22 September 2015
Published in 1962, this short story collection foreshadows two other iconic 1960s works—by the Mozambican Honwana and the Angolan Vieira—in the way it invites its readers to consider a range of ethical issues at a watershed moment during the Salazar dictatorship in Portugal. It alternates between allegorical pieces, endowed with a fable-like quality, such as […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Portugal
18 September 2015
Earlier this week Pope Francis spoke to a Portuguese audience in an exclusive interview with Lisbon based Catholic Rádio Renascença. In the interview Pope Francis confirmed his intention to visit Portugal in 2017, on the 100th anniversary of the Marian Apparitions in Fátima. “I was only once in Portugal many years ago, on the way […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Religion, World
13 September 2015
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Gone is the perception that all politicians are shady. Well, at least one isn’t. With just over three weeks to go before Portugal’s general election, the left-wing Lisbon candidate Joana Amaral Dias has emphasized her belief in transparency. But why would she choose to appear on the cover of a […]
11 September 2015
Jews in exile have often struggled for the protection of the highest governmental power, whether king, emperor, caliph, or pope, because they learned early that their safety could not be entrusted to the goodwill of their gentile neighbors or the local authorities. Alexandrian Jews in the Hellenistic period relied on Imperial Rome instead of their […]
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11 September 2015
Portuguese born piano virtuoso Maria João Pires was one of the winners of the prestigious Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2015, in the category of concerto, with her interpretation of Beethoven Piano Concerto Nos 3 & 4 with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding conductor. Established in 1977, the Gramophone awards are considered the ‘Oscars’ of […]
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07 September 2015
Portugal was awarded 16 top prizes at the ‘World Travel Awards’ in over 10 categories voted by travel agents worldwide. Considered the “Oscar” of tourism, the awards recognize Portugal as a most favored European destination for over 15 million tourists each year. The 2015 announcement ceremony took place yesterday, September 6, in Sardinia, Italy. Portugal […]
Posted in Awards, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel
