30 September 2011
SATA International announced changes in its Fall and Winter schedule for the 2010-2012 season, effective immediately. According to the new schedule, flight S4221 to the United States (Lisbon/Ponta Delgada/Boston) will depart from Lisbon two hours and forty-five minutes earlier. Accordingly, this flight will depart from Lisbon at 12:30pm (local time) and from Ponta Delgada/Boston at […]
Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Pico, Santa Maria, Terceira, Travel
29 September 2011
The University of the Azores, Educational Sciences Department, is hosting the 1st International Conference on Education, Curriculum and Pedagogy to be held in Ponta Delgada, October 27-29, in partnership with the Regional Government of the Azores, Office of Science and Technology (DRDT). Educators from Europe, United States and South America, will debate current issues in […]
Posted in Azores, Conferences, Education, Featured, São Miguel
28 September 2011
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime-Minister of the Democratic Republic of East Timor (Timor-Leste) and its former President, was awarded an honorary Doutor Honoris Causa degree from the University of Coimbra on Wednesday. Coimbra University Professor, José Augusto Cardoso Bernardes, highlighted the reasons for the honor, which include Gusmão’s role in ensuring that Portuguese became an […]
Posted in Awards, East Timor, Featured, People
28 September 2011
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, met with Portugal’s Foreign Minister Paulo Portas at the State Department, Tuesday, followed by a joint press conference. In her opening statement, Secretary Clinton remarked that the economic challenges now facing Portugal and Europe were the main topic of their conversation. She said, “I want to say very clearly […]
28 September 2011
Portuguese-Canadian pop singer, Nelly Furtado, said Tuesday she is donating $1 million to Free the Children, a global charity organization. She said the money will help build an all-girls secondary school in Kenya. Reportedly, the donation amounts to the sum Furtado earned performing a 45-minute private concert for family members of ousted Libyan leader Moammar […]
Posted in Azores, Canada, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Music, People, São Miguel
27 September 2011
The body of Aristides Pereira, Cape Verde’s first-ever president, has now arrived in the West African country following his death at age 87 in Portugal last week. There was a large crowd in attendance at the airport, including former president Pedro Pires, members of the government, the military, family and friends. The state funeral of […]
Posted in Cape Verde, Community, People, Politics
