30 January 2014
Authorities in Britain are being tight-lipped at the outset of what could become a prolonged historical wrangle involving the world’s two oldest allies. A unique collection of books plundered during the darkest days of the centuries-old treaty between Portugal and Britain has been cosseted in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford for more […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Portugal
29 January 2014
Portugal will allow the United States to use a port in the Azores for the transshipping of chemical materials from Syria, as an option, said the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rui Machete, in Washington, Wednesday. In a statement at the end of a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, he said that […]
Posted in Azores, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World
29 January 2014
The Portuguese gay community is protesting against the approval by Parliament of a referendum to annul the right of same sex couples to adopt their partners’ children. The referendum, approved on January 17, passed with a narrow majority from the center-right government coalition of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho. Currently in Portugal same sex married […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
28 January 2014
In “What the Thunder Said,” the fifth and final section of The Waste Land, T. S. Eliot’s epochal poem of 1922, there is a mysterious and intriguing (albeit brief) scene in which moonlight shines over a deserted mountain chapel where “only a cock” stands “on the rooftree,” crowing “co co rico co co rico.” Lightning […]
Posted in Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, Travel
28 January 2014
The Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Rui Machete will meet Wednesday, in Washington, US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss bilateral “matters of common interest’ concerning Portugal and the United States. Rui Machete and John Kerry “will review bilateral and multilateral issues regarding the relationship between Portugal and the United States,” and “issues of […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira
28 January 2014
Lisbon has been voted the number one city for hosting the best congresses by delegates participating in a recent survey undertaken by the Centre for International Business Tourism in Lisbon. The city was voted ahead of London, Paris, Madrid, Munich and Milan, with 45.9 per cent of respondents ranking the probability of return as “very […]
Posted in Awards, Conferences, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World
