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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 […]

Ricardo Oliveira winner PAPS Leadership Award

21 April 2011

Ricardo Oliveira is the winner of 2011 Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Leadership Award for his accomplishments as an entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley industry.  The announcement was made during the 10th PAPS Forum, which took place in New York, April 16th. He is the founder of “ThousandEyes,” a company which provides solutions to optimize the […]

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Posted in Awards, Community, Organizations, People

A bargain for the frugal tourist – Portugal

20 April 2011

The cost of living in Portugal depends on the location, as well as the lifestyle of the visitor, but compared to other European Union countries, the cost of accommodation, food, transportation and basic necessities is still much lower in Portugal. Currently much of the purchasing power of the Portuguese population has been weakened by unemployment […]

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Posted in Featured, Life Style, Travel

Lecturer at Department of Spanish and Portuguese takes own life – Princeton

20 April 2011

Antonio Calvo, senior lecturer at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures at Princeton University, took his own life on Tuesday, April 12, in New York City. According to The Daily Princetonian, the campus newspaper, the University has not released further details regarding his death alleging that as a policy, the institution “does […]

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Posted in Education, People

Azores School of Observational Cosmology – Seminar

20 April 2011

The University of the Azores, in partnership with the Astrophysical Center at the University of Porto, is organizing the international seminar  “Azores School of Observational Cosmology” to be held from August 31 to September 6, 2011, at the auditorium of the University of Azores in the Angra do Heroísmo. Observational cosmology is the study of the […]

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Posted in Azores, Conferences, Education, Featured, Terceira

42 Colombian doctors recruited – Portugal

20 April 2011

Portugal contracted 42 additional Colombian medical doctors due to a shortage of general and family practitioners in the country. Portugal has also a deficit in specialists, namely anesthetists, obstetricians and pediatricians. The candidates were selected from a group of more than 300 applicants in Bogota, and were required to learn Portuguese. According to official figures, […]

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Graciosa home to German green energy experiment – Azores

19 April 2011

The German Berlin-based company  — Younicos  — plans to launch a test project on the Graciosa island aimed to supply its entire population with renewable resources. The objective is to replace the five diesel generators currently responsible for power supply on Graciosa. The operation will develop a complex supply network consisting of renewable energy sources and a […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Graciosa