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Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada Arts
 

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 […]

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging, and place and connections across borders. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

Property prices fall – Portugal

05 March 2011

According to a just released Portuguese Housing Market survey, due to falling demand, residential property prices in Portugal fell further in January.  Algarve is the region suffering the worst conditions in the whole of Portugal, the survey reveals. In the Algarve, where the real estate market is heavily oriented towards second homes, prices and price […]

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FIFA to suspend Portugal – Lisbon

04 March 2011

The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)  will suspend Portugal’s soccer clubs from all  international competitions should the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) fail to approve new statutes that conform with FIFA rules.    The revision, demanded by the Portuguese government and international authorities, concerns an amendment to the rules of representation of different federation members – clubs, […]

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Portuguese-American Caucus reinstated – NOPA

03 March 2011

The National Organization of Portuguese-Americans (NOPA) reported today that their efforts to reinstate the Congressional Portuguese American Caucus were successful. Congressmen Cardoza (CA-18) and Costa (CA-20) are now officially co-chairs of the Congressional Portuguese-American Caucus for the 112th Congress (2011-2012). According to NOPA’s news release, the organization is “extremely thankful to the Congressmen for their commitment and to […]

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Posted in Community, Organizations, People, Politics

Portugal tops list for treatment of immigrants – Lisbon

01 March 2011

According to the British Council and the Migration Policy Group,  in the latest international Migrant Integration Policy Index, Portugal was ranked as the second country in the world, after Sweden  , in the treatment of its  immigrants, followed by Canada  ranked  3rd place. The United States is ninth among 31 countries in promoting full integration of legal […]

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António Damásio at the TED Global Conference

23 February 2011

Portuguese  neuroscientist António Damásio will particiapte at the annual TED Global 2011 conference . Panelists include musicians, artists, scientists, educators and such well-known personalities as Broadway creator Julie Taymor and philanthropist Bill Gates. This year’s conference theme is “The Rediscovery of Wonder,”   a topic that will be tackled on March 2 by brain scientists, a cellist, a deep-sea […]

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Posted in Conferences, People

Madeira is open for business

21 February 2011

 Thousands of people packed churches across Madeira on Sunday February 20, to mark the first anniversary of the devastating floods which killed 42 and left more than 100 injured and about 600 homeless. One year ago on February 21, floods in Madeira swept everything in their path, people, cars, homes and business.  But one year […]

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Posted in Madeira, Travel