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 […]
Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal, Travel
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 […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
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%, […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, World
27 August 2021
The United Kingdom decided to add the Azores, on its “green list” for international travel, acknowledging the positive evolution of the fight against COVID’19 in the archipelago. The British decision was communicated by letter to the President of the Government, José Manuel Bolieiro, by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Portugal, Christopher Sainty. Effective […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Corvo, Faial, Featured, Flores, Graciosa, Heritage, Madeira, Pico, Porto Santo, Portugal, Santa Maria, São Jorge, São Miguel, Terceira, World
26 August 2021
In 1529, an army from the Sultanate of Adal in modern-day Somalia invaded neighboring Ethiopia. For the next fourteen years, the conflict ravaged Ethiopia, planting the seeds of enmity and mistrust in the Horn of Africa that resonate to this day. The Ethiopian-Adal War (1529-1543): The Conquest of Abyssinia brings sixteenth-century Arab, Portuguese, and Ethiopian primary source material […]
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