08 January 2013
Data from the Bank of Portugal has revealed that remittances from the Portuguese living abroad have increased 12,6%, between January and October of 2012, accounting for a total of € 2,254 million, representing € 253 million more over the same period of 2011. France (€718,934 million) and Switzerland (€540,870 million) are the main sources of […]
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08 January 2013
Azorean Portuguese historian, Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, 54, died on Monday, in Ponta Delgada, Azores. A lecturer, researcher and author, she was a Full Professor in the Department of Management and Economics at the University of the Azores. She published several books on the History of the Azores and specialized in the […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal
07 January 2013
A panel of judges has recognized the outstanding achievement in the music industry by international artists of Portuguese ancestry competing at the 1st Annual International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA). A list of runner up nominees was announced Monday under nine award categories: New Talent, Dance, Música Popular, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Traditional/Jazz/Classical, and Song of the […]
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04 January 2013
The work of marine life photographer Nuno Sá will be on exhibit among the winners of the “Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards,” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The exhibit will be on display March 30, 2012 through January 6, 2013. Winners of this prestigious competition were […]
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03 January 2013
The organizers of the international conference on “Exploring the Portuguese Diaspora in InterDISCIPLINARY and Comparative Perspectives” have issued a call for papers. The deadline for receiving abstracts (500 words) for a 20-minute presentation, panel proposals and a concise Diaspora in InterDISCIPLINARY and Comparative Perspectives: An International Conference bio is February 28, 2013. Notification of acceptance […]
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03 January 2013
Portuguese architect, Eduardo Souto de Moura, was awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize, announced The Wolf Foundation in Telaviv, Israel. The honor recognizes Moura’s “advancement of the craft and ideas of architecture,” said the announcement. Since 1978, the annual Wolf Prize has been awarded to recipients who have advanced the fields of art and science. Laureates […]
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