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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 […]

Walkout: TAP pilots will stage holiday strike – Portugal

07 December 2011

The Portuguese Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC), representing TAP Air Portugal pilots, said Wednesday recent negotiations with the company made no progress and that pilots will go ahead with an eight-day strike over the holiday period. SPAC has called a strike for December 9-12 and January 3-6. It represents 718 of the airline’s about 800 […]

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Posted in Politics, Travel

EdTech Digest: OutSystems wins “Cool Tool Award” – Portugal

07 December 2011

The Portuguese multinational OutSystems picked up a “Cool Tool Award” from the American publication EdTech Digest, in the Green Solution category, the company announced Tuesday. Provider of the industry leading Agile Platform application development environment, OutSystems received the award for an energy management application delivered at the University of Aveiro in concert with their implementation […]

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Posted in Awards, World

Poet Millicent Borges Accardi Reconnects with her Roots – Interview

07 December 2011

By Kathi Stafford — Millicent Borges Accardi, a Portuguese-American poet, is the author of three books: Injuring Eternity (World Nouveau), Woman on a Shaky Bridge (Finishing Line Press chapbook), and Only More So (forthcoming from Salmon Press, Ireland). The painting on the cover of Injuring Eternity was painted by her husband, Charles, a talented artist […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Terceira

IPA: Mysteries of Lisbon nominated for three Satellite Awards – Film

06 December 2011

The film Mysteries of Lisbon, by Portuguese producer Paulo Branco and Chile-born director Raul Ruiz, was nominated for three Satellite Awards, including Best Foreign Film, by the International Press Academy (IPA). Based on a novel by Portuguese 19th century writer Camilo Castelo Branco, Mysteries of Lisbon has won several international awards, namely the San Sebastián […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Film, People, World

Portugal: The most unequal among the European economies – OECD

05 December 2011

The study “Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising,” released Monday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), revealed Portugal remains one of the most unequal countries in the developed world, and the most unequal among the European economies. With a sharp gap in income distribution, the richest 20% earn over 6.1 times more than […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, World

Helder Tsinini wins 6th Peacedriven Songwriting Award – New York, NY

05 December 2011

Mozambique native songwriter Herder Tsinini is the winner of the 6th Peacedriven Songwriting Award sponsored by the Peacedriven Campain in partnership with Sonicbids.com. Helder Tsinini won the award with his song “Va Gumulelana” topping more than 300 entries to claim the annual music prize. selected by a panel of judges comprised of social activists and […]

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Posted in Awards, Mozambique, Music, People