22 May 2011
The Intangible Sharing Cultures (ICH) organizers, the Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development and the Instituto dos Museus e da Conservção (IMC) are co-sponsoring the 2nd International Conference on Intangible Heritage (ICIH) to be held on July 4-6, 2011, at Hotel dos Templários and the Convent of Christ in Tomar, Portugal. The aim of the […]
Posted in Conferences, Featured, Heritage
22 May 2011
Starting Jun 8, 2011, SATA Air Azores/Express is offering direct daily flights from Boston Logan Airport to Lisbon International Airport, in mainland Portugal. According to the new program, the Azores based airline will offer two direct daily flights from Boston to Lisbon each week — on Wednesday and Sunday — plus five additional flights from […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel
21 May 2011
Ponta Delgada, the capital city of the Azores, has become a port of destination for the many cruise ships crossing the Atlantic between Europe and the Americas. In May alone, 14 cruise ships were scheduled to stop at Portas do Mar, the new 250 meters long marina, inaugurated in 2008, with a docking capacity of […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, São Miguel, Travel
20 May 2011
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) João Carlos is an award-winning master photographer. In 2009, he was the winner of the Hasselblad Masters Award, one of the world’s most prestigious awards in the industry. Most remarkably he was the youngest ever to receive this prize. He was born in New York, in 1977, to Portuguese immigrant […]
Posted in Awards, Community, Fashion, Featured, Interviews, People, Photography
20 May 2011
The University of Évora, mainland Portugal, is organizing the International Conference on Language and Linguistics to be held on October 10-12, 2011. The conference is dedicated to promoting the sharing of research and experiences in the field of linguistics and education. Call for papers include topics such as Portuguese as a Foreign Language; Portuguese Linguistics; […]
Posted in Conferences, Education, Featured
20 May 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told supporters at a political rally in Germany Tuesday that “It’s not just about getting any further into debt in countries such as Greece, Spain and Portugal, people should not be allowed to receive pensions before their German counterparts.” She also said, “We all have to put in some effort. This […]
