12 September 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal’s nearest Arab neighbor, Morocco, is increasingly feeling repercussions from the crises in North Africa, as are Portugal’s EU partners along the shores of the Mediterranean. Morocco is a predominantly Sunni Muslim country, the same as Syria, but like many other Sunni states it has little sympathy for the regime […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
10 September 2013
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), have launched the publication of Another City Upon a Hill: A New England Memoir by Joseph A. Conforti, a searching portrait of a city battered by the collapse of the textile industry woven into a spirited coming of age story. […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Portugal, World
10 September 2013
The Portuguese people 85th out of 156 countries in the nation’s “happiness scores” according to the 2013 World Happiness Report released Monday by the United Nations. The report shows a decrease of 0,35 points, from rank 73rd to rank 85th, in the Portuguese “happiness score” compared to the previous UN survey taken between 2007 and 2010. […]
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09 September 2013
The film “The Golden Cage,” a story of based on the lives of a Portuguese immigrant family in France, was nominated for the European Film Awards. The awards will be announced on December 7, in Berlin, Germany. The film was directed by Ruben Alves, himself the son of Portuguese immigrants in France. Hugo Gélin and Jean-André […]
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09 September 2013
Portuguese Airline SATA and the Beacon Hill Athletic Clubs announced a unique promotion today. Existing and prospective members at the Boston-area chain of clubs can enter to win a trip for two to the Azores for one week. While that may sound like an unusual partnership – the pairing makes perfect sense. “Beacon Hill Athletic […]
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08 September 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) While the main international organizations with which Portugal is most closely associated have all condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria, there is no consensus yet on what should be done about it and little support for President Obama’s call for military intervention. NATO and the European Union believe […]
