12 January 2015
“Taste Portugal, 101 Easy Portuguese Recipes’ – from Tia Maria’s Portuguese Food Blog – by Food Blogger Maria Dias and her daughter Lisa Dias, will bring you a taste of classic Portuguese cuisine into your home. The recipes contained in this cook book are easy for the everyday home cook to prepare, they’re made with […]
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12 January 2015
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or, an award that honors the player with the best performance of the year. The Portuguese footballer plays forward for Spanish Real Madrid. One of soccer’s all-time greatest players, Ronaldo won this year for the second time in a raw, after having won the honor in 2013. […]
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11 January 2015
By Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) Born and raised in Manteigas, mainland Portugal, the poet and sculptor João Martins earned a degree in Theology at the Catholic University of Lisbon where he dedicated himself to teaching and education. His father was an artist, and Martins was raised to value both the written word and visual […]
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08 January 2015
The United States Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, has confirmed today the Pentagon’s decision to downsize the US presence in the Lajes Field on Terceira, Azores. The news follow a statement by US Ambassador in Portugal, Robert Sherman, announcing yesterday the Pentagon’s plan for a gradual reduction, this year, on civil and military personnel at […]
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08 January 2015
The Azores based ‘SATA International’ – also referred as ‘SATA Air Azores’ – has announced it is undergoing the process of changing its brand name and image to become “Azores Airlines.’ According to a source close to the process, the ‘Azores Airlines’ is not a new company, but the same company under a new name […]
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07 January 2015
A review of the first week suggests we can expect more of the same over the next fifty-one. No sooner had families and friends around the world exchanged best wishes for a healthy, happy and prosperous 2015 than the news broke about Her Majesty’s second son. A woman alleged that a billionaire American investment banker […]
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