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
10 January 2012
Portugal’s southernmost region of Algarve, a popular destination for tourism, was named one of the top preferred travel destinations for 2012 by the New York Times. With a mild climate year-round — its temperatures fluctuate between 25 °C in winter and 48 °C in summer — Algarve comes in 29th place in a list of 45 ideal destinations […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, Life Style, Travel
09 January 2012
Portuguese port workers are staging a week-long strike to end next Saturday. The strike has hit the largest country’s ports, including the port of Lisbon, the second largest container port in Europe’s Atlantic coast. According to Belmar da Costa, head of the Naval Shipping Agents’ Association, the walkouts will prevent 80 to 100 ships from […]
