Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança, 11 feb 2022 (Lusa) – The streets of the village of Podence, in Trás-os-Montes, will have again the color and the noise of the caretos with the return of the traditional Entrudo Chocalheiro, elevated two years ago to the Património Cultural Imaterial da Humanidade, informed today…
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Above: Brazilian surfer, Maya Gabeira (L), and Brazilian surfer, Lucas Chianca (R), winners of the Tudor Challenge in Nazaré, Portugal February 10, 2022.Photo: CARLOS BARROSO/LUSA Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira in action during the big wave Tudor Challenge event at the shore of Praia do Norte, in Nazare, Portugal, 10 10…
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The Luso-Canadian ‘designer’ Luís Sequeira is nominated for the 94th Oscars with “Nightmare Alley – Alley of Lost Souls,” from the Mexican Guillermo del Toro, announced today. Luís Sequeira is nominated for the Oscar for Best Wardrobe, the category in which he was nominated in 2018, with the film “The…
Five Portuguese immigrants in Canada added up to chance, improvisation, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what seemed an impossibility: qualifying for the Calgary1988 Winter Olympic Games in bobsleigh, without ever having had their sled to compete on. António Reis, João Poupada, Jorge Magalhães, João Pires, and Rogério Bernardes overcame the initial…
The saga of five Portuguese who, without practicing the sport, created a team and qualified in bobsled in less than a year for the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary will give origin to a documentary film. The information was given to Lusa news agency by the producer Diogo Machado,…
TugaNet digital radio celebrates its 20th anniversary this year thanks to the “passion” of Mário Silva, in southeast London.
The Socialist Party reached Sunday its second absolute majority in legislative elections, but this time it achieved it after six years of Government, which will make António Costa the Socialist prime minister with the longest longevity in this position. António Costa has been prime minister since November 2015 and will…
Lisbon, Jan 10, 2022 (Lusa) – Greenvolt entered the U.S. market, has finalized the acquisition of California-based Oak Creek Energy Systems (OCES), which has been developing renewable energy projects in the United States and Mexico, it was announced today. “Greenvolt – Energias Renováveis, S.A. concluded, through its subsidiary V-Ridium, the…
Ponta Delgada, Azores, 31 Dec 2021 (Lusa) – The bad weather in the Azores forced 15 people to relocate after a river overflowed in the parish of Feteiras, municipality of Ponta Delgada, causing the dragging of 15 vehicles and affecting 13 homes, revealed today the Civil Protection. In a statement,…
There are quite a few differences from the past in Portuguese immigration to the United States. Historian and researcher Sónia Pacheco says that current Portuguese immigration to the United States stems from professional reasons and depends on the conviction of a well-defined path, unlike what happened in the past. Dedicated…
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Dec 16, 2021 (Lusa) – This morning, several people circulated in the center of Ponta Delgada, but far from the floods of other years at Christmas time, leading traders to criticize the closure of streets that, they say, drove customers away from downtown. As the morning came…
Washington, Dec 10, 2021 (Lusa) – The inflation rate accelerated to 6.8 percent in November in the United States compared to the same month in 2020, which represents the highest consumer price record since 1982. In October, the inflation rate had stood at 6.2% and this increase to 6.8% puts…
Washington, Nov 27, 2021 (Lusa) – Moderna today announced its intention to develop a booster dose of a vaccine specific for the new Omicron variant of covid-19, detected in South Africa and considered “of concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO). “Moderna will rapidly develop a candidate vaccine for a…
Nov 23, 2021 (Lusa) – The inhabitants of Fajã de São João, on the Azorean island of São Jorge, can now move out of the area via an old access road to that area, the mayor of Calheta told Lusa today. Décio Pereira said that the path “bypasses the collapse”…
Ponta Delgada, Azores, 23 Nov 2021 (Lusa) – The civil protection of the Azores today recorded 41 occurrences due to “heavy rain” on the island of São Miguel, including the relocation of four people in the municipality of Ribeira Grande following the overflow of a stream. “In Ribeira Grande, it…