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Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization 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
 

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 […]

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 […]

Berkeley City College offers Portuguese – California

12 February 2011

Starting spring 2011, Berkeley City College, California, will be offering Portuguese classes to fulfill their students language requirement. “Portuguese classes will be offered for Portuguese-American and Brazilian-American students who want to acquire better language skills,” said Deolinda M. Adao, Portuguese and Spanish instructor. Students will be instructed in oral communication with listening and speaking, reading, […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Education

15th International Lusophone Symposium- Macau

10 February 2011

Henrique Senna Fernandes, the Chinese translator of Portuguese  Nobel-laureate José Saramago, will be honored at the “15th Colóquio Internacional da Lusofonia” (15th International Lusophone Symposium” taking place in Macao,  China, April 18-22, 2011. The symposium, promoted by the  Associação Internacional dos Colóquios da Lusofonia (AICL), will be held at the Instituto Potitécnico de Macau with the participation of 40 […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Conferences, Heritage, Macau, World

15th International Gymnastics Tournament – Madeira

09 February 2011

The Gymnastics Association of Madeira (Associação de Ginástica da Madeira) organizes the 15th International Gymnastics Tournament, at the Pavilhão do Arco da Calheta, February 25-27, with the participation of about t 90 athletes from around the world, namely Europe, New Zealand, South Africa, Russia, USA and Brazil. Considered as one of the best in the […]

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Posted in Madeira, Sports, World

Cabrillo Portuguese-American Club – Scholarship

20 January 2011

Portuguese-American students may apply for the Cabrillo Civic Clubs of California Scholarship on the amount of $500.00. To qualify, students need to be of Portuguese descent, have a 3.5 GPA, and participate in at least three extracurricular activities. Additional qualifications include a transcript and three letters of recommendation.  The application deadline is March 15, 2011 […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Scholarships

Love is in the air – Portugal

19 January 2011

Vera Silva, a Portuguese flight attendant, got the surprise of her life when her boyfriend, João Vieira, proposed to her today in mid-flight on a TAP Air Portugal plane from Lisbon to Barcelona. According to the Telegraph, her fellow flight attendants, as well as the flight’s pilot, were aware of the planned  surprise engagement. João Vieira […]

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Posted in People

II International Congress of Anglo-Portuguese Studies 2011 – Lisbon

17 January 2011

The II International Congress of Anglo-Portuguese Studies, a 3-day congress on topics related to Anglo-Portuguese historical, literary and cultural relations, will take place at the Center for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETPS), in Lisbon, from April 18 to April 20, 2011. Papers that make comparisons and connections between Portugal and Anglophone countries are also […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Conferences, Organizations, World