finlândia possuí dois níveis de governo democrático: o Estado e os seus 431 municípios. Este sistema equilibrado, geográfica e historicamente enraizado na sociedade, permite que as
	A crise economica dos anos 90 na Finlandia by Luis Alves A crise económica finlandesa dos anos 90 foi muito severa. O decréscimo do PIB real entre 90-93 foi cerca de 14 %, quatro vezes superior ao do colapso da Grande Depressão dos anos 30. A taxa de desemprego subiu de 3% em 1990 para qu
	Uma organizacao descentralizada de Estado by Luis Alves O sistema de saúde finlandês é um dos mais descentralizados da Europa, constituindo as despesas de saúde 7,4% do PIB (a média da OCDE é de 8,8 %) e
	Paz, Pao, Saude, Educacao by Luis Alves O início de 2008 tem sido marcado pelo encerramento de vários serviços de saúde por todo o país, gerando protestos das populações contra estas medidas governamentais. Num pa
	Finlandia: MunicaÂpios e Descentralizcao by Luis Alves A crise económica portuguesa teve início no ano de 2002. Apesar da ténue recuperação ocorrida a partir de 2004, o crescimento da economia portuguesa tem-se mantido por valores insuficient
	The future you give by Thanos Kalamidas So, who is going to tell the Zimbabwe people that Mugabe is going to stay there, as a dictator for life? Who is going to tell them and what excuse are they going to use when Mugabe’s terrorising regime will continue threatening, torturing, i
	Brown saves us from total embarrassment by Thanos Kalamidas No, that’s the only answer and nothing else in response to Mugabe’s visit to Europe and his participation in a summit for the future of EU-Africa relations. Mugabe has no place anywhere in Europe except the international court of Hague
	Portugal Report by Euro Reporter Portugal to slash Afghanistan troops to just 15 Portugal will cut its military presence in Afghanistan by more than 90 percent from August 2008, Defence Minis
	Renan Calheiros: a redencao da politica brasileira by Newropeans-Magazine Caros amigos,A nossa secção Lengua Invitada evolui para um portal Trans-Ibérico, e estamos felizes de apresentar-vos o nosso primeiro artigo em português do nosso parceiro "Revista Autor"...