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Sports | Cristiano Ronaldo retiring from Portuguese national team Diplomacy Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans
 

Sports | Cristiano Ronaldo retiring from Portuguese national team – Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest players in world sports history and Portugal’s most celebrated footballer, announced on Thursday, November 5, that he is retiring from the Portuguese national team. The 41-year-old Madeira-born superstar announced his decision in an emotional social media video, saying the time had come to relinquish Portugal’s iconic No. 7 jersey. […]

Diplomacy – Portugal and the United States reaffirm cooperation with the Azores – Washington, DC

Portugal and the United States have reaffirmed this week their strategic partnership, emphasizing continued American military cooperation at Lajes Air Base, on Terceira Island in the Azores, at the 53rd meeting of the Portugal–United States Standing Bilateral Commission, held in Washington on November 3. Under the framework of the 1995 bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement, commonly […]

Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants – Azores

The Government of the Azores has opened applications for grant opportunities supporting cultural and community projects in Azorean emigrant communities abroad, as well as educational exchanges and immigrant integration initiatives for 2027.  The funding opportunities are particularly relevant to Azorean organizations, cultural associations, and educational institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Brazil, and other […]

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 […]

Award: Alentejo ‘chocalhos’ listed as ‘Intangible Heritage of Humanity’ – UNESCO

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 […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal

What next? Portuguese facing another general election? – 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 […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, Portugal

Report: Portugal holds largest inequality gap among developed countries – Morgan Stanley

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 […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

UPDATE: Anti-austerity leftist alliance set to form government – Portugal

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

Exhibit: Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between: Portuguese Popular Art – Interview with Anthony Shelton

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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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Painting, People, Portugal, Travel

Community: Goodies from home coming soon to a supermarket near you – Azores

17 November 2015

Azorean products will be featured in New England and Florida, in the United States, in a promotional initiative taking place between November 19 and December 31. The promotion consists mostly of foodstuffs to be featured in several ethnic supermarkets in the East Coast, major importers of Portuguese products. It includes dairy products, preserves, jams, honey, tea, biscuits, […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Life Style, Organizations, World

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