27 April 2022
By Len Port United Nations Secretary-General and former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres had a frank discussion with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, but they were clearly poles apart on bringing about peace in Ukraine. There was some success when Guterres told Putin the UN wanted to fully mobilise its human and logistical resources to […]
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26 April 2022
From astronauts to scuba divers, an elite of explorers will be back for the Global Exploration Summit (GLEX) 2022 in the Azores. Organized by the Explorers Club of New York and Lisbon based Expanding World, this year’s edition, under the motto “What’s Next?” will take place, on São Miguel, between the 4th and 7th of July […]
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26 April 2022
The only collection of poems to be published by the Portuguese writer Camilo Pessanha during his lifetime, Clepsydra is the crowning achievement of the Portuguese symbolist movement. Meditating on the inexorable flow of time, Pessanha sets the music of his verses against the murmuring water clock that gives the book its title. This new annotated translation by Adam […]
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25 April 2022
Every year, since 1974, Portugal commemorates the 25th of April as the nation’s “Freedom Day,” with a national holiday celebrating the values of democracy, the fight against fascism, and the end of Portuguese colonialism. The day, which marks the bloodless military coup and brought democracy and civil liberties to the Portuguese people, is also sometimes […]
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24 April 2022
By Len Port The Secretary-General of the United Nations and former Prime Minister of Portugal, António Guterres, may be about to play a key role in de escalating the war and bringing about peace in Ukraine. Guterres is to have separate meetings with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine in their respective capitals. He has already […]
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21 April 2022
Francisco António Duarte Lopes, 59, has been appointed the new Ambassador of Portugal in Washington. A career diplomat, he has served as permanent representative of Portugal to the United Nations (UN) since 2017. He replaces Domingos Fezas Vital who became Ambassador of Portugal to the United States in 2015. Prior to his appointment as Permanent […]
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