2014

It's St. Anthony's night

There is joy, music and sardines everywhere, but we do not forget Margarida Belard!

Greetings to those who got touched by the will and power of Margarida and her legacy!

2014 um ano mais/one year more

It's St. Anthony's night 2014

Around Lisbon, the night is full of joy and heat!
nevertheless we do remind Margarida Belard and her legacy!

Greetings to all of those who got acquainted with her!

Greetings from the team of this blog

Boas Festas

Boas Festas! Feliz Natal!

Para tod@s os calorosos desejos de Boas Festas!


Seasons'greetings!
Joyeux Noël!

Let's look forward at 2013!

Venha 2013: estaremos de braços abertos, atent@s à construção europeia!

Lisboa

Dear all
have a look at what dear Maria sent


http://jcabral.info/RG/TP%200%200%20Alfredo/Lisboa%20Velha/3v-TP00%20Lisboa.html

Nobel Prize 2012

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2012

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the European Union (EU). The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.
In the inter-war years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee made several awards to persons who were seeking reconciliation between Germany and France. Since 1945, that reconciliation has become a reality. The dreadful suffering in World War II demonstrated the need for a new Europe. Over a seventy-year period, Germany and France had fought three wars. Today war between Germany and France is unthinkable. This shows how, through well-aimed efforts and by building up mutual confidence, historical enemies can become close partners.
In the 1980s, Greece, Spain and Portugal joined the EU. The introduction of democracy was a condition for their membership. The fall of the Berlin Wall made EU membership possible for several Central and Eastern European countries, thereby opening a new era in European history. The division between East and West has to a large extent been brought to an end; democracy has been strengthened; many ethnically-based national conflicts have been settled.
The admission of Croatia as a member next year, the opening of membership negotiations with Montenegro, and the granting of candidate status to Serbia all strengthen the process of reconciliation in the Balkans. In the past decade, the possibility of EU membership for Turkey has also advanced democracy and human rights in that country.
The EU is currently undergoing grave economic difficulties and considerable social unrest. The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to focus on what it sees as the EU's most important result: the successful struggle for peace and reconciliation and for democracy and human rights. The stabilizing part played by the EU has helped to transform most of Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace.
The work of the EU represents "fraternity between nations", and amounts to a form of the "peace congresses" to which Alfred Nobel refers as criteria for the Peace Prize in his 1895 will.
Oslo, 12 October 2012

Summer is here!


Let's relax and enjoy the warm days ahead!

Summer is here! Big ships entered Tagus river.

Hope that will bring good news to us all!

Have a relaxing time of holidays