13 April 2015
The island of Faial, Azores, will be home of one of the largest European collections of orchids. The collection of great aesthetic value was donated to the island by the Finnish couple, Tuulikki and Pekka Ranta, following a protocol formalized on Monday between the Government of the Azores and the Ranta family at a ceremony […]
Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
13 April 2015
Portugal’s three wars in Africa in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (Guiné-Bissau today) lasted almost 13 years – longer than the United States Army fought in Vietnam. Yet they are among the most underreported conflicts of the modern era. Commonly referred to as Lisbon’s Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies, the […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, Cape Verde, Featured, Film, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Politics, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, South Africa, World
11 April 2015
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Miriam Winthrop is a molecular biologist by training and the author of Saudade, her debut novel inspired by the pursuit for her long lost Portuguese heritage. She started the book as a non-fictional writing project about her family history to be passed down to her descendants. Her maternal grandmother, who was […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Genealogy, Heritage, Interviews, People, Pico, Portugal, Travel, World
10 April 2015
Portuguese territory goes well beyond the small strip of land in the southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. It also comprises the Atlantic archipelagos of Azores and Madeira. Considered in this light, it is a highly diverse area in ornithological terms holding endemic bird taxa, large populations of seabirds, most of the rarest and sought-after […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Life Style, Madeira, Photography, Portugal, Travel
10 April 2015
Portuguese composer Andreia Pinto-Correia was awarded the ‘John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’ 2015 Fellowship, one of the most prestigious of the United States. The award honors professionals who have demonstrated exceptional ability by publishing a significant body of work in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the creative arts, excluding the performing […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Community, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, Portugal
08 April 2015
By Len Port, Contributor(*) The hopes expressed by Portugal earlier this year of an agreement on nuclear enrichment between Iran and the world’s major powers looks like coming to fruition. Portugal’s hopes were based on its burgeoning new relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran that began just a couple of months before last week’s […]
