‘Take Six’ is a celebration of six remarkable Portuguese women writers: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Maria Judite de Carvalho, Hélia Correia, Teolinda Gersão and Lídia Jorge. They are all past mistresses of the short story form, and their subject matter ranges from finding one’s inner fox to a failed suicide attempt to […]
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Book: ‘Take Six: Six Portuguese Women Writers’ by M. Jull Costa – Editor’s Note
Posted on 14 September 2018.
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Helene: Tropical Storm Watch issued for the Azores Islands – National Hurricane Center
Posted on 14 September 2018.
Tropical storm Helene is moving northwestward over the eastern Atlantic at speeds near 21 miles per hour where it is expected to make a landfall on the Azores islands late Saturday or Sunday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has forecast. The NHC has said that maximum sustained winds are near 65 miles per hour, with […]
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Rep. Jim Costa: Business visas for Portuguese citizens to be approved – Washington, DC
Posted on 06 September 2018.
Legislation providing business visas for Portuguese citizens, known by the acronym AMIGOS, could be approved “before the end of the year,” Portuguese-American Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA) told Lusa news agency. Rep. Jim Costa, whose grandparents emigrated from the Azores to the United States, anticipates the legislation will be approved by the Senate and House of […]
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VISA: New decree simplifies visa application process – Portugal
Posted on 31 August 2018.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has enacted a new decree to simplify the visa application process changing “the regulation of the legal regime of entry, permanence, exit and expulsion of foreign citizens in Portugal,” the official announcement reads. The goal is to allow foreigners, who enter Portugal to work, to get legal residence and work […]
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António Costa: Creating incentives to attract Portuguese expatriates – Portugal
Posted on 30 August 2018.
Prime Minister António Costa has announced the creation of series of measures to attract Portuguese emigrants who left the country as a result of the economic crisis of 2010-2015. The incentives will target mainly young professionals who emigrated before 2015. “We are a country open to immigration, yet we must not forsake to attract to […]
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Community: Exhibit on the Portuguese immigrant experience – Lowell, MA
Posted on 27 August 2018.
The University of Massachusetts Lowell Saab Center for Portuguese Studies, in partnership with Lowell National Historical Park, announces the opening of a Community Exhibit on the Portuguese in Lowell, Massachusetts, titled “Immigration from the Atlantic Islands to Lowell, Massachusetts: Continuity and Change in the Mill City’s Portuguese Community.” The temporary exhibit which opens on Wednesday, […]
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