23 July 2015
Portuguese ground handling baggage workers, at Lisbon Portela Airport, will go on a five-hour strike next week, July 31, from 9:00am to 3:00pm local time. Flights to and from Lisbon will be delayed at the airport with disruptions in luggage services. The strike is being called by the Union of Workers of the Aviation and […]
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18 July 2015
A dark, poetic mystery about the women of the remote village of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them. Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, Mia Couto’s Confession of the Lioness reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting the women […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Mozambique, People
17 July 2015
The fifth stop of the 2015 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series competition is returning to the Azores for the fourth a successive year. The extreme sports diving competition is being held Saturday, July 18, at the Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo, an islet offshore São Miguel island. The three previous competitions on the […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, São Miguel, Sports, Travel, World
16 July 2015
The fifth edition of the Walk & Talk Street Art Festival will be held July 17 through August 1, on São Miguel, Azores. According to organizers, this year’s festival brings together more than 70 artists, collectives, curators and speakers at an unprecedented and experimental laboratory, occupying public spaces, working together with local structures and a […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, Painting, People, Photography, São Miguel, Travel
15 July 2015
Portuguese authorities have suspended the so-called ‘Golden Visas’ scheme, effective July 1, following a scandal involving high level government corruption. The order was issued on Tuesday, July 14, by the Foreigners and Frontiers Services (SEF). The scandal involves former Interior Minister Miguel Macedo, following a recent investigation that led to the imprisonment of 11 officials […]
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15 July 2015
Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement congratulating the joint agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, reached in Vienna, on Tuesday, July 14. “The Portuguese government expresses its congratulations on the agreement reached in Vienna today on the Iranian nuclear program and takes this occasion to praise the negotiators acting on behalf of […]
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