05 March 2013
Unions representing 7,000 workers, at state-owned TAP Air Portugal, called a strike for March 21, 22 and 23 over concerns relating to budget reductions, layoffs and pay cuts between 3.5% and 10% in gross wages. The strike, which will also affect Azores-based SATA airline, will the first to be backed by all eight unions representing […]
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05 March 2013
President Barack Obama has appointed Portuguese-American physicist, Ernest Moniz, to head the US Department of Energy. Described by many as having a brilliant scientific mind, Moniz, 68, is a descendant of Azorean immigrants from São Miguel Island, Azores. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) physicist, Moniz will replace Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize for Physics […]
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03 March 2013
Portugal’s long-distance runner, Sara Moreira, was the decisive Gold Medal winner in the women’s 3000m final race, at the Athletics European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Dominating much of the race, Moreira finished in 8:58.50, two seconds ahead of Harrer, while Britton took bronze. Runner-up four years ago in the Turim […]
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03 March 2013
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), announces the publication of Almost Gone by Brian Sousa. Alternately gritty, suspenseful, and illuminating, Brian Sousa’s debut collection of interlocking stories depicts the Portuguese American experience from a new perspective. Brian Sousa leaves sentiment and saudade behind in Almost Gone, a linked collection spanning four generations […]
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01 March 2013
If love Lisbon, this is the opportunity to cast your vote and let the world know! For the 4th year, European Consumers Choice is inviting the public to select the 20 European Best Destinations for the year. Every year, European citizens vote online to select their preferred destination. The town which receives most votes (over […]
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28 February 2013
Preliminary data from a survey being conducted online, by the Washington based Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS), has shown that Americans of Portuguese descent reject being classified as Hispanic. The objective of the survey was “to gauge the overall sentiment of the Portuguese-American community” on the issue relating to news that the “US […]
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