15 October 2013
The Azores became officially the 2014 “Preferred Destination” of European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Associations (ECTAA), according to a protocol signed this week by representatives of the Government of the Azores and ECTAA’s representatives. The distinction will bring added benefits to the Azores in the promotion of the archipelago as a quality tourist destination. […]
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15 October 2013
On Tuesday November 12, Touro Law Center Center will join with the Sousa Mendes Foundation and the Long Island Portuguese community to honor the memory of Aristides de Sousa Mendes during an event marking the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht. Aristides de Sousa Mendes, known as the “Portuguese Schindler,” was a Portuguese diplomat in France during […]
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14 October 2013
This Tuesday, the population of the Azores will participate again in the “SOS Cagarro” initiative, a program aimed to preserving the Cory’s Shearwaters species which nests in the Azores. Launched in 1995, the “SOS Cagarro” is the largest environmental protection program in Portugal. “Cagarro” is the Portuguese name for the Cory’s Shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) a […]
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11 October 2013
By Millicent Accardi, Contributor (*) Arthur Lemos, a Portuguese-American composer, teacher and musician is a You Tube sensation! With 200 videos, the 81 year old’s most popular You Tube video, Paso Doble, has received nearly 20,000 views. All together, Lemos has composed thirty-six pieces of music including marches (Spanish, Italian, and German), choral pieces, religious […]
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09 October 2013
Award-winning, Portuguese-American writers will travel to Providence (RI) and Dartmouth (MA) to deliver two writing workshops and present four public readings at Rhode Island College, Brown University and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Associated with the KSFS (Kale Soup for the Soul) reading series, the group will read poems, stories and memoirs about family, food […]
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09 October 2013
An underwater pyramidal shaped structure identified by amateur sailor Diocleciano Silva, at a depth of 40 meters off the coast of Terceira Island, most likely ”not man-made,” according to Portuguese Navy bathymetry experts. The structure found by Silva had been previously documented by the Portuguese Navy and was known to bathymetric researchers – they said. […]
