A period piece of the nineteen sixties. A novel that tells the story of Jody, a young mother and designer from Manchester, and Zé an artist who has fallen foul of the regime in Sálazar’s Portugal. A love story set amid the then-conservative North of England, the rugged landscapes and brilliant light of modern Portugal, […]
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Book: ‘A Sea of Straw’ by Julia Sutton – Editor’s Note
Posted on 21 October 2016.
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Book: ‘The Maias’ by Eça de Queiroz – Editor’s Note
Posted on 20 October 2016.
Set in Lisbon at the close of the nineteenth century, The Maias is both a coming-of-age novel and a passionate romance. Our hero Carlos Maia, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Portugal, is rich, handsome, generous and intelligent: he means to do something for his country, something useful, something that will make his […]
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White House: President Obama congratulates António Guterres next UN Secretary General – Washington, DC
Posted on 18 October 2016.
President Barack Obama congratulated former Portuguese Minister, António Guterres, on his recent appointment as Secretary-General of the United Nations. In a prepared statement issued by the White House on October 13, through the Office of the Press Secretary, President Obama welcomed Mr. Guterres to his new role, stating that the United States will providing full […]
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Elections: President Vasco Cordeiro reelected – Azores
Posted on 17 October 2016.
Vasco Cordeiro was reelected on Sunday, October 16, President of the Government of the Azores, with an absolute majority, following regional legislative elections for the new Legislative Assembly. Polls had projected Socialist Party (PS) Vasco Cordeiro as the winner. He won 46, 43% of votes against Social Democrat (PSD) opponent, Duarte Freitas, who garnered 30, […]
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Portugal: António Guterres elected World Top Diplomat by acclamation – United Nations, UN
Posted on 06 October 2016.
The 15-member United Nations Security Council unanimously nominated former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres the next Secretary-General of the organization, starting January 1, 2017. Guterres was nominated today “by acclamation” following a final straw poll by the Security Council, on Wednesday, recommending that the 193-member General Assembly appoint him for the five-year term post. Guterres, […]
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Book: ‘Entertaining Lisbon’ by João Silva – Editor’s Note
Posted on 03 October 2016.
During the decades leading up to 1910, Portugal saw vast material improvements under the guise of modernization while in the midst of a significant political transformation — the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic. Urban planning, everyday life, and innovation merged in a rapidly changing Lisbon. Leisure activities for the citizens of the First Republic […]
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