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Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada Arts
 

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 […]

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging, and place and connections across borders. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

Portuguese banks passed EBA stress test – Portugal

15 July 2011

According to the Bank of Portugal, the four Portuguese banks subjected to the European Banking Authority (EBA) financial stress test this week, passed the test, showing they have all the capital ratios required by the international banking authority.

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The Portuguese language has a bright future – Portugal

15 July 2011

After a significant decrease in enrollment in recent years, the Portuguese language “is exploding in many regions of the world, offering employment opportunities, if not in Portugal, elsewhere in the world,” said Ana Paula Laborinho the president of Lisbon-based Instituto Camões (IC). Ana Paula Laborinho made the statement in Lisbon, Thursday, at the international conference […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Education, Heritage, Organizations

Junk Bond: From Portugal with Love – YouTube

15 July 2011

A YouTube video titled “What Moddy’s trashes, we treasure”  was created by two Lisbon-based young publicists, Patricia Soares da Costa and David Siqueira Magboulé, with the goal of seizing the moment to promote Portugal as an ideal destination at a time when the country has been rebranded with negative publicity brought by Moody’s decision to […]

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Vanessa Oliveira winner of the Bayer Hemophilia Award – Portugal

14 July 2011

Portuguese researcher, Vanessa Oliveira, of the Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM), based in Lisbon, Portugal, won the prestigious and competitive Early Career Bayer Hemophilia Award. Oliveira is working at developing a strategy to reprogram the immune system of hemophilia patients to avoid immune targeting of the most used clotting therapeutics. She was the only European […]

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Posted in Awards, People, World

Barry Hatton: The Portuguese – A Modern History – Book

14 July 2011

Barry Hatton, a Lisbon-based foreign correspondent, has lived in Portugal for over two decades. His book “The Portuguese: A Modern History,” published May, 2011, is a blend of historical analysis with personal anecdotes. The author describes Portugal, a country with a long history, from being the oldest country in Europe with fixed borders and once becoming one […]

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Posted in Books, Featured, Heritage, People

45th SATA Rallye takes place July 14-16 – Azores

13 July 2011

More than 40 crews will contest the 2011 SATA Rallye Azores scheduled for July 14-16, in São Miguel, Azores. The 45 year old international Azorean car driving competition is one of the most important legs in the ground stage at the national rally championship. SATA Rallye Azores rankings count for the European Rally Cup, organized […]

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Posted in Azores, São Miguel, Sports, World