Posted on 28 April 2022.
Portugal health authorities have reinstated PCR tests and the testing requirement for inbound unvaccinated travelers arriving in Portugal by air or sea. For fully vaccinated, inbound travelers can present proof of vaccination as an alternative to taking a test. Travelers visiting the Azores or Madeira may have to comply with different requirements. Following the SchengenVisaInfo.com. […]
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Posted on 27 April 2022.
By Len Port United Nations Secretary-General and former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres had a frank discussion with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, but they were clearly poles apart on bringing about peace in Ukraine. There was some success when Guterres told Putin the UN wanted to fully mobilise its human and logistical resources to […]
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Posted on 26 April 2022.
From astronauts to scuba divers, an elite of explorers will be back for the Global Exploration Summit (GLEX) 2022 in the Azores. Organized by the Explorers Club of New York and Lisbon based Expanding World, this year’s edition, under the motto “What’s Next?” will take place, on São Miguel, between the 4th and 7th of July […]
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Posted on 26 April 2022.
The only collection of poems to be published by the Portuguese writer Camilo Pessanha during his lifetime, Clepsydra is the crowning achievement of the Portuguese symbolist movement. Meditating on the inexorable flow of time, Pessanha sets the music of his verses against the murmuring water clock that gives the book its title. This new annotated translation by Adam […]
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Posted on 25 April 2022.
Every year, since 1974, Portugal commemorates the 25th of April as the nation’s “Freedom Day,” with a national holiday celebrating the values of democracy, the fight against fascism, and the end of Portuguese colonialism. The day, which marks the bloodless military coup and brought democracy and civil liberties to the Portuguese people, is also sometimes […]
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Posted on 24 April 2022.
By Len Port The Secretary-General of the United Nations and former Prime Minister of Portugal, António Guterres, may be about to play a key role in de escalating the war and bringing about peace in Ukraine. Guterres is to have separate meetings with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine in their respective capitals. He has already […]
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