Portugal’s re-elected Prime Minister, António Costa, has announced his new executive team, with a majority of female members. The new executive was sworn in, on Wednesday, by the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who will preside to the newly elected XXIII Constitutional Government, in a ceremony at the National Palace of Ajuda, in […]
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Appointed: PM António Costa forms majority women cabinet – Portugal
Posted on 31 March 2022.
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Book: ‘Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan’ by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto – Editor’s Note
Posted on 29 March 2022.
An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan. With Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan, celebrated historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto subjects the surviving sources to the most meticulous scrutiny ever, providing a timely and engrossing biography of the real Ferdinand Magellan. The truth that Fernández-Armesto uncovers about […]
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São Jorge: Population on alert and prepared for imminent evacuation – Azores
Posted on 23 March 2022.
The Azores Seismovolcanic Information and Surveillance Center (CIVISA) announced on Wednesday, it has raised the volcanic activity alert level on the island of São Jorge to V4 (out of a total of five), which means “real possibility of eruption.” It may be necessary to evacuate the island partially or in full, the announcement said, due […]
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Opinion: Putin’s bizarre personality problems – By Len Port
Posted on 22 March 2022.
The bizarre behavior of President Vladimir Putin continues to astound analysts across the Western world. It could be just the way this enigmatic narcissist wants it to be. Most ‘normal’ people in Portugal and elsewhere are skeptical of the political elite. They distrust them. Putin is currently top of the heap. The center-right president and […]
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São Jorge: Seismic crisis recorded more than 1,100 earthquakes – Azores
Posted on 21 March 2022.
Since Saturday, the island of São Jorge, in the Azores, has recorded more than 1,100 earthquakes, most of them of low magnitude. Only 63 were felt by the population, prompting authorities to activate an emergency plan as experts assess the seismic crisis. Most of the seismic activity has occurred in an area between the village […]
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Community: Council of the Azorean Diaspora meets in Ponta Delgada – Azores
Posted on 17 March 2022.
The first Conselho da Diáspora Açoriana [Council of the Azorean Diaspora] met for the first time, in Ponta Delgada, at the invitation of the President of the Government of the Azores, José Manuel Bolieiro, in Palácio da Conceição, the headquarters of the Regional Government of the Azores. Established in 2019, and electorally constituted in 2021, […]
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