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Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist Update | Airlines begin cancellations ahead of December 11 general strike – Portugal Project Homecoming | Incentives offered for voluntary self-deportation
 

Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA

In a major development, law-enforcement officials have publicly identified the suspect in the killings at Brown University and MIT as Cláudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Torres Novas, Portugal. Authorities said Valente was later found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, […]

Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline – Massachusetts

Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, late on the evening of Monday, December 15. Authorities confirmed that Loureiro, originally from Viseu, Portugal, was found with multiple […]

Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist – London, UK

Portugal has been selected by the British magazine The Economist as the “Economy of the Year” for 2025, placing the country at the top of a ranking of the world’s 36 richest economies   Titled “Which economy did best in 2025?”,  the magazine highlighted Portugal’s strong blend of macroeconomic indicators, including solid GDP growth, low inflation, […]

Update | Airlines begin cancellations ahead of December 11 general strike – Portugal

Travelers heading to or from Portugal on December 11, 2025, should brace for widespread flight cancellations and major delays, as a nationwide general strike is set to disrupt operations at all major airports and across public services. The stoppage, called by Portugal’s main trade-union confederations in protest over proposed labor-law reforms, is expected to affect […]

Project Homecoming | Incentives offered for voluntary self-deportation – DHS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today, December 5, reaffirmed its commitment to reducing undocumented immigration through voluntary departure mechanisms, unveiling the full scope of its “self-deportation” program under Project Homecoming. Under this initiative, undocumented immigrants who choose to depart the United States voluntarily using the CBP Home mobile app will receive a USD$1,000 exit […]

Banco Espírito Santo compensates customers in the USA

26 October 2011

Lisbon-based Banco Espírito Santo (BES) has agreed to pay $6.9 million to settle U.S. civil charges that it sold thousands of investments that weren’t registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Associated Press reported Monday. According to the source, most of the customers who bought mutual funds and other investments from BES were […]

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As you make your bed, so shall you lie in it

25 October 2011

By John Howard Wolf — Not a hard-and-fast rule, but worth repeating in this particular case study of Portugal. There is another proverb that reads thus: those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. As I said in Part I of this study, it is absolutely necessary to become familiar with the past in […]

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Posted in Heritage

Britney Spears to perform in Lisbon – Portugal

24 October 2011

American entertainer Britney Spears will perform in Lisbon, Portugal, November 9, at the Atlantic Pavilion on her last performance of her world tour. She performed in Portugal in 2004, at the Rock in Rio Lisbon festival, to a full house of disappointed fans for her alleged “playback” performance. She is now retuning to launch her […]

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Posted in Entertainment, Music, People

Faial Film Fest 2011 to honor António Macedo – Azores

23 October 2011

Faial Island is hosting its 7th Azores Cinema Festival, the “Faial Film Fest 2011” to be held in Horta, from October 30 to November 5. The festival will feature 33 short-films and 9 feature-films in the categories of fiction, documentary, animation and experimental. More than 200 short-films and over 30 feature-film productions were submitted. Film […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Faial, Film, People

Ambassador Nuno Brito visiting East Coast – Boston, MA

22 October 2011

The Ambassador of Portugal in Washington DC, Nuno Brito, is scheduled to visit the East Coast October 24. According to the program for the visit, Ambassador Brito will meet with Massachusetts state dignitaries, including the Office of Governor Deval Patrick, Portuguese American legislators at the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Honorable Phillip Rapoza Chief […]

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Posted in Community, People

Rio Tinto to invest 3.5 billion-euro in Trás-os-Montes – Portugal

21 October 2011

Global mining giant Rio Tinto is said to be investing about 3.5 billion-euro in Torre de Moncorvo, in the Trás-os-Montes of northern Portugal, reported LUSA news Thursday, citing an unnamed source close to the negotiations. Torre de Moncorvo mines are considered to be among Europe’s largest iron and ore deposits. At least 500 jobs will […]

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