01 December 2015
In Empires of the Sea and City of Fortune, New York Times bestselling author Roger Crowley established himself as our generation’s preeminent historian of the great European seafaring empires, and the go-to author for post-Crusade clashes of East and West. Now, in Conquerors, Crowley gives us the epic story of the emergence of Portugal, a […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Portugal
01 December 2015
Portugal’s southern region of Alentejo was distinguished, by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), for “chocalhos” the ancestral manufacture of cowbells listed today as “Intangible Heritage of Humanity” by the organization. The bells are made throughout mainland Portugal and on the islands, wherever animals are grazed. Today, there are master cowbell makers in […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal
28 November 2015
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Lest there was any doubt, it has just been confirmed that we live in a politically weird world. Never mind the shenanigans going on elsewhere in Europe and farther afield, Portugal now has a new government — another new government. Having muddled through almost two rudderless months since the general […]
26 November 2015
Portugal holds the largest socio-economic inequality gap among 20 developed countries according to a study by US-based bank Morgan Stanley, released Tuesday. With a population of nearly 10 million, Portugal remains Western Europe’s poorest country. The report ranked the inequality gap in Portugal using several socio-economic indicators, ranging from distribution of income, access to health services […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
24 November 2015
Fifty one days after the parliamentary elections on October 4, Portugal’s president, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, has named, on Tuesday, Socialist Party leader, Antonio Costa, Prime Minister, calling him to form government with the Communist Party and radical Left Bloc. The pronouncement ends weeks of presidential indecisiveness over the political future of the country. The appointment […]
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19 November 2015
By Elaine Avila, Contributor (*) Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between: Portuguese Popular Art was an art exhibition curated by Professor Anthony Shelton, of over 300 Portuguese folk art works at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada from May 12-October 12, 2015. The exhibition included exquisite marionettes, figurines, […]
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