24 November 2012
The United States Government has informed the Portuguese Government that the U.S. Air Force has already ratified a proposal to significantly reduce its military presence at the Lajes Air Field, on Terceira island, in the Azores. The cutbacks are part of a global U.S. Department of Defense belt-tightening policy due to budget constraints, as part […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World
21 November 2012
If you are young and love the Azores, this challenge is for you. You are eligible to enter the ultimate contest. Just follow the steps which are very simple. According to the Azores Youth Hostels website, to enter the contest, participants only need to write and submit a statement telling “what you love the most […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Pico, Santa Maria, São Jorge, São Miguel, Social networks, Terceira, Travel, World
18 November 2012
According to a report released by the international website Socialbakers, Portuguese is the third most used language on Facebook, the largest social network in the world. English tops the Socialbakers’ top ten list of most used languages followed by Spanish, which comes second. The other languages in the list are French, Indonesian, Turkish, German, Italian, […]
Posted in Angola, Azores, Brazil, Cape Verde, Community, East Timor, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Macau, Madeira, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, Social networks
16 November 2012
Portugal is the European Union member state with the highest rate of diabetes, with almost one tenth of the population suffering from the disease, according to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released on Friday. The average prevalence of diabetes in the populations of EU states was 6.4% in 2011, […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Life Style, People, Portugal, World
15 November 2012
The Government of the Azores, in partnership with the Massachusetts Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, is organizing Thanksgiving celebrations to be held in Terceira (November 15) and São Miguel (November 18) dedicated to the deportees sent back to the islands from the United States. The initiative was launched last year, through the efforts of Graça Castanho, […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, People, São Jorge, Terceira
14 November 2012
Portugal-based Google search engine users were pleased Wednesday to find a “doodle” featuring Portuguese artist Amadeo de Souza Cardoso on the 125th anniversary of his birth. Born in 1887, he studied architecture at Superior School of Fine Arts of Lisbon before he went to Paris to study painting where he became close with artists and […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
