25 October 2013
The Government of the Azores, through the Department for the Azorean Communities (DRC), is sponsoring the 11th edition of the “Saudades dos Açores, ” a program for seniors taking place from October 26 to November 2. This year, 11 seniors from the United States, Canada and Brazil are participating in the program. The initiative is aimed to […]
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25 October 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) In its latest international poll, Gallup has ranked the Portuguese government as one of the most corrupt in the world, based on the perceptions of the Portuguese people. Of the 129 countries surveyed, Portugal is up there with the worst, though not quite as bad as the Czech Republic where […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
23 October 2013
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, the Department of Portuguese, and the Department of Music announce a workshop about the Fado presented by Portuguese fado singer Rodrigo Costa Félix, accompanied by Marta Pereira da Costa and Pedro Pinha. The event, free and open to the UMD community as well as […]
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22 October 2013
The ABCs of Death2 contest is once again looking for their 26th director and Portuguese short filmmaker José Pedro Lopes is one of the contenders. This year the letter in question is ‘M’ and Lopes has submitted M is for Macho a short feature telling the story of two friends who challenge each other […]
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18 October 2013
The City of Toronto will name its newly renovated playground in honor of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, in a ceremony to be held October 20, starting at 1:30 pm, at Arlington Parkette, 460 Arlington Avenue, Toronto. The Sousa Mendes Playground dedication ceremony and the unveiling of a plaque is co-sponsored by the Sousa Mendes Foundation, […]
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17 October 2013
Lisbon was nominated by the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA), for the World’s Leading City Break Destination Award regarded as the “Tourism Oscar”. Last month, for the third time, WTA named Lisbon Europe’s Leading City Break Destination 2013. Earlier this year, Lisbon was named the most affordable city break destination in the Eurozone, according to the Post […]
Posted in Awards, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal, Travel
