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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 […]

Science: Rui Costa advances the study of neurological disorders – Portugal

24 January 2013

Portuguese neuroscientist, Rui Costa, is the co-author of a breakthrough research paper revealing new findings applicable to the treatment of Parkinson and Huntington’s diseases and other neurological disorders. The research paper titled, “Concurrent Activation of Striatal Direct and Indirect Pathways during action initiation,” was published in the January issue of the online journal Nature. The findings are […]

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Bailout: Portugal requests loan extension – Update

23 January 2013

Portugal’s Minister of Finance, Vítor Gaspar, took the occasion of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting to submit a formal request to extend the repayment periods on the country’s bailout, Lusa reported Tuesday. Speaking after the meeting, Gaspar stressed Portugal was a country that “met and meets” its commitments under the adjustment program and that this explained its “readiness […]

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Bailout: Lisbon set to return to the bond market – Portugal

22 January 2013

Portugal has mandated four investment banks to launch a five-year bond issue, for the first time, since it received a bailout in 2011. The move will take place as soon as Wednesday, it was revealed Tuesday. The notified banking institutions, Barclays, Banco Espirito Santo (BES), Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley, were mandated to re-open the […]

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Poetry: 2013 Kale Soup for the Soul literary series – Boston, MA

22 January 2013

The “Kale Soup for the Soul” initiative is launching its 2013 literary series with two East Coast poetry readings.  The series will open with a reading in Boston, March 7th, starting at 6:30, at the Portuguese Consulate, (699 Boylston Street, 7th Floor), co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Portugal, the Boston Portuguese Festival (BPF), and the […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People

Candidate: Charles Sousa running for Premier of Ontario – Canada

20 January 2013

Portuguese-Canadian, Charles Sousa, 54, is a Liberal Party leadership candidate for the post of Primier of Ontario, Canada. Sousa is the former Citizen and Immigration Minister and, since 2007,  has been the MPP for Mississauga South. He also served as Minister of Labour from 2010 to 2011, after having been Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, World

Scholar: Stephen Reckert died in Lisbon age 89 – Portugal

20 January 2013

Spanish and Portuguese letters scholar, Stephen Reckert, died in Lisbon age 86. Born in Indiana (USA), he was a former Camões Professor of Portuguese (Emeritus) at the University of London, UK, and Honorary Research Associate at Institute for the Study of Symbology of Lisbon, Portugal. From 1958 to 1966, he was the Chair of the Department […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

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