30 July 2015
The waterfront of Porto city’s River Douro is staging the Round 3 of the F1H2O World Championship Grand Prix boat racing. The competition, gathering the world’s fastest boats, will take place on the weekend of July 31 – August 2 , with the first day dedicated to training and the second day to competition. The catamaran-shaped Formula1 powerboats can […]
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29 July 2015
Portugal has extended its citizenship to the grandchildren born abroad to Portuguese nationals. According to the new ruling, approved by the Portuguese Parliament on Wednesday, July 29, those born outside Portugal who have at least one grandparent of Portuguese nationality, are granted Portuguese citizenship by extension immediately. On 29 May 2015, the Portuguese Parliament had adopted […]
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28 July 2015
By Patricia Silva, Contributor (*) As matter refined by human thought and shaped by the hand, materials carry meanings, histories, metaphors, and various units of social measurement. Leonor Antunes’ current installation at the Lobby Gallery of the New Museum of Contemporary Art — I stand like a mirror before you — invites us to consider spatial and […]
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28 July 2015
The Portuguese community of New Bedford, MA, is organizing the 2015 Feast of the Blessed Sacrament to be held over the weekend at the Madeira Field in the city’s North End’s area. In its 101st edition, the event begins Thursday July 30 and ends Sunday August 2, gathering over 100,000 people coming from all over […]
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27 July 2015
‘Before 1492: The Portuguese Discovery of America’ presents a compelling argument, based upon known historical facts and reasonable scientific deductions, that Portuguese mariners discovered America at least a decade before Columbus set sail on the Santa Maria, Niña and Pinta. The primary evidence for this theory is a map, now on permanent display at the […]
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25 July 2015
In a new development, House Representatives David G. Valadao (R-CA) and Jim Costa (D-CA) led a bipartisan letter, which was signed by 111 Members of Congress, requesting that funding be withheld for construction activity related to the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex (JIAC) at Royal Air Force (RAF) Croughton “until the Committee completes its investigation into […]
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