08 July 2014
A group of eleven Portuguese language teachers, affiliated with different educational institutions in the United States, are attending the FLAD Summer Course for Teachers of Portuguese in the US, held from July 8-18, at the University of the Azores in Ponta Delgada. Organized by Professor Graça Castanho of the University of the Azores, the intensive program comprises of workshops […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal
08 July 2014
The main doctors’ union, Federação Nacional dos Médicos (FNAM), has called a two day strike starting Tuesday, July 8, citing a range of government policies and cuts to the National Health Service budget. The Portuguese Constitution guarantees the right to universal health care. Doctors are protesting against what they called “the government’s progressive dismantling of the health […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
05 July 2014
By Len Port, Contributor(*) The most relevant snippet of information to emerge from all the recent histrionics in Brussels was confirmation that Jean-Claude Juncker is a good friend of Portugal. In this country anyway, it well surpasses revelations about his drinking habits. On a visit to Portugal in May, Juncker let it be known that […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
03 July 2014
The Government of the Azores in partnership with the Association of Teachers of Portuguese in the United States and Canada (APPEUC) is co-sponsoring the 22th Meeting of Teachers of Portuguese in the United States and Canada being held July 3-6, in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores. Under the theme Nos Mares da Língua Portuguesa [The […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Terceira, World
03 July 2014
Lisbon is one of the sites chosen by IBM to locate one of its newly created “cloud computing” centers through which user services and applications are aggregated in a “cloud” that can be accessed in any computing device anywhere in the world. The IBM Lisbon center will provide assistance to Portuguese and foreign companies that […]
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02 July 2014
Portuguese fado performer Carlos do Carmo will be honored with The Latin Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony to be held on Wednesday, November 19, at the Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino as part of the weeklong 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards celebration. The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by vote of The Latin […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, Portugal
