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Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week
 

Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants – Azores

The Government of the Azores has opened applications for grant opportunities supporting cultural and community projects in Azorean emigrant communities abroad, as well as educational exchanges and immigrant integration initiatives for 2027.  The funding opportunities are particularly relevant to Azorean organizations, cultural associations, and educational institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Brazil, and other […]

Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization – Portugal

Portugal has selected Germany’s Lufthansa Group as the strategic investor in TAP Air Portugal, marking a significant turning point for the country’s aviation industry and with important implications for Portuguese communities in the United States, Canada, and beyond.  The selection does not mean that Lufthansa has already taken ownership of TAP. Rather, it represents a […]

Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans – Portugal

Former United States President Barack Obama returned to Lisbon on Saturday, October 10, where he delivered a keynote address at the 6th edition of the Game Changers Forum.  During his two-day stay in Lisbon, Obama met with Portuguese President António José Seguro at the Palácio de Belém, the official residence of the Portuguese head of […]

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging, and place and connections across borders. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Travel: Lisbon European Best Destination 2013 – You Vote!

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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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Survey: Portuguese Americans reject Hispanic label – Community

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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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Politics, Portugal

Arts: André Carrilho illustrates Vanity Fair – Hollywood

28 February 2013

Portuguese illustrator, André Carrilho, was invited to give his personal touch to the Vanity Fair’s March issue devoted to Hollywood. Carrilho, who has collaborated with Vanity Fair for the last eight years, will follow after Miguel Covarrubias, who did the original illustrations in 1933, and Robert Risko, who upgraded the magazine in 1995.  For the Hollywood […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Arts: International Fringe Festival to take place on Pico Island – Azores

27 February 2013

The Fringe Festival Azores will be held June 10-30, 2013, in the town of Madalena, Pico Island, Azores, as part of the International Fringe Festival network. The first ever of its kind in the Azores, the international festival will be hosted by Mirateca Arts Association (MAA), the organizer of the event, in partnership with Madalena’s […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, Photography, Pico, Travel, World

Travel: Lisbon named one of the most beautiful cities in the world – Portugal

27 February 2013

Urban City Guides online has named Lisbon fourth in its top 10 list of the  most beautiful cities in the world to visit after Venice, Paris and Prague. Considering Lisbon one of the world’s “most scenic cities,” Urban City Guides  describes the Portuguese capital as being, “Magnificently sited on a series of hills running down to the grand […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Travel, World

Travel: Tomar’s remarkable place in World History – Portugal

26 February 2013

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) At about one-hour drive north of Lisbon, the town of Tomar occupies a special place in the history of Portugal and the world. Built inside the walls of the Castle of Tomar, one of the finest examples of 12th Century military architecture, the original medieval town was established in 1159 on […]

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