The Lisbon Emigration Observatory Report 2021, published this Wednesday, reveals that Angola is the only non-European country in a group of 10 countries chosen by the Portuguese as their preferred emigration destination. In 2019, 1,708 Portuguese went to Angola, 202 fewer people than in 2018, when 1,910 Portuguese chose the Portuguese-speaking country as their...
A few days ago, the Instituto Superior de Transportes e Comunicações (ISUTC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Portuguese Tecnovia Group with the aim of promoting professional internships for Mozambican students in Portugal. The first students to benefit from these internships will go to Lisbon in February 23, where they will stay for a period of 6 to 12...
The Front for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda (FLEC) has accused the Portuguese government of militarily supporting the Angolan government in the war in Cabinda. Portugal has refused to comment officially on the FLEC-FAC accusation. Quoted by DW, Angolan activist José Marcos Mavungo, in that Angolan province - where most of the country's mineral wealth...
Portugal and the World Bank have signed a technical cooperation memorandum with the primary aim of mobilizing national experts for technical assistance actions in Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) and East Timor. "This memorandum will make it possible to mobilize national experts for Bank technical assistance projects in partner countries, especially Portuguese-speaking countries,...
The President of the Republic of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, yesterday highlighted the fraternity between Portugal and Mozambique and the excellence of tourism in both countries, during the inauguration of a hotel in Alcobaça, in the Leiria district. "We are together, but not only in doctrines, ideology, strategies or tactics of each moment. We are...
Portugal's Competition Authority (AdC), headed by Margarida Matos Rosa, and Mozambique's newly created Competition Regulatory Authority (ARC), headed by Iyacumba Aiuba, have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at "establishing a framework for bilateral collaboration between the two institutions, with a view to defending and promoting competition in their respective...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, will be paying a working visit to the Portuguese Republic from today until next Sunday (20), at the invitation of his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. According to a press release from the presidency, during the visit, the Mozambican Head of State will hold a meeting with the President of...
Three Portuguese writers, three Mozambican and four Brazilian are among the finalists in the 19th edition of Oceanos - Portuguese Language Literature Prize, created in Brazil, which annually chooses the best literary works published in Portuguese. Alexandra Lucas Coelho with "Líbano, labirinto", Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, with "Maremoto", and José Gardeazabal with "Quarentena...
Mozambique's ambassador in Portugal yesterday stressed the importance of food security being on the CPLP agenda, taking into account the need to create mechanisms for the population to have food available. "A well-nourished population is the greatest wealth that each of us can aspire to," said Joaquim Bule, Mozambique's ambassador to...
There are two ships from the Black Sea crossing the Portuguese coast and whose destination remains unknown. The Portuguese authorities assure that the vessels are being monitored by the Navy. The monitoring of the two corvettes of the Steregushchiy II Class - "FFG-545 Stoykiy" and "FFG-531 Soobrazitelnyy" is part of a protocol of surveillance observed...