08 May 2015
A delegation of members of the United States Congress is visiting the Lajes Field, on Terceira island, Azores, on Saturday, May 9. The visit is taking place at a time of tense bilateral relations between Portugal and the United States, following the US Defense Department announcing the downsizing of the Lajes Field on the island. The […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World
07 May 2015
Lisbon, Portugal’s capital, will be the next stopover of the ‘2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race’ – the world’s toughest sailing event. Lasting nine months, the race started on October 19, 2014, in Alicante, Spain, and is scheduled to conclude in June 27, 2015, in Gothenburg, Sweden. In its 12th edition, the Volvo Ocean Race is a […]
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07 May 2015
By Len Port, Contributor(*) As Europe celebrates VE Day, the 70th anniversary of the formal end of World War II between the Allies and Nazi Germany on 8th May, Europe once again finds itself in a perilous situation. Although officially a neutral non-participant in World War II, four years after its end Portugal became a […]
07 May 2015
Concerned with giving voice to Cape Verdean life, Fortes writes in Cape Verdean Creole – and not just standard Portuguese – a powerful statement reinforcing the islands’ distinctive African nature. However, his poems are often written from the perspective of an exile – and themes of exile and redemptive return recur in his work. This […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, World
05 May 2015
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA), located in Vancouver, Canada, is organizing the exhibit ‘Heaven, Hell & Somewhere In Between’ a display of a collection of 300 items of Portuguese folk and popular artwork. Beginning May 12, the exhibit will stay open to the public until October 12. According to the organizers, the display is a […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Painting, Photography, Portugal, Travel, World
02 May 2015
The 2015 Festas do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, [Holy Feast of Christ of the Miracles], taking place on the weekend of May 7-14, in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, will streamed live online on the Internet and live on television through RTP/ Antena 1. According to the ‘2015 Festivities Program’ the religious celebrations will be […]
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