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Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist
 

Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 –  Boston, MA

The family of Nuno Loureiro, a respected Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, who was tragically killed earlier this month, continues to receive an extraordinary outpouring of support from the community and friends.  Professor Loureiro was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 15, 2025, and died the following day at a […]

Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida – Editor’s  Note

Three men haunt these pages. Perhaps they are tormented ghosts who cannot find rest. All three have been expelled in some way, sent on solitary journeys into the night. Celestino, an old slave trader, returns to the solitude of his home and garden after a life of horrors. Boa Morte da Silva, an Angolan who […]

Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA

In a major development, law-enforcement officials have publicly identified the suspect in the killings at Brown University and MIT’s Professor Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, as Cláudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Torres Novas, Portugal. Authorities said Valente was later found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Professor […]

Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline – Massachusetts

Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, late on the evening of Monday, December 15. Authorities confirmed that Loureiro, originally from Viseu, Portugal, was found with multiple […]

Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist – London, UK

Portugal has been selected by the British magazine The Economist as the “Economy of the Year” for 2025, placing the country at the top of a ranking of the world’s 36 richest economies   Titled “Which economy did best in 2025?”,  the magazine highlighted Portugal’s strong blend of macroeconomic indicators, including solid GDP growth, low inflation, […]

Travel: Portugal ranks high on global ranking of visa restrictions – Henley & Partners

26 August 2013

Portugal, Canada, France, Ireland, o Japan, Norway, and Spain hold a joint fourth rank (170) on the 2013 Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index – A Global Ranking of Countries based on Freedom of Travel for their Citizens. Visa restrictions are an important tool for governments to control the movement of foreign nationals across borders. […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, World

Travel: The 2013 “Portugal no Coração” edition is open to seniors – Portugal

23 August 2013

The Portuguese Government, through the Department of the Portuguese Communities, is sponsoring the 2013 edition of the “Portugal no Coração” program  dedicated to seniors of Portuguese descent. The goal of the program is to offer the opportunity to visit mainland Portugal for a week, to 15 Portuguese citizens, 65 years old or older, living in […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal, Travel

Travel Alert: SATA’s workers issuing a four month long strike action warning – Azores

21 August 2013

The National Civil Aviation Workers Union (SINTAC) issued Tuesday a strike action advance notice regarding a stoppage to be carried out by SATA Airlines’ workers from September 1 through December 31. Workers have concerns over the labor policies drafted in a memorandum of understanding by SATA Airlines regarding working overtime, breaking time, on-call employee policies […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Politics, Portugal, World

Travel: Mozzies can buzz off, bees must stay – Portugal

16 August 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) A world without mosquitoes would be a very much better place, but we are told that a world without honeybees would probably be a planet devoid of human habitation. This is not the view of someone on holiday who has been exposed to too much sun. It is the considered […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Travel

Memoir: “Love Makes the Meal” – A story on growing up Portuguese – By Marielena Dias

12 August 2013

Here is a story I wrote a while back, but never thought to share until today… I entered this story in a competition and won a partial scholarship to attend a literary conference in Lisbon, Disquiet International, but sadly I couldn’t attend. Enjoy! By Marielena Dias, Contributor (*) One summer, before my 13th birthday, my parents and […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Arts: Walk &Talk Festival becomes the gift that keeps on giving – Azores

10 August 2013

On its third edition, the Walk & Talk Festival of public art was held on São Miguel island, through the month of July, with a huge success. Founded in 2011 by Azorean art entrepreneurs Diana Sousa (27) and Jesse James (25), the event is now part of the international art scene and will continue to attract […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Painting, People, São Miguel, World

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