19 September 2018
By Cristina Ogden The love story of Portuguese King Pedro I (1320-1367) and Inês de Castro (c1320-1355) continues to find a place in recent productions and projects in North America. Crown Prince Pedro, who was married to Castilian noblewoman Constanza Manuel de Villena (c1316-1345), maintained a long loving relationship with his wife’s Lady-in-Waiting, Inês de […]
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14 September 2018
‘Take Six’ is a celebration of six remarkable Portuguese women writers: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Maria Judite de Carvalho, Hélia Correia, Teolinda Gersão and Lídia Jorge. They are all past mistresses of the short story form, and their subject matter ranges from finding one’s inner fox to a failed suicide attempt to […]
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14 September 2018
Tropical storm Helene is moving northwestward over the eastern Atlantic at speeds near 21 miles per hour where it is expected to make a landfall on the Azores islands late Saturday or Sunday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has forecast. The NHC has said that maximum sustained winds are near 65 miles per hour, with […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Organizations, World
06 September 2018
Legislation providing business visas for Portuguese citizens, known by the acronym AMIGOS, could be approved “before the end of the year,” Portuguese-American Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA) told Lusa news agency. Rep. Jim Costa, whose grandparents emigrated from the Azores to the United States, anticipates the legislation will be approved by the Senate and House of […]
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31 August 2018
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has enacted a new decree to simplify the visa application process changing “the regulation of the legal regime of entry, permanence, exit and expulsion of foreign citizens in Portugal,” the official announcement reads. The goal is to allow foreigners, who enter Portugal to work, to get legal residence and work […]
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30 August 2018
Prime Minister António Costa has announced the creation of series of measures to attract Portuguese emigrants who left the country as a result of the economic crisis of 2010-2015. The incentives will target mainly young professionals who emigrated before 2015. “We are a country open to immigration, yet we must not forsake to attract to […]
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