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 […]
Posted in Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
25 August 2021
The UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, was on a private visit to the Azores, where she toured places classified by UNESCO on São Miguel, Flores and Pico, namely the Gruta do Carvão, the Flores UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the wine-growing landscape and the Gruta das Torres on Pico. The Central Zone of the Town of Angra do […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Flores, Heritage, People, Pico, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel, World
25 August 2021
Portuguese American Lara Gulart named Poet Laureate 2021-2023, an honor bestowed on a noted local poet to honor his or her body of work and to celebrate poetry as an art form. El Dorado County, officially the County of El Dorado, is a county in the state of California. With roots in the Azores, with […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Books, Community, Faial, Featured, Flores, Interviews, People, Pico
