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Sports | Cristiano Ronaldo retiring from Portuguese national team Diplomacy 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
 

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. […]

Diplomacy – Portugal and the United States reaffirm cooperation with the Azores – Washington, DC

Portugal and the United States have reaffirmed this week their strategic partnership, emphasizing continued American military cooperation at Lajes Air Base, on Terceira Island in the Azores, at the 53rd meeting of the Portugal–United States Standing Bilateral Commission, held in Washington on November 3. Under the framework of the 1995 bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement, commonly […]

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 […]

FADO: Boston Portuguese Festival presents exhibit and film – Emerson College, MA

14 May 2012

The Boston Portuguese Festival (BPF), in partnership with the Consulate General of Portugal in Boston and the School of the Arts at Emerson College, is hosting, May 16, two cultural events which include “Fado Vadio”, a photograph exhibit by Luís Pavão, followed by the exhibit of the film feature “Fados” (2007) by Carlos Saura. The events, […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Education, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal

Pop Music: Nelly Furtado launching new single – Hoops!

13 May 2012

Portuguese Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, 33,  is launching her new video and  single “The Spirit Indestructible”  featuring the hit song “Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)” considered to be different from everything else she has produced in the last 12 years. The album is being released six years since the singer launched her multi-platinium Loose. The video […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, São Miguel, World

BNP: Research Fellowship Program for American scholars – Portugal

12 May 2012

The National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca National de Portugal – BNP), based in Lisbon, in partnership with the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), also based in Lisbon, is sponsoring the 2012 short term Research Fellowship Program aimed at American scholars interested in conducting research at the National Library archives. The National Library Research Fellowships, for at […]

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Posted in Education, Featured, Organizations, Portugal, Scholarships

Music: Composer Bernardo Sassetti dead at age 41 – Portugal

11 May 2012

Portuguese jazz pianist and composer Bernardo Sassetti, 41, died Thursday in an apparent accident while hiking in Guincho, near Lisbon. He was allegedly shooting pictures when he took the fatal fall. Sassetti, considered to be one of the most talented jazz musicians of his generation, was born in Lisbon where he learned to play the […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal

Memoir: Phil Jourdan’s “Praise of Motherhood” and the Challenge of Grieving – Interview

11 May 2012

By Kathi Stafford ♦ Phil Jourdan is a musician, translator, and fiction writer originally from Portugal.  He now lives in the UK, where he is completing work on a doctorate at Warwick University.  His new book, Praise of Motherhood, is a heartbreaking look at the loss of his mother Sophia to an unexpected brain aneurysm.  The […]

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

Fashion: Portuguese designers do Barbie’s new wardrobe – Portugal

10 May 2012

Portuguese fashion designers for ready-to-were Lanidor Group have created new outfits for the Barbie doll. They joined the list of 70 fashion designers worldwide who have in the past created outfits for the fashionista Barbie. Three Lanidor’s designers were invited to create three new trendy outfits for the fashion sensation doll: one “casual,” one party-going style […]

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Posted in Fashion, Featured, Life Style, Portugal