CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD

(From article by Monash University, Australia) Portuguese energy company Galp has decided not to proceed with its 1.1 billion-euro...

The first of more than 30 "flash" messages which U.S. Ambassador Frank Carlucci sent back to Washington, D.C. on the November 25, 1975 coup attempt by leftist paratroopers, according to the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon. (Photo from U.S. Embassy in Lisbon website) There was a failed military coup in Portugal on November 25, 1975. That much has not been contested by any political party or country. However, the actors in the attempted coup and the signifi

The Other Worlds Artist Collective exhibit is at the Verdalhão Restaurant, Rua da Indústria, in Tábua, Coimbra District, until Sunday,...

Ouve-me ( Listen to Me ) (1979) by Helena Almeida is in the exhibit at Centro de Arte Visuais, Pátio da Inquisição, in Coimbra,...

(Photo from Pixabay) When I was in the sixth grade at St. Ladislaus Elementary School, the class ate lunch at our desks. Volunteer "lunch...

Legislation imposes heavy fines for damage or improper management of cork oaks. For example, it is not permitted to fell cork oaks whose...

"Beaches in the Algarve evacuated yesterday afternoon": Mirage wave scares bathers" -- Grupo Impresa CEO Francisco Pedro Balsemão said...

"An avowed Catholic and leftist, single and a feminist before her time, strong-willed and sweet, she left a mark on those who knew her,"...

In a cultural initiative with Spain, Auto-Retrato em Grupo ( Pintura para o café "A Brasileira" do Chiado, Lisboa ), or Self-Portrait in...

Four animal friends -- Mr. Water Rat, Mr. Mole, Mr. Badger and Mr. Toad -- protect each other in their adventures through Britain's four...

The esteemed Famel bike, which is found today in the garages of some owners and on the rural roads of others (Photo from Motos de...

(From left to right) Sónia Cláudia Melo, Paulo Jorge Santos and Susana Cristina Carvalho are the three volunteer firefighters from Vila...

Lithium is never found in its elemental form in nature, according to Savannah Lithium's website. However, it occurs in more than 100...

Sem Título (Untitled) When crossing the threshold of Centro de Artes Visuais, the gallery visitor vacates the everyday of Coimbra for the...

At my desk An artist in her 40s, whom I had just met at a restaurant in Lisbon this summer, asked me my age. "Seventy in September," I...

(From left to right) My maternal great-Aunt Doris, my great-grandfather, who was from Madras, now Chennai, India, my great-Uncle Edward...

The Afghan Youth Orchestra at Carnegie Hall with its conductor, Tiago Moreira da Silva, in the back on the right with outstretched arms...

In 1978, Joly Braga Santos directing a rehearsal at Lisbon's Nacional Teatro São Carlos  (Photo by DR) Joly Braga Santos...

(Photo by António de Paiva) The chapel bell keeps time in the village, ringing out each hour, one chime at a time. Though this past...

Who better than a Portuguese emigrant to sing about the anguish of leaving home and the bittersweet respite of spending the August...