06 October 2024
Portugal, considered one of the safest countries to live in, is ranked 7th most peaceful in the world according to the 2024 Global Peace Index (GPI) which assesses the peacefulness of countries based on societal safety, conflict, and militarization. Indeed, according to GPI, Portugal has been among the top 10 safest most peaceful countries since […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, Portugal, Travel, World
05 October 2024
A group of 11 young community leaders from the Azorean diaspora will visit the Azores from October 6 to 13, traveling to the islands of São Miguel, Terceira, and São Jorge. This initiative, organized by the Government of the Azores the Regional through the Regional Directorate for Communities, in partnership with the Casas dos Açores, […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal
04 October 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) are among the favorites to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Reuters reported on Thursday. The winner will be announced on October 11. A former Portugal’s prime minister, António Guterres, is a strong contender for the prize […]
Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
01 October 2024
The Portuguese government is fully committed to the protection and sustainable use of the oceans, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro told while addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York last week. He said that one of his government’s main strategic priorities was fulfilling the goals of the international 2030 Agenda designed to reinforce […]
01 October 2024
The 2024 Fabric Arts Festival (FABRIC) will take place from October 10-13 in Fall River, MA, and Providence, RI. On its fifth edition, the festival showcases various events including visual art exhibits, live music performances, installations, educational workshops, gastronomy and communal dinners. FABRIC brings together more than 40 international artists from various backgrounds to New England to present […]
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30 September 2024
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Renaissance Italy received a bounty of “goods” from Portuguese trading voyages—fruits of empire that included luxury goods, exotic animals and even enslaved people. Many historians hold that this imperial “opening up” of the world transformed the way Europeans understood the global. In this book, K.J.P. Lowe challenges such an […]
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