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Travel Alert! Lisbon Airport suspends European Border Control System for three months Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline
 

Travel Alert! Lisbon Airport suspends European Border Control System for three months – Portugal

The Portuguese government has announced the temporary suspension of the European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES) at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport for a period of three months. The measure applies exclusively to Lisbon Airport and is intended to relieve pressure on passport control operations during peak travel periods. During the suspension, border authorities will revert to […]

Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 –  Boston, MA

The family of Nuno Loureiro, a respected Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, who was tragically killed earlier this month, continues to receive an extraordinary outpouring of support from the community and friends.  Professor Loureiro was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 15, 2025, and died the following day at a […]

Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida – Editor’s  Note

Three men haunt these pages. Perhaps they are tormented ghosts who cannot find rest. All three have been expelled in some way, sent on solitary journeys into the night. Celestino, an old slave trader, returns to the solitude of his home and garden after a life of horrors. Boa Morte da Silva, an Angolan who […]

Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA

In a major development, law-enforcement officials have publicly identified the suspect in the killings at Brown University and MIT’s Professor Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, as Cláudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Torres Novas, Portugal. Authorities said Valente was later found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Professor […]

Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline – Massachusetts

Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, late on the evening of Monday, December 15. Authorities confirmed that Loureiro, originally from Viseu, Portugal, was found with multiple […]

Furnas: Recurrent seismic activity above normal values – Azores

05 January 2015

Experts in the Azores have alerted the population for recurrent seismic activity which they considered to be “above normal values.” According to the Information Center for Seismic-Volcanic Surveillance of the Azores (CIVISA) multiple seismic events have been recorded on São Miguel and Terceira islands on January 4 and 5. On Monday, CIVISA registered an earthquake […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, São Miguel, Terceira

Book: ‘How Peripheral is the Periphery? Translating Portugal Back and Forth’ – Editor’s Note

04 January 2015

This volume is a result of the need to reflect upon Portugal’s position from the viewpoint of the literary assets imported and exported through translation. It brings together a number of scholars working in the field of Translation Studies directly concerned with the Portuguese cultural system in order to analyze this question from various theoretical […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Portugal

Report: Global warming potentially catastrophic for Portugal – By Len Port

02 January 2015

By Len Port, Contributor(*) There is a growing conviction among many climate scientists that global warming is worsening with potentially catastrophic consequences that in Portugal could include the Algarve’s coastal towns and resorts becoming regularly inundated by significant marine flooding and inland areas, turning into a desert well before the end of the century. But […]

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Posted in Featured, Life Style, Politics, Portugal, World

Travel: Madeira named ‘Best European Destination’ to celebrate New Year’s

29 December 2014

Madeira island was named ‘Best Destination to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Europe’ by the ‘European Best Destinations’ – a travel organization based in Brussels (Belgium) whose mission is to developed and promote culture and tourism in Europe. Madeira is renowned for its New Year’s celebration festivities which include its famous fireworks display, officially recognized […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Porto Santo, World

George Monteiro | A distinguished career in excellence – Interview

26 December 2014

By Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) George Monteiro, a Rhode Island native with roots in mainland Portugal, is an esteemed professor emeritus at Brown University and a distinguished scholar in the fields of American and Portuguese Literatures. A twentieth-century American literature scholar, with an academic interest in Portuguese and Brazilian literature, Monteiro is the author […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Travel Alert: TAP Air Portugal calling off impending strike – Update

25 December 2014

The majority of the labor unions representing TAP Air Portugal workers are calling off a four-day general strike announced for December 27 through December 30. On Thursday, according to TAP Air Portugal “latest Information,” the strike had been called off “by most unions,” allowing the company to ensure its regular operations. “Passengers can now reinstate original bookings, should […]

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