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 […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World
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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06 January 2015
The Portuguese ‘Seed Team,’ comprised of bioengineering students, is the winner of the ‘Mars One University Competition: Seed’ an international contest organized by the Mars One Foundation, based in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. The ‘Seed Team’ consists of four bioengineering students from the University of Porto and two PhD students from MIT Portugal and the University […]
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06 January 2015
‘Frontiers of Possession’ asks how territorial borders were established in Europe and the Americas during the early modern period and challenges the standard view that national boundaries are largely determined by military conflicts and treaties. Focusing on Spanish and Portuguese claims in the New and Old Worlds, Tamar Herzog reconstructs the different ways land rights were […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, World
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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