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Sports | Cristiano Ronaldo retiring from Portuguese national team 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
 

Sports | Cristiano Ronaldo retiring from Portuguese national team – Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest players in world sports history and Portugal’s most celebrated footballer, announced on Thursday, November 5, that he is retiring from the Portuguese national team. The 41-year-old Madeira-born superstar announced his decision in an emotional social media video, saying the time had come to relinquish Portugal’s iconic No. 7 jersey. […]

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 […]

Google doodles Amadeo de Souza Cardoso – Portugal

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 […]

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

UMD: Expanding Nova School of Business and Economics – Conference

14 November 2012

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, the Charlton College of Business and the Business Innovation Research Center announce a lecture, “A World of Opportunities: Internationalizing a Business School Based on the Reach and Influence of the Portuguese Language,” by Dr. João Amaro de Matos, Associate Dean of International Development, Nova School of […]

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Posted in Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Music: JAZZORES’12 International Festival opens in Ponta Delgada – Azores

13 November 2012

The JAZZORES’12 International Festival opens November 16 in Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel island, Azores. The festival will run jazz concerts through November 16, 17 and 18. This year the festival will extend to five islands – São Miguel, Santa Maria, Faial, Pico and Graciosa – in an effort to promote cultural decentralization. The festival opens November 16 with […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Graciosa, Heritage, Music, Pico, Santa Maria, São Miguel, Spotlight

Travel: General strike to disrupt air traffic – Portugal

12 November 2012

The Portuguese airport authority ANA recommended Monday that passengers confirm any flights booked for Wednesday, November 14, the day a general strike will take place across the country. Portuguese flag-carrier TAP Air Portugal has already announced the cancellation of about 40% of its fights scheduled for Wednesday. SATA Air Azores has also issued announcements regarding […]

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Posted in Azores, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Travel, World

Book: “Big Bad Asterisk *” Poetry by Carlo Matos – Review

11 November 2012

By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) The asterisk is one of the most neglected symbols in the history of typography.  What is an asterisk?  What does it signify?  What role does it play in our writing?  If there were a Saint Asterisk would she be a faint footnote in the Lives of Saints?  These are among […]

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

Travel: Preserving the original ecosystem of Furnas Lake – Azores

09 November 2012

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) The people of the Azores are becoming more conscious about the effects of pollution on the ecosystems of their islands and are taking action to restore the balance between human intervention and the natural environment. To preserve the archipelago’s natural resources, the Regional Government of the Azores has created the […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Flores, Graciosa, Heritage, Organizations, Pico, Santa Maria, São Miguel, Travel, World