01 August 2012
Portuguese-Canadian Meaghan Benfeito, 23, (right) and her team mate Roselin Filion (left) won a Bronze Medal in women’s 10-metre synchronized diving at the London Olympics. The duo captured Canada’s second medal. Benfeito has won three other bronze medals over her career with one each in synchro events at the world championships, Commonwealth Games, and Pan […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, Canada, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, Sports, Spotlight, World
01 August 2012
Portuguese international soccer sensation, Cristiano Ronaldo, is in Los Angeles, CA, on a pre-season training camp with 25 Real Madrid team mates, training at the UCLA campus. On Thursday, August 2, the Real Madrid team will have a friendly match against LA Galaxy for the Herbalife World Football Challenge event. Ronaldo’s girlfriend, Irina Shayk, has traveled […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Portugal, Sports, Spotlight, World
01 August 2012
Short film “North Atlantic” by Portuguese director, Bernardo Nascimento, was selected as one of the 10 finalists chosen by the YouTube “Your Film Festival” to be in Italy at the 2012 Venice Film Festival. The 69th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will run at the Venice Lido, August 29 through September […]
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01 August 2012
Portuguese screen composer, Nuno Dario, was honored with the Award of Merit by the Global Awards for Original Score. Dario was awarded for his composition “Earth Home” for a fictional film documentary about climate change. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Dario has worked internationally as a composer for film, television, theater, games, animation and commercials. He […]
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30 July 2012
The first meeting of the EUSA Atlantic Forum will take place on September 21, 2012, in the Azores. Under the theme “Coastal and Deep Sea Natural Resources”, the event will be held at Sociedade Amor da Pátria, Horta city, Faial Island. This is the first event of the first series of five international workshops. Forthcoming […]
Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Organizations, Portugal, World
28 July 2012
Reporters from National Geographic Magazine have been on site in the Azores documenting the oral history of whaling on the islands. Launched in 2008, the project consists of documenting the stories and way of life of the old whalers on the islands of Faial and Pico. Currently, Gemina Garland-Lewis, a reporter for the magazine, is back in […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Pico, Spotlight
