07 March 2021
There are signs that the golfing sector, an integral part of Portugal’s vital tourism industry, may bounce back dramatically after Covid restrictions are eased and international flights resumed. The pandemic has impacted heavily on the many golf resorts in the Algarve and elsewhere in the country. All of the courses are currently closed. Associated hotels […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Life Style, Madeira, Portugal, Travel, World
04 March 2021
The Hospital Internacional dos Açores (HIA), the first private health facility of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, will be dedicated on March 8, to serve local and international patients, The new private hospital is equipped to cover all local health needs, without the necessity for patients, in need of specialized care, having to travel […]
Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Organizations, People, São Miguel, Terceira, World
03 March 2021
By Carlos A. O. Pavão MPA, PhD Historically, the United States (US) has been a magnet for Portuguese immigrants; there are several states with a significant population of Portuguese immigrants or Americans who claim Portuguese ancestry. Portuguese Americans are a diverse population consisting of people of Portuguese descent or immigrants from continental Europe, the Azores, […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
28 February 2021
By Len Port Since taking over the presidency of the Council of the European Union from Germany at the start of this year, Portugal has emphasised that climate change is “an existential threat to humanity” and has given the subject top priority in the run-up to November’s crucial United Nations COP-26 summit in Glasgow. At […]
Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
25 February 2021
This book focuses on Luis Frois, a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit and chronicler, who recorded his impressions of Japanese gardens, cities and building practices, tea-drinking rituals, Japan’s unification efforts, cultural traditions, and the many differences between Europe and Japan in remarkable manuscripts almost lost to time. This research also draws on other Portuguese descriptions from contemporary […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal, World
25 February 2021
Portugal has officially nominating UN Secretary-General António Guterres as a candidate for a second five-year term. He served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015. The nomination came in a letter addressed to the President of the General Assembly,Volkan […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
