26 de Novembro de 2019.
Este é o valor apontado pelo Programa das Nações Unidas para o Ambiente para se consiguir atingir o objectivo de manter o aumento de temperature abaixo dos 1,5 graus Celsius. A última década foi de “falhanço colectivo”. Os alertas têm sido muitos e cada vez mais prementes: o mundo está em emergência climática e não há tempo a perder – o momento de agir é agora. Isso mesmo é vincado no mais recente relatório do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Ambiente (PNUA) sobre o fosso entre a redução de emissões de gases com efeito de estufa (GEE) que os países conseguirão se cumprirem os seus planos actuais e a redução que precisaríamos de obter para que fossem cumpridas as […]
25 de Novembro de 2019.
Macedonia – one of the most culturally active countries The region of Macedonia is one of the most culturally active in Europe. For the last few centuries, the region was determined by the neighbouring states, leaving no room for the local people to establish their own country. It was only in the 20th century that the Macedonian people were able to establish their own state. Ancient times Humans were settling in these regions since the Neolithic period. Soon after, the region was occupied by the Greeks and was influenced by their culture but, in turn, also influenced Greek politics. With the rise of Alexander the Great, a Macedonian, the region experienced its first peak, which made the ancient kingdom of […]
24 de Novembro de 2019.
Os bebés até aos dois anos deveriam passar apenas as manhãs na creche. O resto do dia deveria ser passado com a família, defende a vice-presidente da Ordem dos Psicólogos. O tempo que as crianças passam nas creches portuguesas é desadequado para o seu desenvolvimento, considera a Ordem dos Psicólogos, alertando para o perigo de estes espaços se transformarem num mero “depósito de crianças”. Os bebés até aos dois anos deveriam passar apenas as manhãs na creche. O resto do dia deveria ser passado com a família — com os pais ou com os avós, explicou à Lusa Sofia Ramalho, vice-presidente da Ordem dos Psicólogos (OP). “Já entre os dois e os três anos o horário pode esticar um bocadinho, […]
23 de Novembro de 2019.
Croatia is situated between central and southeast Europe, with a population of around 4 million. There is lots of evidence of Croatia being populated during the prehistoric period, fossils of Neanderthals have been found in the north of the country and the most famous place is in Krapina, where over eight hundred fossils were found. In 9 AD Croatia became a part of the Roman Empire, until the 7th century when the Avar and Croat peoples invaded and destroyed most of the Roman towns. The Roman survivors fled to the coast, islands and mountains. Dubrovnik, a city on the southern coast of the country, was established by these survivors. Duke Branimir, who received recognition from the Pope John VIII, was […]
22 de Novembro de 2019.
Inquérito da Fenprof dá conta de que a maioria dos directores considera que a situação melhorou nas escolas com o novo regime de educação inclusiva, enquanto quase metade dos professores inquiridos afirma exactamente o contrário. Directores satisfeitos, professores descontentes. Parece ser este o estado de espírito presente nas escolas a propósito da aplicação do novo regime de educação inclusiva, aprovado no ano passado. É, pelo menos, o que revelam os resultados de um inquérito promovido pela Federação Nacional de Professores (Fenprof), em que foram validadas 1192 respostas por parte de professores (num universo de cerca de 110.000) e de 92 direcções (para um total de 801). No documento com os resultados do inquérito, a Fenprof destaca que as respostas dadas, […]
21 de Novembro de 2019.
The history of the first Bulgarian state dates back to the 7th century. Bulgaria was founded by Asparukh in 681. The Christianisation of the state began at the end of the 9th century. At the beginning of the 11th century Bulgaria was conquered by Byzantium. After more than 100 years, a major uprising restored the Bulgarian state to form the Second Bulgarian Empire. Bulgaria was flourishing over the next two centuries until it disintegrated into two smaller states, which were eventually subjugated by the Ottoman Empire. The Turks eliminated Bulgarian knighthood, deprived Bulgarian citizens of their rights and subordinated the Church to the Patriarch of Constantinople. Bulgaria remained an integral Turkish territory for the next 500 years. A great uprising […]
19 de Novembro de 2019.
O Observatório foi constituído em Janeiro de 2014 com o objectivo de investigação e monitorização permanente do oceano e agrega uma comunidade científica multidisciplinar. O financiamento daquele espaço termina no próximo ano. O Observatório Oceânico da Madeira (OOM) pode encerrar caso não exista apoio financeiro no âmbito do quadro comunitário, referiu esta segunda-feira o secretário regional do Mar e das Pescas, Teófilo Cunha. “Temos quadros [comunitários de apoio] a terminar e outros que ainda não se iniciaram e vai haver aqui um espaço temporal em que algo vai ter de ser feito, com o risco de algumas entidades, como o observatório, poderem encerrar se não tiverem financiamento para funcionar”, disse o governante, durante uma visita que fez às instalações do […]
18 de Novembro de 2019.
Relatório da OCDE Environment at a Glance 2019 mostra que Portugal está em linha com os restantes países na maior parte das questões, mas precisa de emitir menos gases com efeito de estufa, reciclar mais e proteger mais a sua biodiversidade O mundo não está a ganhar a batalha da redução das emissões de gases com efeito de estufa (GEE), que aumentaram em cerca de 1,5% desde 1990, mas os países da OCDE têm diminuído as suas emissões nos anos mais recentes e, neste campo, Portugal é um bom aluno. Desde 2012 que cumpre as metas do Protocolo de Quioto e em 2017 ficou-se pela emissão de 70.546 toneladas de dióxido de carbono (CO2, a principal fonte de GEE). O […]
17 de Novembro de 2019.
Vatican City State is an independent city-state located inside Rome, Italy. It is the world’s smallest independent state by population and area. In the year of 1929 the Vatican City became an independent state. This was the outcome of three years of negotiations between the Kingdom of Italy and the Catholich Church. The Vatican is known as the centre of Roman Catholic Church. Every year an insane amount of people travel there with the aim of seeing the Pope, who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. Saint Peter’s basilica and the wonders of The Vatican museums show the religious history of Roman Catholic Church in the form of architecture and art. Text written in […]
16 de Novembro de 2019.
Acesso facilitado aos dados científicos e aos trabalhos de investigação publicados faz parte do conceito de ciência aberta e de divulgação aberta, para que o conhecimento científico se difunda mais rapidamente pela sociedade. O ministro da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Manuel Heitor, defendeu esta quarta-feira na sede da UNESCO, em Paris, que Portugal é favorável à ciência aberta e é “líder” no reconhecimento mútuo de diplomas universitários. “Trazemos aqui a mensagem intrínseca de a UNESCO ter que reforçar as questões da abertura do conhecimento através dos conceitos da ciência aberta ou da divulgação aberta. E trazemos três mensagens claras: abertura do acesso, participação clara de todos os cidadãos e conhecimento relevante”, disse o ministro à agência Lusa. Foi esta […]
4 de Junho de 2018.
Sé parish is considered to be the second oldest quarter in Funchal. The Sé parish is located between the Cathedral and Ribeiro de João Gomes, the area where the sugar merchants settled in the 15th century. The constructions of the Cathedral started 1493 by the orders of Duke Manuel of Beja and Viseu, who later became the King Manuel I of Portugal. It was built on a sugarcane field, which was donated by the soon-to-be king Manuel I. The Cathedral was finished in 1517. It is built with tufa stones, which were brought by boats from Cabo Girão. The street to the sea in front of the Cathedral, and also behind it, was made into waterways, so the boats could […]
25 de Maio de 2018.
Many of his publications were made into movies. The author Erich Kästner is well known for his various works, such as novels, poems and texts for cabarets. His story began in Dresden, where he was born in 1899. At the age of 18 he joined the German military to fight in the First World War and returned with severe heart problems. After leaving the military, he decided to go back to school and start university soon after. During that time he found his passion for writing. Kästner moved to Berlin and started publishing time critical and political satirical poems, of which the National Socialists did not approve. The Nazis burned several works of bourgeois moral, militarism and fascism but also […]
22 de Maio de 2018.
If you want the best Dutch literary work, try Harry Mulisch A while ago I was a little bored. Quite bored actually, so I decided that I wanted to read a book. However, I wanted to try and read something in Dutch because I noticed that being here in Madeira and only talking and reading English made me lose some of my Dutch vocabulary. At first I wanted to go back to one of my childhood favourites, ‘Crusade in jeans’, but I wanted to try something else and read a more ‘literary’ work to freshen up my language skills. Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch was the son of an Austrian-Hungarian father who worked with the Nazis and a German-Jewish mother and […]
18 de Maio de 2018.
One of his famous books is Le Petit Prince. Hey guys! After telling you my first impressions about the Island, then about food, after about a little bit of Flora and Fauna, in February we talked about History, and one of the Kings of Portugal. About March we’ll talk about one French author, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, and of course of one of his famous books, Le Petit Prince. Antoine de Saint Exupéry is a French aviator and writer. He wrote several books, but the most famous for children and even adults (no matter the age) is Le Petit Prince. He was born in Lyon on June 29th, 1900, and died in Marsilla (Marseille) on July 31st, 1944 (so he […]
15 de Maio de 2018.
Wolfgang Herrndorf is one of the greatest German writers. If I am asked to name the biggest German authors my first answer would definitely be Goethe and Schiller or Guenther Grass and Thomas Mann because they are the big names you hear when there is a conversation about German literature. But to be honest all I know about these authors is that they are great German authors. From all of what their works I just read one book in school because it was mandatory. So I searched on the internet for famous German authors and found out that the most of them are strangers to me and from the generation of my great-grandparents or older. For that reason, I decided […]
8 de Maio de 2018.
Personally, I think this book is really important for us as Dutch people. This story about Saidjah and Adinda is of course ´just´ a made up story. But it might help you understand how things went in the Dutch East Indies in the 19th century. Natives were heavily mistreated by the Dutch, and lots of people in the Netherlands didn´t even know that. Saidjah, six years old, lived with his family and brothers in Lebak (Dutch East Indies). One day, the buffalo which is a good friend of Saidjah was taken from the family. This buffalo was really important for them because it helped them farming, and therefore also surviving. They bought a new one, it was taken away again, […]