The European Union is introducing a new travel document requirement known as the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS), set to be enforced starting in 2024. This new regulation applies to all visitors, including citizens from the US and Canada, who wish to travel to Europe, including Portugal, which are currently visa-free. Unlike the […]
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Travel Alert: European Union to require new entry document – Strasburg, EU
Posted on 02 August 2023.
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Opinion | World Youth Day to bring a week joy to Lisbon | By Len Port
Posted on 23 July 2023.
The World Youth Day event is about to bring a week of joy to Lisbon – but maybe some chaos as well. Local authorities and services have prepared as best they can, but it is impossible to be sure that everything will go according to plan. Hundreds of thousands of young people, including many from […]
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Sports: Portugal playing the US at the Women’s World Cup – FIFA
Posted on 21 July 2023.
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicked off on Thursday, July 20, with Portugal and the Netherlands playing in the first round on July 23 and with Vietnam on July 27. Another exciting match will be Portugal facing the United States on Tuesday, August 1, at 3:00 AM (ET) in Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand. […]
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Travel: Portuguese passport fifth most powerful in the world – Henley Index
Posted on 21 July 2023.
The Portuguese passport has once again been ranked 5th in the world, allowing its holders entry into 187 countries, according to the ‘Henley Passport Index: Q3 2023 Global Ranking’. In terms of passport power, this places Portugal alongside six countries like Belgium, the Czech Republic, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland. However, the most powerful […]
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Book | Navigations: The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance | By Malyn Newitt – Editor’s Note
Posted on 14 July 2023.
The lasting impact of historic Portuguese voyages of discovery is unquestionable. The slave trade, the diaspora of the Sephardic Jews, and the intercontinental spread of plants and animals all make clear these voyages’ long-term global significance. Navigations reexamines these Portuguese quests by placing them in their medieval and Renaissance settings. It shows how these voyages […]
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Community: New study reveals the way we are – FLAD, PT
Posted on 10 July 2023.
A study sponsored by Lisbon-based, Luso-American Foundation for Development (FLAD), has revealed new facts and statistics about the Portuguese immigrant community and their descendants in the United States. The study, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), provides a current demographic and socioeconomic profile of the Portuguese American community by […]
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