27 December 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) At a time when Britain is worrying about an influx of workers from poor European Union countries, Portugal is enthusiastically encouraging rich entrepreneurs from outside the EU. Romanian and Bulgarians, especially those likely to seek welfare benefits, are causing panic in Britain because immigration restrictions are to be lifted on […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, People, Portugal, World
24 December 2013
Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado plays the title role in “Son Of God” a big screen motion picture to be released nationwide on February 28, 2014. The film is a production of 20th Century Fox, together with Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, producers of the The Bible, the History Channel 10-hour mini-series, aired on cable TV early […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Film, People, Portugal, World
23 December 2013
Portuguese expressionist painter, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, is among 10 famous people who had a crater on planet Mercury named after them by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the global authority for all planetary and satellite nomenclature. Beatles’ legend John Lennon, American author Truman Capote, German author Erich Maria Remarque, and French composer Hector […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Painting, People, Portugal, World
21 December 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) The approach of Christmas brings fresh worries to Portugal and its hopes of returning to something like financial stability next year. Once again, the biggest threat to the government’s efforts to exit the country’s bailout – and to the continued existence of the present government itself – comes not from […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Politics, Portugal, World
20 December 2013
On a positive note, the United States Senate has voted Thursday a measure with a specific reference to the Lajes Air Field, on Terceira island Azores. President Barack Obama is expected to sign it. The bi-partisan measure, which passed the Senate with 84 votes in favor and 15 votes in opposition, had passed Congress last week […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World
18 December 2013
Book review by Nigel Collett (*) Every now and then, a reviewer has the pleasure of being able to write about a book that he has really enjoyed reading and which gives him only pleasure to review. One might expect such a book to be both short and on a subject of which the reviewer might claim […]
Posted in Books, Featured, Heritage, Macau, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
