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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 […]

Thousands celebrate Yoga’s World Day – Lisbon, Portugal

26 June 2011

Thousands are expected to participate in a Mega Yoga Class to be held Sunday, June 26, at Estádio 1º de Maio, in Lisbon, to celebrate Yoga’s World Day. The event  will gather Yoga practitioners, sympathizers and curious  and representatives from the most renowned Yoga schools in Portugal and the world.  Celebrated on the first Sunday after […]

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Posted in Featured, Sports, World

Renault appoints Carlos Tavares chief operating officer – Tennessee, USA

25 June 2011

Carlos Tavares, former head of Nissan Motor for the Americas, based in Tennessee, USA, was appointed chief operating officer (COO) for French car maker Renault, the number two post after the company’s CEO. Tavares, who will assume the new post on July 1, will oversee Renault’s growth strategy focused on developing electric vehicles and new […]

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Posted in Featured, People, World

Lisbon hosting the World Naked Bike Ride – Portugal

25 June 2011

Bikers from all over the world are expected to join the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) event scheduled for Sunday, June 26, in Lisbon, Portugal. Since 2004, the ride’s organizers have been encouraging people to get naked as a way to draw attention to the need to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. Similar events have […]

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Posted in Featured, Life Style, Sports, World

Portuguese earn 20% less than European average – Portugal

24 June 2011

A survey by the European statistical agency Eurostat revealed that when compared to the European Union average, the buying power in Portugal was 81% or 20% less than the member states. The survey also revealed that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS), varied from 43% to 283% among […]

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Posted in Politics, Portugal

Moody’s downgraded BANIF Bank to junk rating – Portugal

24 June 2011

Rating agency Moody’s downgraded Portuguese bank BANIF two notches Wednesday, from Baa3 to Ba2 junk rating. Moody’s explained that the downgrade was due to the reduction in Portugal’s sovereign rating and was in line with other Portuguese banks that had been downgraded in early April. More rating cuts may still come as outlook remains negative. […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Madeira

New archeological findings under investigation – Azores

23 June 2011

According to Nuno Ribeiro, president of the Portuguese Association of Archeological Research (APIA), additional archeological findings currently under investigation may help to prove human presence in the Azores preceded the Portuguese occupation of the islands in the fifteenth century. In a statement to the press Monday, Ribeiro said that traces of Sunni inscriptions were discovered […]

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Posted in Azores, Conferences, Corvo, Featured, Flores, Heritage, Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira

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