01 June 2020
This year, public celebrations of the “Day of the Azores” were scaled down due to the restrictions resulting from the COVID’19 pandemic. Scheduled for June 1, the “Day of the Autonomous Region of the Azores” is a public holiday to honor the “affirmation of the identity of the Azorean people, their philosophy of life and […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Faial, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Jorge, Terceira
29 May 2020
Starting June 4, TAP Air Portugal has announced it is resuming flights between Portugal and the United States offering two flights per week between Lisbon and Newark. In addition, TAP has plans to expanding its gateways to Portugal to include weekly flights from Boston, Miami and Toronto in the near future. On July 1, TAP […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, Portugal, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel, World
28 May 2020
Portugal is gradually opening its economy and social life, with some good news for those hoping to visit the country this summer. Portugal’s beaches will reopen to tourists on June 6, following data by the Ministry of Health revealing that the spread of the COVID’19 virus does not appear to have accelerated. Accordingly, Portugal will […]
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21 May 2020
Portuguese filmmaker, Joana Pimenta, has been appointed interim director of the Film Study Center at Harvard University, effective July 1, the institution announced. She will be acting director until the new permanent director is appointed, a position held since 2002 by Lucien Casting-Taylor, said the announcement. Joana Pimenta, who has been associated with Harvard University […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Education, Featured, Film, Portugal, World
20 May 2020
In celebration of Frank Gaspar’s new book, The Poems of Renata Ferreira, the publication of the latest issue of No 32 Luso-American Literature and Culture Today and the 46th anniversary of the Portuguese Carnation Revolution, a ground-breaking global virtual literary reading was held on Saturday, April 25th, 2020. Organized by Professor Christopher Larkosh and sponsored […]
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20 May 2020
By Len Port In contrast to enthusiastically encouraging conditions that attract the return of foreign holidaymakers, the Portuguese Government is banning the importation of all plastic waste and other rubbish. Portugal has been an attractive dumping ground for huge amounts of waste because of the low fees charged for disposals in landfill sites here. Waste […]
