19 January 2012
The Portuguese town of Lourinhã, known for its dinosaur fossils dating back 150 million years, is opening the world’s biggest Jurassic park in the spring of 2013, town councilor Vital do Rosário revealed to the press Wednesday. According to the announcement, the town council of Lourinhã has signed an agreement last week with private partners […]
17 January 2012
A promotional campaign of the Azores as a tourism destination will run for one month, between March 14 and April 11, at the Legal Sea Foods restaurant chain in the Boston area. According to Luisa Schanderl, president of the Azores Tourism Association (ATA), responsible for the initiative, Legal Sea Foods will offer menus featuring products […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage
16 January 2012
Portuguese American researcher Craig Mello, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine, will be awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa honorary degree, in Biochemistry and Biology, by the University of the Azores in a ceremony to be held January 26. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Craig Mello, is a biologist and a professor of Molecular […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Education, Heritage, People
13 January 2012
The Regional Government of the Azores and environmental organizations condemned what they termed U.S. “interference” lobbying against plans to ban the use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) on the archipelago. A government official in Ponta Delgada, the capital, told LUSA on Thursday, that a recent letter from U.S. Ambassador Allan Katz, pressing Azores’ officials, was […]
12 January 2012
Portuguese American entertainer Katy Perry was honored as favorite female artist, at Wednesday’s 38th annual People’s Choice Awards, in five categories for tour headliner and for song of the year for “ET” with Kanye West, music video for “Last Friday Night” and TV guest star for “How I Met Your Mother.” Perry, whose 14-month marriage […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Community, Faial, Heritage, Music, People
10 January 2012
The Toronto Film Critics Association, Canada’s largest association of film critics, awarded director Raul Ruiz’s masterpiece “Mysteries of Lisbon,” as Best Foreign Film for 2011 alongside Terrence Malik’s “Tree of Life” awarded for Best Director and Best Film. Currently chaired by film critic Brian Johnson of the prestigious magazine “Maclean,” the Toronto Film Critics Association […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Entertainment, Featured, Film, People, World
