09 March 2011
The Luso- American Development Foundation (FLAD) based in Lisbon, Portugal, has created a scholarship program aimed at American scholars interested in researching Portuguese topics. The goal is to promote the study of the history and culture of Portugal aiming a strengthening the scientific and cultural relations between Portugal and the United States. Grants are available to […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Education, Scholarships
09 March 2011
The U.S. women’s national soccer team won today its eighth Algarve Cup title, Wednesday March 9, beating Iceland, 4-2, in the final in Faro, Portugal. Diamond Bar’s Alex Morgan netted the final goal, winning the Golden Boot as the 12-nation event’s top scorer. Lauren Cheney tied the score in the 43rd minute and Heather O’Reilly […]
Posted in Sports
08 March 2011
TAP Air Portugal reported a profit of US$86 million for 2010, an increase of 8.7 over the previous year, the best result ever in the history of the company. Most of the growth came from routes to Brazil and Angola, said a TAP source. In 2010 TAP carried 9.09 million passengers, or 7.7 percent more than […]
Posted in Travel
08 March 2011
To celebrate Fat Tuesday March 8, once again a group of Portuguese-American women from the Hawaii Council on Portuguese Heritage, Honolulu, brought back the great Portuguese food tradition from the Azores and Madeira islands, the making of malassadas. According to the local press, the event was a success. People came in to feast and more […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Food & Wine, Heritage, Organizations
08 March 2011
The newest edition of the European-Portuguese language dictionary “Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa,” published by Porto Editora, includes 410 new words such as “twittar”, “googlar”, “politólogo”, “audiolivro” and “ebook”. This new edition, with a total of 1,792 pages, added to the Portuguese lexicon more than six thousand words from Brazilian-Portuguese, Afro-Portuguese and Asian-Portuguese origin such as “gamação” […]
Posted in Portugal
08 March 2011
The February 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features Portuguese-American New York Times contracted photojournalist, João Silva , as he continues to recover from injuries suffered when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan covering American troops, and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington, where he is recovering. Recently the Frontline Club honored João Silva and […]
Posted in Community, People, Photography
