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Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist Update | Airlines begin cancellations ahead of December 11 general strike – Portugal Project Homecoming | Incentives offered for voluntary self-deportation
 

Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA

In a major development, law-enforcement officials have publicly identified the suspect in the killings at Brown University and MIT’s Professor Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, as Cláudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Torres Novas, Portugal. Authorities said Valente was later found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Professor […]

Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline – Massachusetts

Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, late on the evening of Monday, December 15. Authorities confirmed that Loureiro, originally from Viseu, Portugal, was found with multiple […]

Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist – London, UK

Portugal has been selected by the British magazine The Economist as the “Economy of the Year” for 2025, placing the country at the top of a ranking of the world’s 36 richest economies   Titled “Which economy did best in 2025?”,  the magazine highlighted Portugal’s strong blend of macroeconomic indicators, including solid GDP growth, low inflation, […]

Update | Airlines begin cancellations ahead of December 11 general strike – Portugal

Travelers heading to or from Portugal on December 11, 2025, should brace for widespread flight cancellations and major delays, as a nationwide general strike is set to disrupt operations at all major airports and across public services. The stoppage, called by Portugal’s main trade-union confederations in protest over proposed labor-law reforms, is expected to affect […]

Project Homecoming | Incentives offered for voluntary self-deportation – DHS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today, December 5, reaffirmed its commitment to reducing undocumented immigration through voluntary departure mechanisms, unveiling the full scope of its “self-deportation” program under Project Homecoming. Under this initiative, undocumented immigrants who choose to depart the United States voluntarily using the CBP Home mobile app will receive a USD$1,000 exit […]

Short Film: “Celeste” to debut at private screening – NYC

23 June 2012

The short film “Celeste”, by Portuguese director José Maria Norton, will debut in a private screening, June 30, at 6:00pm, at The Station, 200 Varick St (Hudson St.), Greenwich Village, NYC. The film, featuring Portuguese American actors Dinarte Freitas and Tiago Castro and actress Joana Pais de Brito, portrays the lives of Portuguese immigrants in […]

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Author: José Luís Peixoto, a voice with range- Interview

22 June 2012

By Kathi Stafford, Contributor ♦ José Luis Peixoto is acknowledged as one of the most talented Portuguese writers working today. He covers a wide range of genres, with considerable success in his novels, poetry, and playwriting, as well as a musical collaboration with the band Moonspell. Peixoto’s novel, “The Implacable Order of Things,” won the […]

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

Cinema: Anthology of Film Archives featuring “The School of Reis” – NYC

20 June 2012

The Anthology of Film Archives is presenting a retrospective of Portuguese classic cinema featuring the work of António Reis (1927-1991) co-directed with his wife Margarida Cordeiro. The film screenings are scheduled for June 22 through June 25 at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC. Born in Porto, Reis interest in film started in […]

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Portuguese Studies: Lesley U. and U. Aberta offer joint graduate program – Cambridge, MA

14 June 2012

Lesley University and Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal, have partnered to offer a joint graduate program in Global Portuguese Studies. Through the combined resources of both institutions, individuals of Portuguese heritage or those working with Portuguese communities in the United States or abroad will study online, as well as in residencies at both Lesley University in […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal

Mercer: Lisbon becoming more affordable for expatriates – Portugal

13 June 2012

The Portuguese capital has dropped 22 places in Mercer’s 2012 ranking of the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates to occupy the 108th position out of 214 cities surveyed. The head of the consultant’s Portuguese research department, Tiago Borges, told LUSA that Lisbon’s fall from rank 86 last year was primarily due to a weakening […]

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Rogério Puga: His work on Macau and his wide literary interests – Interview

09 June 2012

By Millicent Borges Accardi ♦ Not only is Rogério Miguel Puga known for his seminal book, Chronology of Portuguese Literature: 1128-2000, (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2011), the first comprehensive index of Portuguese literature presenting a list of the literature of the oldest European country, but he is also known to me as the person who told […]

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