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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 […]

Sexiest – Portuguese men are worldly, well-educated and proud – Best looking

07 March 2012

According to a Traveler’s Digest  published list, Portuguese men rank 4th among the top 10 world’s sexiest and best looking after Stockholm (Sweden), New York City ( United States), and Amsterdam (Netherlands). The selection by country’s capital was presented “entirely by a woman’s perspective” and offers the following : “Portuguese men tend to be worldly, well-educated and brimming […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Photography: João Carlos wins Digital Photographer Award – London, UK

06 March 2012

Portuguese American award-winning photographer João Carlos was awarded third place, in the “Action Category,” at the Digital Photographer of the Year Awards 2011 (DPOTY) held by London based Imagine Publishing company. “Anything is Possible” is the tittle of the winning series which objective, according to João Carlos was “To capture the power, weightlessness and dynamism of […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Featured, Interviews, People, Photography, Portugal, Spotlight, World

Rui Costa: Portuguese scientist advances neuroscience research – Portugal

05 March 2012

Portuguese neuroscientist Rui Costa from the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown and principal investigator of the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC), in Portugal, and a team of neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that the brain is more flexible and trainable than previously thought. Their research, published […]

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Posted in Education, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Coimbra: Portuguese researchers awarded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation – Portugal

04 March 2012

The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease, has granted Portuguese researchers, Carlos Palmeira and Rodrigo Cunha, the “Rapid Response Innovation Award.” Both researchers are affiliated with the Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Carlos Palmeira is an Associate Professor in the Department […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

UMD: 19th Annual Summer Program in Portuguese – Dartmouth, MA

03 March 2012

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD) has announced the 2012 UMass Dartmouth Summer Program in Portuguese scheduled to June 25 through July 27. The program offers four for credit courses to undergraduate and high school students at all levels of linguistic and academic proficiency. A limited number […]

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

Book: Alda Petitti’s journey in quest for the meaning of life – Review

01 March 2012

By Carolina Matos, Editor ♦ Born on Faial island, in the Azores, Alda Petitti moved to the United States at the age of eight with her parents and sister. At age 57, her book Camino Português: A Pilgrims’s Journey tells of her 10-day-150-mile-pilgrimage from Porto (Portugal) to Santiago de Compostela (Spain). The call came about […]

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Posted in Azores, Books, Community, Featured, People, Portugal, Spotlight