22 May 2013
An international panel has presented the Azores, again, with the QualityCoast Gold Award as the best European most sustainable holiday destination. The award was announced Monday, in Gozo, Malta, at the Year on Coastal Tourism event, during the 6th edition of European Maritime Day Conference. The QualityCoast Awards are considered a most prestigious international honor […]
21 May 2013
Nassau County, one of the largest counties in the United States, has officially announced their honorees and program for its 2013 Portugal Day Celebration on Long Island, NY. County Executive Ed Mangano and Comptroller George Maragos will also honor the 75 year-old community of almost 7,500 Portuguese-Americans at the Theodore Roosevelt Legislative & Executive Building […]
Posted in Awards, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People
21 May 2013
Evidence of Chinese fleets routinely patrolling the Atlantic Ocean, near the Azores, is raising speculation that China may have thrown an eye on the military Lajes Air Field, on Terceira Island, jointly managed by Portugal and the United States. According to the Asia Times, “The whole psychodrama unfolded at the end of June 2012, when […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World
20 May 2013
Starting in June, the Azores-based SATA airline is launching one-stop service from Boston to Porto, mainland Portugal, it was announced Monday. According to the announcement, SATA will offer wide-body jet service to Porto four times a week, from June to September, with a stop in the Azores in both economy and business classes. Beginning April, […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Madeira, Portugal, Travel, World
19 May 2013
As the British, French and Spanish Atlantic empires were torn apart in the Age of Revolutions, Portugal steadily pursued reforms to tie its American, African and European territories more closely together. Eventually, after a period of revival and prosperity, the Luso-Brazilian world also succumbed to revolution, which ultimately resulted in Brazil’s independence from Portugal. The […]
Posted in Books, Brazil, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, World
18 May 2013
Established in 1980, the Day of the Azores is a movable public holiday to celebrate Azorean self-rule and regional pride. Designated, Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores (Day of the Autonomous Region of the Azores), the day is dedicated to commemorate Azorean self-government granted in the Portuguese constitution, in 1976, following the Carnation Revolution of April […]
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