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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 […]

American Consulate in the Azores to close

23 September 2011

News that the Department of State is considering closing the American Consulate in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, in the Azores, was met with apprehension by the Portuguese American community of Azorean descent. On a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Congressional Portuguese American Caucus Members, Rep. Dennis Cardoza (Co-Chair), Rep. David Cicilline, Rep. Jim […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, São Miguel

António Damásio Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Coimbra – Portugal

21 September 2011

Portuguese neuroscientist, António Damásio, 66, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Coimbra (UC), Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education, for his lifelong scientific research on behalf of the understanding of the biological origin of consciousness and the role emotions play in social cognition and decision-making. Born in Portugal […]

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Posted in Awards, Community, Featured, People

Prime Minister Passos Coelho to address UN General Assembly– NYC

19 September 2011

Portuguese Prime Minister, Passos Coelho, will visit the United States to address the United Nations General Assembly on September 23. The event will be attended by 121 heads of state of which 12 are women. Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, will be the first woman in 66 years to open the United Nations General Assembly scheduled […]

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Posted in Angola, Brazil, Featured, Mozambique, People, Politics, World

MBAs at two Portuguese universities among the best in the world

19 September 2011

Business graduate degrees at two Portuguese universities — Universidade Nova and Catholic University of Lisbon — are among the best in the World, according to the ranking made public by the well-respected London newspaper Financial Times. The “CEMS–Master in International Management”, an international effort of top business schools in 26 different countries, including the School […]

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Posted in Education, Featured

2nd International Sephardic Heritage Festival – Guarda, Portugal

18 September 2011

The 2nd International Sephardic Heritage Festival (II Festival Internacional da Memória Sefardita) is taking place in Guarda, Portugal, September 18-21, to celebrate the Portuguese-Jewish heritage. As part of the celebrations, the documentary “The Consul of Bordeaux” (O Cônsul de Bordéus) will be premiered September 19, at Teatro Municipal da Guarda (TMG). The film was directed […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Film, Genealogy, Heritage

500 Years of Azorean Presence in North America Celebration

18 September 2011

The Portuguese American community of Azorean descent will celebrate the 500 hundred years of Azorean presence in North America, on September 24, with an event at the Dighton Rock State Park in Massachusetts. The event is an initiative of the government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, through the Office for the Azorean Communities, […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, People

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