07 September 2021
SATA Azores Airlines has submitted schedules to the Official Airline Guide (OAG) to begin serving New York JFK to Funchal, Madeira, it was reported. The service is not yet available, but the new route is expected it to be officially announced shortly. According to the planned schedule, SATA Azores Airlines will depart from Funchal at […]
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06 September 2021
So far, it’s been a savage summer with deadly wildfires, storms, and flash floods around the world. Hundreds of wildfires in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey have been another reminder, as if one were needed, that the climate is changing. Forest fires accurately described as “unprecedented” have had socio-economic consequences in southern Europe as […]
06 September 2021
Portuguese virtuoso pianist, Maria João Pires, 77, suffered a “bad fall” earlier on Sunday, in Riga, Latvia, and was taken to hospital. She was due to perform a recital as the closing concert of the Riga Jūrmala Festival that evening, at the Latvian National Opera. According to a Riga Jurmala Music Festival source, she was “getting […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, Music, People, Portugal, World
31 August 2021
Between September 13th and 17th, Portuguese Tourism Schools of Hospitality will hold another edition of the “Summer School”, that will be, for the first time, aimed at Portuguese descendants. Organized by Tourism of Portugal and its schools of Hospitality and Tourism, with the support of the Secretariat of State for Tourism and the […]
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31 August 2021
In October 1810, the Third French invasion of Portugal under Maréchal Masséna arrived at the Lines of Torres Vedras and his triumphal march into Lisbon came to an abrupt halt. Five months later a thoroughly demoralized and defeated French army retreated from Portugal and never returned. The Lines played a vital role in enabling the […]
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29 August 2021
The number of applications by foreign students to Portuguese institutions of higher education, rose 26% to more than 7,600, due to the increasing interest of international students, who look to Portugal as an attractive destination to study. “Portugal had an exceptional growth in the number of students in recent years, in 2019 it grew 24%, […]
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