15 November 2014
Portuguese American author Darrell Kastin is a winner of the 2014 USA Best Books Awards, in the Fiction/Multicultural category, for his short story collection The Conjurer and other Azorean Tales (2012) published by Tagus Press. Now in its 12th year, the USA Best Book Awards is one of the largest mainstream book award competitions in […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, World
13 November 2014
For the second time in two years, Portugal is considering selling TAP Air Portugal. Government sources have said that the re-launch of the airline’s privatization should occur before the end of 2014, “when market conditions are conducive to the success of the operation.” As reported Thursday, by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), “Portugal’s government said it […]
Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World
12 November 2014
By Len Port, Contributor(*) For those of us without the benefit of deeper understanding through some form of mind-enhancing substance, it is hard to get the head around all the latest talk about drug control. But let’s try. Broadly speaking it is all about the prohibition, decriminalization or legalization of drugs such as cannabis, heroin […]
Posted in Conferences, Featured, Politics, Portugal, Religion
10 November 2014
New cases of Legionnaires disease are emerging in Portugal after an outbreak was detected Friday. On Monday at least 160 cases of the disease had been detected with four people reported dead and 29 reported in critical condition and in intensive care at various hospitals. The outbreak started in Vila Franca de Xira, a town […]
Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
07 November 2014
The United States-based, BorgWarner Inc., a multinational corporation supplier of automotive components and parts, has open today, November 7, a new production facility in the industrial zone of Lanheses, Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The new production facility will further strengthen BorgWarner’s position as the leading supplier of eco-friendly exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) consisting of reducing […]
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06 November 2014
By Len Port, Contributor(*) British expats in Portugal could be excused for wincing at recent utterances by Prime Minister David Cameron. In declaring that he was drawing a “red line” on the number of unskilled immigrants flooding into the UK, Mr Cameron said he would be demanding restrictions on freedom of movement within the EU. […]
