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 […]
07 September 2013
Four Nepalese blindness prevention institutions are de recipients of the 2013 António Champalimaud Vision Award. The award was presented by the President of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, to the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh, the Eastern Regional Eye Care Programme and the Lumbini Eye Institute. The four Nepalese non-governmental organizations (NNJS) have […]
Posted in Awards, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Scholarships, World
07 September 2013
The Azorean Maritime Heritage Society is sponsoring the VII International Azorean Whaleboat Regatta in partnership with the New Bedford Whaling Museum. The goal of the event is to connect the common whaling heritage of the Azores and New Bedford. First held in New Bedford in 2004, the competition alternates each year between the New Bedford and […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Pico, World
06 September 2013
Francisco Semião was appointed the president of the Marymount University Alumni Advisory Board, his alma mater, for the 2013-2014 academic year. The Marymount University Alumni Advisory Board is a volunteer board who assists in advancing the mission of Marymount University by serving as the voice of all alumni to the greater University community. Semiao’05, who […]
Posted in Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, World
05 September 2013
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), has launched the publication of Land, As Far As the Eye Can See: Portuguese in the Old West by Donald Warrin and Geoffrey L. Gomes, an entertaining account of pioneering Portuguese men and women who settled the vast frontier of […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, World
04 September 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) The Portuguese government would like to see a military punitive response to the recent use of chemical weapons in Syria, but only if it is backed “as far as possible” by an international organization such as the Security Council of the United Nations. This cautious view is in contrast to […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, Portugal, World
