Posted on 18 July 2015. Tags: Africa, book, Confession of the Lioness, David Brookshaw, English, fiction, language, literature, Lusophone, Mia Couto, Mozambique, Portuguese, translation
A dark, poetic mystery about the women of the remote village of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them. Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, Mia Couto’s Confession of the Lioness reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting the women […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Mozambique, People
Posted on 17 July 2015.
The fifth stop of the 2015 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series competition is returning to the Azores for the fourth a successive year. The extreme sports diving competition is being held Saturday, July 18, at the Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo, an islet offshore São Miguel island. The three previous competitions on the […]
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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, São Miguel, Sports, Travel, World
Posted on 16 July 2015.
The fifth edition of the Walk & Talk Street Art Festival will be held July 17 through August 1, on São Miguel, Azores. According to organizers, this year’s festival brings together more than 70 artists, collectives, curators and speakers at an unprecedented and experimental laboratory, occupying public spaces, working together with local structures and a […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, Painting, People, Photography, São Miguel, Travel
Posted on 15 July 2015. Tags: corruption, golden, Miguel Macedo, Portugal, Portuguese, scandal, suspended, visas
Portuguese authorities have suspended the so-called ‘Golden Visas’ scheme, effective July 1, following a scandal involving high level government corruption. The order was issued on Tuesday, July 14, by the Foreigners and Frontiers Services (SEF). The scandal involves former Interior Minister Miguel Macedo, following a recent investigation that led to the imprisonment of 11 officials […]
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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
Posted on 15 July 2015. Tags: diplomacy, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, Iranian, nuclear, Portugal, power agreement, Rui Machete
Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement congratulating the joint agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, reached in Vienna, on Tuesday, July 14. “The Portuguese government expresses its congratulations on the agreement reached in Vienna today on the Iranian nuclear program and takes this occasion to praise the negotiators acting on behalf of […]
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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
Posted on 13 July 2015. Tags: Azores, documentary, experience, Garça, history, immigrant, immigration, Nelson, Ponta, Portuguese in California, United States, USA
The documentary ‘Portuguese in California’, directed by Nelson Ponta-Garça, is being presented this summer to Azorean audiences on the islands of São Miguel (July 18), Pico (August 1), Faial (August 4), Terceira (August 8), Graciosa (August 10 and 12) and São Jorge (August 15). A bilingual production, cosponsored by the Government of the Azores, the […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Film, Graciosa, Heritage, People, Pico, São Jorge, São Miguel, Terceira, World