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 […]
20 May 2011
A team of Portuguese researchers lead by Miguel Soares from the Gulbenkian Institute, Portugal, discovered a molecular mechanism that explains how the “sickle cell hemoglobin” reduces the number of malaria parasites in the blood, protecting people from the disease. Their research shows that people who carry one copy of a mutation that leads to sickle-cell disease […]
19 May 2011
Mayor Will Flanagan announced Wednesday that he plans to cut $3.3 million from the Fall River, MA, education budget. Flanagan also said the city is facing a $1.5 million cut in local aid. The Herald News reported Wednesday that the School Department had proposed a level-services budget for fiscal 2012, which would require an additional […]
