09 April 2012
The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), in partnership with the Fulbright Commission in Portugal, the Camões Institute and the North American Portuguese Teachers Association, have announced the launching of the Summer School in Portugal for Teachers of Portuguese in the United States project, created to promote the teaching and learning of the Portuguese language and culture. […]
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05 April 2012
Portuguese avant-garde architect, Tiago Barros, is proposing to install a multi-layered “Sky Network” of walkways to connect buildings high up in New York City. According to the plan, the multi-layered bridge system would be attached to surrounding buildings, allowing the city to grow vertically with time. While improving pedestrian flow, the lightweight structure would have […]
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03 April 2012
A team of students from the University of Coimbra and the Coimbra Polytechnic Institute won the Gold Medal at the 19th Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest, an international robotics competition held last week at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, USA. The Portuguese BeFree NewTech team was formed by Ana Figueiredo, Catarina Mendes, Paulo França, Rita […]
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02 April 2012
Helder Guimarães, 23, one of the best card magicians in the world, was named “Parlour Magician of the Year” at 44th Academy of Magical Arts Awards show taking place Sunday at the Saban Theatre in Hollywood. Born in Porto, Portugal, and now based in the United States, Guimarães has won numerous international awards including the […]
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31 March 2012
Maria João Ávila, one of the two elected Representative in the Portuguese parliament for the Portuguese citizens residing abroad, accused SATA Air Azores of refusing to address the issue of “abusive airfare costs” charged by the airline to the Azorean resident communities in the United States and Canada. Ávila made the remarks to Portuguese reporters […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Travel
30 March 2012
Lisbon-based Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown was ranked the best international research institution to work, according the results of the “Scientist’s Best Places to Work” survey released Thursday by the The Scientist Magazine online. Outside the United States, the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown ranked ahead of the prestigious Vienna’s Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (Austria) […]
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