09 November 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal is in the middle order of world rankings when it comes to gender inequality. The gap is closing in several key areas, but there is little chance of this country ever catching up with remarkable developments in Sweden. As one of the world’s most equal countries, Sweden has reached […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal
07 November 2013
On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, the United States House of Representatives passed unanimously an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that “prohibits the Air Force from reducing the force structure at Lajes Field in Fiscal Year 2014.” However, according to a community alert statement released Tursday by the National Organization of Portuguese Americans (NOPA), “Although […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Terceira
06 November 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) When Scotland Yard launched its Madeleine McCann investigation, it called for ‘restraint’ from the British media. Meanwhile, a Portuguese law forbids police here from divulging inside information about on-going criminal investigations. So how come newspapers in both Britain and Portugal have identified and published sensational stories about another implausible ‘prime […]
06 November 2013
Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet named Portugal one of the top 10 world value travel destinations for 2014. Portugal was named after the Greek Islands, Italy, Nicaragua, and Bulgaria and followed by Fiji, Mexico, Karnataka (India), Palawan (Philippines) and Ethiopia. Each year the British Post Office surveys the prices in European holiday resorts. Based on […]
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04 November 2013
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, the MA & PhD Program in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory, and the Department of Portuguese announce a lecture, “Progress and Scientific Idealism in Eça de Queirós (A cidade e as serras) and Julio Verne (Les tribulations d’un chinois en Chine)” by Prof. Sérgio Paulo […]
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04 November 2013
Portuguese tenor Bruno Ribeiro is taking stage as Don José in Dallas Opera’s Carmen, at the Winspear Opera House. Ribeiro, who made his professional debut as Don Ottavio at the Michigan Opera House, in Detroit, is taking stages by storm all over Europe and North America with his powerfully expressive voice. Credits include Alfredo (La […]
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