19 March 2013
A team of Azorean inventors associated with Aquatic Technologies, based on São Miguel island, Azores, was the winner of the Grand Prize ($20,000) and the Audience Award ($5,000) for the underwater robot Ziphius. The gadget was a contestant in the Insert Coin competition at the Engadget Expand conference held at the International Technology Fair, in San […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, People, São Miguel, World
16 March 2013
Starting in 2014, Portugal is requiring heritage language learners abroad to pay €100 in student tuition, for each academic year, to learn Portuguese. Initially announced at €120, the tuition will cover expenses with textbooks, language proficiency exams and proficiency certificates. The new tuition fee will apply to most students, except in cases of “proven need,” […]
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14 March 2013
Bad weather Thursday caused a landslide in Burguete, Faial da Terra, on São Miguel island, Azores, burying three homes and killing three people. In one home, completely buried, two brothers were killed. In another home, a rescue team managed to get five people out, but one of them, the father, was already deceased. A family […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Faial, Flores, Graciosa, Heritage, People, São Miguel, Terceira
13 March 2013
The northern city of Porto, Portugal’s biggest surf center, is hosting the first edition of the International Porto Surf Film Festival, to be held March 29-31. The festival will screen a selection of the best surf movies ever made. According to Carlos Rui Ribeiro, co-founder of the Porto Surf Film Festival, the event is open to […]
Posted in Featured, Film, Organizations, Portugal, Sports, World
12 March 2013
Novelist Anthony Barcellos will open the Portuguese Studies Initiative, a series of upcoming book presentations by Portuguese-American authors at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The event, scheduled for March 28, at 7 p.m., is co-sponsored by the UMass Lowell Center for Educational Partnerships in Portugal; the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; and […]
Posted in Azores, Books, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, World
11 March 2013
Portuguese TV star, Diogo Morgado, plays the leading man, as Jesus Christ, in the miniseries epic production The Bible for the History Channel. The production, by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, drew over 15 million viewers, last Sunday, making it the History Channel’s best day ever. The 10-hour miniseries will be featured every Sunday, over […]
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