22 May 2012
Brazilian short-story author Dalton Trevisan was awarded the 2012 “Camões Prize”, the highest honor in the Portuguese-speaking literary world. The prize is named after Portugal’s 16th-century poet Luís de Camões. Born in 1925, in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba, Trevisan is known for his raw literary material, notably his collections of surreal stories often […]
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21 May 2012
Portuguese Prime-Minister Passos Coelho is in the United States to participate in the NATO Summit underway (May 20-21) in Chicago Illinois. At the summit, the Portuguese leader held his first meeting with new French President François Hollande. After the meeting he commenting to journalists that the two had found “a good working basis” and a […]
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21 May 2012
The Oeiras Santo Amaro Childrens’ Choir [Coro Infantil de Santo Amaro de Oeiras] was the winner of the Global Rockstar Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest, sponsored by the United Nations, in the Young Category (age below 14). The choir won the contest with the performance of “Meu Planeta Azul” [My Blue Planet] with lyrics by […]
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21 May 2012
The University Tuna of Instituto Superior Técnico (TUIST), based in Lisbon Portugal, is participating in the celebrations of Day of Portugal, taking place in New York (June 9) and New Jersey (June 17). TUIST is one of the oldest students’ associations of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), formed by more than 200 students and alumni. IST is […]
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20 May 2012
The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), in partnership with the Government the Azores, through the Office for the Azorean Communities (DRC), the Camões Institute and the North American Portuguese Teachers Association, has announced the second edition of the Summer School in the Azores for Teachers of Portuguese in the United States to take place in Ponta […]
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20 May 2012
The Arte Institute, based in New York City, is organizing the 2nd Edition of the New York Portuguese Short Film Festival scheduled for June 1 and 2. The two-day film screenings take place at the Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street, NYC. The festival will run concurrently in Portugal at the Hard Club (June 1), in Porto (June […]
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