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Community | Atlantic Celebration Day  celebrates America and Portuguese  pride MiratecArts | II Curta Pico Prize draws international filmmakers FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University
 

Community | Atlantic Celebration Day celebrates America and Portuguese  pride – New Bedford, MA

The Portuguese-American community gathered in New Bedford (MA) on Sunday, July 19, to participate in the Atlantic Celebration Day, marking America’s 250th anniversary of its independence and the longstanding friendship between Portugal and the United States.  The initiative was sponsored by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), whose president, José Manuel Durão Barroso, addressed participants, emphasizing […]

MiratecArts | II Curta Pico Prize draws international filmmakers – Azores

The II Curta Pico Prize has attracted notable international interest, receiving 27 original film proposals from creators in the Azores, mainland Portugal, Argentina, Canada, the United States, and Spain.  Organized by MiratecArts, the competition is a way to strengthen the Azorean audiovisual industry while promoting Pico internationally. The winning project, to be announced during the […]

FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans – Portugal

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) has launched a new essay competition inviting young Americans of Portuguese descent to reflect on the enduring relationship between Portugal and the United States.  Announced to coincide with the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the initiative encourages a new generation of Portuguese-Americans to explore the historical, cultural, political, and human […]

July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties – Azores

As the United States commemorates its 250th Independence Day on July 4, the longstanding relationship between Portugal and the United States offers a remarkable chapter in the history of the Atlantic world.  Although Portugal remained officially neutral during the American Revolutionary War, due to its centuries-old alliance with Great Britain under the Treaty of Windsor […]

Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University – Cambridge, MA

This spring, Nicholas Ferraz graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master of Education in Teaching and Teacher Leadership, earning a 4.0 GPA. Already a certified mathematics teacher in Massachusetts, Ferraz represents a generation of Portuguese American educators whose professional journeys reflect both academic excellence and a deep commitment to multilingual and […]

English and American Studies Conference – Coimbra, Portugal

05 April 2011

The Associação Portuguesa de Estudos-Anglo-Americanos (APEAA)  —  Portuguese Association of Anglo-American Studies — is organizing its international Annual APEAA Conference 2011 dedicated to the theme “Current Debates in English and American Studies.” The conference will be held on May 12-14 at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, at the University of Coimbra. The general aim […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Conferences, Education, Featured

Job fair for Portuguese speakers – New York, NY

05 April 2011

A job fair for Portuguese and Spanish speakers in the United States, organized by LatPro and The National Society for Hispanic Professionals will take place April 14th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  at the Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City. The event will match bilingual or bicultural professionals with top companies that value their multicultural […]

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The Queen Victoria underway to Portas do Mar – Azores

05 April 2011

British luxury liner Queen Victoria — with nearly 3,000 passengers and crew  on board (1,912 passengers and 970 crew members) — is under way en route from Nassau to Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The cruise liner left Fort Lauderdale, FL (Port Everglades) on March 29, on her 16 days cruise, stopping at the Bahamas […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Life Style, Travel

1st Lisbon Machine Learning School – Conference

04 April 2011

The  Lisbon based Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering: Research and Development (INESC-ID) is organizing the 1st Lisbon Machine Learning conference to be held in Lisbon —  July 20 -25, 2011 — at  Instituto Superior Superior Técnico (IST) – Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.  The event is organized jointly by the Instituto de Telecomunicações and INESC-ID’s  Spoken […]

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Posted in Conferences, Education, Featured

Air traffic on the increase for 2011 – Azores

04 April 2011

According to a statement by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, the airports in Lisbon and the Azores are seeing an increase in traffic at a rate of 3.1 percent for the first two months of the year, but that is down 5.2 percent when compared to the first two month of 2010. Air traffic for passengers also […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Travel

More hikers are discovering Pico – Azores

04 April 2011

According to British based — The Holiday Ferret — vacation rentals are increasing in Portugal, particularly in the Azores, with a special interest for properties in Pico island. On a press release today, the holiday and vacation rental company says that, besides Europe, the Azores are beginning to see a larger US based tourist market emerge.  […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Pico, Travel