07 May 2018
The 63rd edition of the annual ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ festival is taking place for the first time in Portugal, following the country’s victory in 2017 with the song “Amar pelos dois”, performed by Salvador Sobral, in Kiev, Ukraine. This year, forty-three countries will participate in the contest. In all, at the grand final, only 26 […]
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03 May 2018
By Cristina Ogden The Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, arrived in Canada for an official visit May 2-5, 2018. It is the first of a number of visits by Portuguese officials to North America in the Spring 2018. Costa’s trip to Canada includes stops in Ottawa, Toronto and Montréal where he is meeting with […]
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02 May 2018
The festival ‘Viva Portugal!’ is returning to New Bedford on May 5 to celebrate the art, music and culture of Portugal. On its 3rd edition, the festival is sponsored by the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in partnership with 14 local Portuguese-American organizations. The festival starts at 12:45pm opening with a Portuguese brass band parading up […]
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29 April 2018
UMass Dartmouth Assistant Professor of Nursing, Maryellen Brisbois, Ph.D, APHN-BC, was awarded for creating a transatlantic health education project –Bridging the Atlantic – between Massachusetts and the Azores to improve health globally. The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER)’s “Projects That Work” competition sought projects from around the globe to improve […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People
28 April 2018
The religious celebrations of the 2018 Festas do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, [The Holy Feast of Christ of the Miracles] will be held on the weekend of May 5-6, in Ponta Delgada city, on São Miguel, Azores. The festivities, which open on Saturday April 28, will last through May 1-7, closing with three days […]
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25 April 2018
Since 1974 the Portuguese nation has celebrated “Freedom Day” with a national holiday on April 25th to mark the bloodless military coup which brought democracy and civil liberties to the Portuguese people. Also celebrated as the Carnation Revolution, the event of April 25th came about after almost five decades of an authoritarian regime led by […]
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