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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 […]

Two aircraft struck by birds forced to land – Lajes, Azores

06 September 2011

A SATA-International aircraft on flight to Boston was forced to land Tuesday on Lajes International Airport, on Terceira Island, after being struck by a flock of birds shortly after take-off. Also on Tuesday, a similar incident involving a TAP Air Portugal aircraft and a flock of birds caused a forced landing on Lajes International Airport. The […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Terceira, Travel

Paredes Smart City project wins World’s Economic Forum Award – Portugal

06 September 2011

Living PlanIT, the Portuguese smart city initiative underway, was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers of 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported. Steve Lewis, a former Microsoft executive, is behind the Living PlanIT project to build a brand new smart-city in Paredes, Portugal. Smart cities have intelligence and remote sensors built […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, People, World

Portuguese researchers developed mosquito repellant clothing

06 September 2011

A team of Portuguese researchers have developed clothing that repel mosquitoes. The product was created by NG Wear, along with Citeve in partnership with the Portuguese Textile and Clothing Industries Technology Center and the Portuguese Institute for Tropical Medicine. A collection of mosquito repellant T-shits, named “No Mosquito,” is now available to provide protection over […]

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Portuguese the 6th most useful language for business – Bloomberg

05 September 2011

The Portuguese language is the 6th language most useful for business, according to the last Bloomberg Rankings. Portuguese, the official language of 8 countries, is the 6th most spoken language in the world by 176 million in 33 countries. Mandarin Chinese is the top language for business worldwide after English the primary language for business, spoken by 845 […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, World

1st International Symposium on Human Rights and Quality of Life – Cambridge, MA

04 September 2011

The Regional Government of the Azores, through the Department for the Azorean Communities (DRC), is sponsoring the 1st International Symposium on Human Rights and Quality of Life in the Portuguese-speaking Communities in the United States and Canada to be held November 9-10, in Cambridge (MA). Craig Mello, 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Professor of […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Heritage, Organizations

Democracy protesters arrested -– Angola

03 September 2011

At least 24 people were arrested over the weekend for trying to stage a rally calling for more democracy and the resignation of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos. The rally, organized on Saturday in Luanda by a youth movement, gathered about 200 at Independence Square, in Luanda when the police stepped in and made […]

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Posted in Angola, Politics, World

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