Amid a landscape of rubble, skeletal figures, and helplessness in Europe post-World War II, a girl and a man wander among the ruins. Hanna, a 12-year-old girl with Down’s Syndrome, is looking for her father. Marius, her companion, seems to be hiding from something. Aided by a simple instruction card, Hanna explores what it is […]
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Book | A Girl is Lost in Her Century, Looking for Her Father | Gonçalo M. Tavares – Editor’s Note
Posted on 13 April 2025.
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Community | Portuguese Embassy celebrates cultural heritage – Washington, DC
Posted on 10 April 2025.
By Naseer Ahmad In a celebration of cultural camaraderie and transnational kinship, H.E. Francisco Duarte Lopes Ambassador of Portugal and his wife Ms. Paula Lopes opened the doors of their residence to host a cultural evening. Notable guests, including H.E. Ekaterini Nassika, Ambassador of Greece and the Deputy Chief of Mission of Brazil, mingled with […]
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Diaspora | International Seminar for Social Service Organizations – Azores
Posted on 10 April 2025.
The Government of the Azores, through the Regional Directorate for the Communities, will host an International Seminar for Social Service Organizations from the Azores and the Diaspora on Monday, April 14, in Ponta Delgada. This initiative aims to reactivate and strengthen the International Network of Social Service Organizations based in the United States, Canada, […]
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Travel | Authorities issue warnings for traveling to the United States – Portugal
Posted on 31 March 2025.
Portuguese authorities have updated their travel advisory for the United States, joining several other European nations in issuing specific warnings following a series of recent U.S. border entry incidents. The Portuguese Foreign Ministry emphasizes on its official portal that holding a visa or an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) does not guarantee entry into […]
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Book | Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe | By Nuno Luís Vila-Santa Braga Campos – Editor’s Note
Posted on 30 March 2025.
Following recent historiographical appeals on the need to study knowledge exchanges between European maritime rivals and their impact on overseas expansionist processes, this book makes this study for the Portuguese overseas empire between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. As the first European maritime power to systematically launch long-distance voyages, Portugal became a model worth emulation […]
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Azores | Police seized vessel with 6’5 tonnes of cocaine – Portugal
Posted on 26 March 2025.
Portuguese police have seized nearly 6.5 tonnes of cocaine from a semi-submersible “narco-submarine” intercepted about 500 nautical miles south of the Azores, Portugal’s judicial police said on Tuesday. The vessel was intercepted “in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, around 500 nautical miles (more than 900 kilometers)” south of Portugal’s Azores archipelago, the judicial police […]
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