31 January 2016
A museum dedicated to the history of Judaism in Portugal (Museu Judáico de Lisboa) will open in Lisbon in 2017. Lisbon is the only major European capital without a Jewish museum. According to an ordinance from the city town hall, the new museum will be established in São Miguel Square, in Alfama, Lisbon’s oldest quarter, […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Religion
24 January 2016
By Len Port, Contributor (*) In contrast to the political mishmash created by the recent general election, Sunday’s presidential poll shooed in a clear winner who promises to be a force for stability. The 20th President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is expected to play a crucial role in calming the country’s […]
23 January 2016
The Portuguese government has proposed former Prime Minister António Guterres as its candidate to next United Nations Secretary-General, Prime Minister António Costa announced Friday. According to a statement released by Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, Guterres has the political career and the international experience which make him an ideal candidate. “The government […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
20 January 2016
The Jewish community of Los Angeles, CA, will honor the life Aristides de Sousa Mendes with a series of memorial events to be held in January. Sousa Mendes was the former Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux, France, who issued visas to WWII refugees, without regard to nationality or religion, saving thousands of lives including 10,000 Jews. […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Featured, Film, Heritage, Organizations, People, Religion, World
20 January 2016
In 1961, Portugal found itself fighting a war to retain its colonial possessions and preserve the remnants of its Empire. It was almost completely unprepared to do so, and this was particularly evident in its ability to project power and to control the vast colonial spaces of Africa. Following the uprisings of March 1961 in […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Politics, Portugal
19 January 2016
The Center for Seismic-Volcanic Surveillance of the Azores (CVISA) has recorded today, January 19, two seismic events of moderate intensity on the São Miguel island. The first seismic event, magnitude 4, 1, on the Richter scale, epicenter located at 29 miles west/norwest of Mosteiros, was felt at 08:45 local time, in the Ponta Delgada district. […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, São Miguel
