Portuguese American Journal

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Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada
 

Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization – Portugal

Portugal has selected Germany’s Lufthansa Group as the strategic investor in TAP Air Portugal, marking a significant turning point for the country’s aviation industry and with important implications for Portuguese communities in the United States, Canada, and beyond.  The selection does not mean that Lufthansa has already taken ownership of TAP. Rather, it represents a […]

Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans – Portugal

Former United States President Barack Obama returned to Lisbon on Saturday, October 10, where he delivered a keynote address at the 6th edition of the Game Changers Forum.  During his two-day stay in Lisbon, Obama met with Portuguese President António José Seguro at the Palácio de Belém, the official residence of the Portuguese head of […]

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging, and place and connections across borders. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Lisbon: Bike sharing service available for locals and visitors – Portugal

29 June 2017

The municipality of Lisbon has just launched a “bike share”, a new eco-friendly service focusing in the mobility of locals and visitors. Following new traffic and parking restrictions the goal is to limit pollution in inner city. The service required an investment of €2 million to providing the city with 1,200 bicycles distributed over 100 […]

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Opinion: Brexit spats over expats – By Len Port

28 June 2017

Len Port, Contributor (*) The Brexit talks now underway in Brussels may end in no deal, says Britain’s chief negotiator, David Davis. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, says no deal would be “a very, very bad outcome for Britain.” Prime Minister Theresa May keeps telling us that no deal would be better than […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal

Travel Alert: Incident grounds SATA plane affecting scheduled flights – Portugal

27 June 2017

A catering company damaged a door of a SATA/Azores Airlines plane at the Lisbon airport on Monday. The incident affected the company’s operations on Monday and Tuesday. “A catering company that was going to supply the A320 plane flight from Lisbon-Ponta Delgada, leaned against the aircraft and crashed into a door, damaging it,” said António […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel

Named: George E. Glass to be US Ambassador to Portugal  – Washington, DC

27 June 2017

President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate George Edward Glass, 56, to be  the new US Ambassador to Portugal. The nomination must be confirmed by the US Senate. Glass is owner and managing partner of MGG Development LLC in Lake Oswego, Oregon, which purchases and operates apartment complexes and rental homes. The White House […]

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Space frontier: Azores represented at the NewSpace Conference – San Francisco, CA

26 June 2017

The Government of the Azores will be represented at the ‘NewSpace 2017: Convergence’ international conference by Gui Menezes the Secretary of the Sea, Science and Technology. The event, considered the largest world event on space frontier exploration, will be held on June 27-29, in San Francisco, California. The NewSpace 2017 conference will center on the […]

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Posted in Azores, Conferences, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal

AIR Center: Azores committed to build an Atlantic International Research Center – Las Palmas, Canaries

24 June 2017

The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology, Gui Menezes, reiterated in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, the commitment of the Government of the Azores to install an Atlantic International Research (AIR) Center in the archipelago. Menezes, who participated in the 1st Spanish-Portuguese Meeting on the AIR Center, raised awareness for the project and strengthened […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World