18 December 2012
Portuguese author Nuno Camarneiro, 35, was awarded the 2012 LeYa Prize for his novel Debaixo de algum céu [Under some sky]. The literary prize is worth Euro100,000. More than 270 original works by Portuguese language authors entered the competition. The annual prize, created to distinguish an unpublished work written in Portuguese, was established by the […]
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15 December 2012
Richard Zenith, 56, was awarded the 2012 Pessoa Prize. Zenith was praised for his research and translations of Portuguese Modernist poet Fernando Pessoa. American born, Zenith has become “a citizen of Portugal out of his dedication and commitment to his work, to Fernando Pessoa, to literature, our own, and to a language, Portuguese,” said president […]
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14 December 2012
More than 400 military personnel and 500 family members will leave Lajes Air Field, on Terceira island, Azores, by the end of fiscal 2014, the U.S. Air Force announced Thursday. According to a U.S. Air Force news release, the Defense Department Dependents School at Lajes Field will be closed and other services will be reduced […]
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14 December 2012
Portugal’s two-year mandate at the United Nations Security Council ends on December 31, after having won a close election against bids from Germany and Canada, in late 2010. Portugal assumed its first rotating monthly presidency of the Security Council on November, 2010. Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva lead the first debate on November 9, focusing […]
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12 December 2012
The Azorean airline SATA International has announced a new air service from San Francisco, California, to the Azores and Lisbon in partnership with Virgin America Airlines. The new air service will connect passengers through Boston to Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, and Lisbon in mainland Portugal. An estimated 300,000 people of Portuguese descent live in […]
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10 December 2012
The Portuguese band, OqueStrada, will perform at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert, in Oslo, Norway. A tribute to the year’s laureates, the concert will be held October 11. The concert, to be staged at the 7,000-capacity Spektrum Arena in the Norwegian capital, the day after the ceremony to award the Nobel Peace Prize, will be […]
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