The Portuguese community of New Bedford, Massachusetts, is celebrating the 100th Feast of the Blessed Sacrament to be held July 31 through August 3 in the city’s North Ends area. Founded in 1915 by a group of Portuguese from the Madeira archipelago, the festival has become the largest Portuguese feast in the United States, the […]
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Community: 100th Feast of the Blessed Sacrament celebrated July 31 – August 3 – New Bedford, MA
Posted on 29 July 2014.
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CPLP: Portuguese NGO’s contest Equatorial Guinea membership – Portugal
Posted on 26 July 2014.
The Portuguese Non-governmental Development Organization is suspending its consultant observer status at the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) following its acceptance of Equatorial Guinea as a full member, Lusa reported. Addressed to the Executive Secretary of the CPLP and circulated among the ambassadors of CPLP member States and other consultant observers, the letter asserts […]
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Travel Alert: TAP Air Portugal goes on strike August 9 – Portugal
Posted on 26 July 2014.
The Portuguese Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union ( SPAC) has issued a 24 hour strike announcement for August 9. SPAC’s president, Jaime Prieto, made a public statement remarking that the strike is a protest against the “coercion and persecution” within the working environment at TAP Air Portugal. The decision was taken at a general union meeting […]
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Survey: Portuguese are the most dissatisfied and distrustful among their European peers – EU, Brussels
Posted on 26 July 2014.
According to the latest Standard Eurobarometer opinion poll, conducted for the European Commission, the Portuguese rank as the most dissatisfied and miserable among their European peers with 52% fearing that the impact of the recession is still to worsen. The survey also revealed that 96% of the Portuguese inquired deemed the economic situation “bad” while 85% […]
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Sports: Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series returning to Vila Franca do Campo – Azores
Posted on 25 July 2014.
The fifth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series competition is returning to Azores for a third successive year. The competition will be held Saturday July 26 at the Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo, an islet offshore São Miguel island. The two previous competitions were held at the site in 2012 and […]
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Update: Detective Amaral hits back at McCanns’ claims – By Len Port
Posted on 24 July 2014.
By Len Port, Contributor(*) Gonçalo Amaral insists that the lawfulness of his book Maddie: A Verdade da Mentira is “indisputable” and has reiterated that he may file a counter lawsuit against Kate and Gerry McCann. The lead detective in the original investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann revealed this in a Facebook message to […]
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