The jazz album, “Burning Live,” by Portuguese saxophonist improviser Rodrigo Amado, was named one of the “Best Releases of 2012” by U.S. based jazz critic Mark Corroto, editor of the All.About.Jazz site online. The album was listed 10th in a list of 20 selected best 2012 jazz releases by renowned international performers. The concert was […]
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JAZZ: Rodrigo Amado’s album makes Best Releases 2012 list – All.About.Jazz
Posted on 16 January 2013.
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Award: L’Oréal Honour Medals for Women in Science – Portugal
Posted on 16 January 2013.
Three Portuguese researchers, Ana Abecassis, Ana Ribeiro and Leonor Morgado, have been awarded the 2012 L’Oréal Portugal Honour Medals for Women in Science for individual research projects in AIDS virus resistance to antiretroviral drugs, spinal cord regeneration and clean energy production. The prize is worth €20,000 each. Ana Abecassis, 33, is a researcher at Nova […]
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Leon Panetta: U.S. committed to minimize economic impact on Terceira – Azores
Posted on 15 January 2013.
U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, expressed the U.S. “total commitment” to minimize the consequences for the island of Terceira following the reduction of its military presence in the Lajes Air Field in the Azores. The U.S. will also delay a planned troop reduction from Lajes Field. The end date for downsizing is now being […]
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Scholarships: Fulbright Portugal accepting applications – Awards
Posted on 15 January 2013.
The Fulbright Portugal Program is accepting applications for scholarships awards to Portuguese students and researchers wishing to pursue masters and doctoral studies and/or research projects in universities and resaerch institutions in the United States. Applications must be submitted between February 1 and March 28, 2013. The Fulbright Program program also provides eligible U.S. citizens with […]
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PSD/A: Passos Coelho addressed the XX Social Democratic Regional Convention – Azores
Posted on 13 January 2013.
Portuguese Prime Minister Passos Coelho, national leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), was the guest speaker at the XX Social Democratic Regional Convention, which took place in Ponta Delgada over the weekend. The event was presided by Duarte Freitas, the regional leader of PSD, elected with 92.6 percent of the vote December 18. About […]
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Poetry: Carlo Matos on waiting to see what happens – Interview
Posted on 13 January 2013.
By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Carlo Matos and I are both college English instructors and have been friends for over eight years. We formed a creative writing cooperative called “The Alchemists.” Matos’s family is from São Miguel, in the Azores, and he was born in Fall River, MA. He has published four books: A School […]
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