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Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows Maria João Pires: Acclaimed piano virtuoso announces the end of her career  Award | Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida wins the Fernando Namora Literary Prize  Citizenship
 

Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises – Azores

Terceira Island remains under heightened scientific monitoring as the seismo-volcanic crisis that began in June 2022 continues, centered around the Santa Bárbara volcanic complex on the island’s western flank.  The Azores Seismo-Volcanic Information and Monitoring Center (CIVISA) currently maintains Alert Level V3 (reactivated volcanic system) for Santa Bárbara, reflecting persistent microseismic activity consistent with magma […]

FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows – Portugal

A new study released by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) finds that speaking Portuguese corresponds to an average 20% salary bonus for Portuguese-American workers in the United States. The report, developed for FLAD by a research group led by Alda Botelho Azevedo of the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS), Universidade de Lisboa, underscores the growing […]

Maria João Pires: Acclaimed piano virtuoso announces the end of her career – Portugal

Maria João Pires, one of the world’s most acclaimed pianists and a central figure in Portuguese and European classical music, has formally announced that she has ended her career as a performer. The declaration was made during the award acceptance ceremony for the Helena Vaz da Silva European Award, held on November 1 at the […]

Award | Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida wins the Fernando Namora Literary Prize  – Portugal 

Lusophone writer Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, 43, has been distinguished with the Prémio Literário Fernando Namora, one of Portugal’s most prestigious awards for fiction, for her novel Livro da Doença. The prize recognizes outstanding works of narrative prose published in Portuguese during the previous year. Almeida’s win marks a significant moment in contemporary Lusophone literature, […]

Citizenship – Portuguese Parliament approves new nationality law – Portugal

Portugal’s Parliament [Assembleia da República] approved yesterday a sweeping reform of Portugal’s Lei da Nacionalidade [Citizenship Law], marking one of the most significant shifts in the country’s citizenship framework in more than a decade. As an organic law, the reform now moves to the desk of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. […]

Opinion: Bad to worse – yet another crisis looms – Portugal

03 July 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) In the swings and roundabouts of public life in Portugal, the on-going economic crisis has produced another political one. If the present government collapses, which suddenly looks likely, there is no guarantee that an alternative one will fare any better. The country is in turmoil. As of today in a […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Crisis: President Cavaco Silva takes center stage – Portugal

03 July 2013

In an attempt to quell the current political crises, the President of Portugal Anibal Cavaco Silva is meeting today with the leader of the Socialist main opposition party, António José Seguro, and has summoned a meeting for Thursday with Prime Minister Passos Coelho and the leaders of the main political parties. The political crisis has resulted […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Air permits denied to plane suspect of carrying fugitive Snowden – Portugal

02 July 2013

The plane carrying Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was denied air permits to Portugal’s air space, Tuesday, because Portuguese authorities suspected fugitive Edward Snowden was on board. The plane was diverted to Austria after air permits were also denied by France, Spain and Italy. Snowden is the former NSA contractor wanted by Washington on espionage charges regarding […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Politics, Portugal, World

Appointed: Maria Luis Albuquerque is the new Minister of Finance – Portugal

01 July 2013

Former Treasury Secretary, Maria Luis de Albuquerque, was appointed Portugal’s Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, the office of President Cavaco Silva announced Tuesday. Albuquerque, 46, holds degrees in economics from the Lusiada University of Lisbon and the Technical University of Lisbon.  A former university professor of economics she has worked in government since […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Politics, Portugal, World

China: Ambassador Huang Songfu meets President Vasco Cordeiro – Azores

29 June 2013

The Ambassador of China in Portugal, Huang Songfu, met with the President Vasco Cordeiro, in Ponta Delgada, Saturday, to address issues of mutual interest to China and the Azores. After the meeting, President Vasco Cordeiro, the head of the Regional Government of the Azores, told reporters that the hearing “was very helpful”  remarking that issues […]

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Arts: Christopher Sousa’s bold and brilliant painting – Interview

28 June 2013

By Millicent Accardi, Contributor (*) Portuguese-American artist Christopher Sousa is a self-taught painter originally from Fall River, Massachusetts, whose influences range from Lucien Freud, to Jenny Saville.  He has been calling Provincetown, MA, his home for the past ten years and after four sold out solo art shows, Sousa has established a strong reputation in […]

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