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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 […]

Nelly Furtado coming out with new album in the summer – People

22 January 2012

Portuguese Canadian singer Nelly Furtado is coming out with her new yet-to-be-titled LP in the summer and also touring to promote this follow-up to her multi-platinum selling album, Loose. Nelly tweeted recently saying, “It’s official: Album out for summer 🙂 and I’ll be out on the road promoting it for at least 2 years cuz […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Music, People, São Miguel

CantoMundo: Two poets meet in conversation about grief – Austin, TX

22 January 2012

The poets Ire’ne Lara Silva and Millicent Borges Accardi met last summer at CantoMundo in Austin, Texas, at a wonderful gathering of Latino(a) poets where writers are nurtured. In their conversation, they spoke about grief, poetry completion scams, the notion of “community,” documenting “moments” and Fernando Pessoa as they trade off questions and answers in […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, Social networks

Braga: European Youth Capital 2012 – Portugal

21 January 2012

The city of Braga, the third largest Portuguese city, is the 2012 European Youth Capital, a title awarded to a European city for the period of one year to showcase its youth-related cultural, social, political and economic life and development. Braga (population of 826,833) provides unique youth field services and facilities for the youth, such […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Organizations, World

Guinness: Portugal the world’s largest clothes donor

20 January 2012

Portugal has entered the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest clothes line, an initiative that enabled more than 100,000 pieces of clothing to be collected through donations in six weeks, which will be given to more than 20,000 needy people, The Portugal News reported. A representative from the Guinness Book of World Records […]

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Posted in Organizations, World

Lourinhã: World’s largest Jurassic Park to open in 2013 – Portugal

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 […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage

Menu Azores: Azorean food to début at Boston area restaurants

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 […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage