07 August 2022
Former Portugal prime minister, now United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, came out with another of his extraordinary dire statements last week. Referring to the war in Ukraine and Western tensions with China, Korea and Iran, he said that humanity was “just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.” Here are some of his other most notable remarks […]
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04 August 2022
The stories of Damião de Góis and Luís de Camões capture the extraordinary wonders that awaited Europeans on their arrival in India and China, the challenges these marvels presented to longstanding beliefs, and the vast conspiracy to silence the questions these posed about the nature of history and of human life. A History of Water follows […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
02 August 2022
The National Union of Civil Aviation Workers (SINTAC) and the Commercial Aviation Staff Union (SQAC), including cabin crew and ground handling staff, advanced a notice of strike at the 10 major Portuguese airports under concession to ANA [Airports of Portugal], owned by the French company VINCI, it was reported Monday. According to the notice, the […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World
01 August 2022
By Millicent Accardi The motto “Find the book of your life at Livraria Letras Lavadas” comes true in a charmingly renovated building aptly located on Largo da Matriz, in the heart of historical Ponta Delgada, São Miguel island. Managed by Patrícia Carreiro, the bookstore is currently owned by Ernesto Rezendes, and his two sons, Bruna […]
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26 July 2022
Portuguese entrepreneur Mário Ferreira will be the first Portuguese “space tourist,” to board the New Shepard capsule in its next space mission programed by Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos aerospace company. Blue Origin has confirmed that Mário Ferreira would be the first person from Portugal to cross into the space frontier. Jeff Bezos, the founder […]
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25 July 2022
We’ve all heard about the need for enough urgent action to avoid a climate change calamity, but it simply isn’t happening. Here in Portugal, one of the most vulnerable countries to global warming, the authorities have been moving decisively in the fight against climate change by replacing fossil fuels with renewables. But this is only […]
