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Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada Arts Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV
 

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging, and place and connections across borders. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

Gold: Mining project to pay millions over the next ten years – Portugal

02 May 2012

In the near future, Portugal may become a major producer of gold, Forbes online reported Tuesday. Quoted by Forbes, Nikolas Perrault, president and chief executive officer of Cold Resources Inc. (TSX-V:GTP), said that, although Portugal has been overlooked as a gold-producing country, it has got the potential in terms of a major discovery. Colt Resources […]

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Posted in Featured, Portugal, World

SATA: Pilot’s standoff upsets Santo Cristo Religious Festivities – Azores

01 May 2012

Thousands of Azoreans living abroad face ruined plans for the 2012 Santo Cristo Religious Festivities due to a labor dispute standoff with pilots flying SATA International and the SATA Group. On April 12,  SATA International pilots announced a three-phased nine-day strike planned for April and May. On April 25, the first stage of teh strike […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Travel

Algarve: Vila Joya Restaurant voted among the world’s best – Portugal

01 May 2012

Stylish Vila Joya Restaurant, located in Praia da Galé, Albufeira, Algarve, was voted into the 2012 list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Placed 46th on the 2012 list, it climbed 35 places on the 2011 list , becoming the first Portuguese restaurant to join the list. The first place  went to “Noma” of Denmark, […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Food & Wine, Life Style, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Gartner: ISA nominated “Cool Vendor 2012” – Stamford, CT

30 April 2012

Portuguese company, Intelligent Sensing Anywhere (ISA), based in Coimbra, Portugal, specializing in Telemetry and Remote Assets Management, was nominated “Cool Vendor for Smart City Applications”   by Gartner Inc.. The nomination lists ISA in the Gartner’s annual  “Cool Vendors 2012” report which ranks the most innovative IT solutions companies in the world. Launched in 2004, the […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Portugal

Camarate: New inquiry after allegations CIA ordered killing of Sá Carneiro – Portugal

27 April 2012

Member of Parliament José Ribeiro e Castro called Thursday for a new parliamentary inquiry into the 1981 airplane crash, known as the “Camarate Affair,”  that killed late Portuguese Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro, Lusa news agency reported. The move follows the purported “confession” of Francisco Farinha Simões, a man jailed for kidnapping, who claims he organized […]

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Posted in Featured, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Tennis: Francisco Dias named Most Outstanding Performer – GWU

27 April 2012

Tennis player Francisco Dias, freshman at George Washington University (GWU), was named both the league’s Most Outstanding Performer and Most Outstanding Rookie Performer, according to a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches. Dias is the fifth Colonial to be named Most Outstanding Rookie Performer as he heads to his first-ever NCAA Tournament having won […]

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