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Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada Arts Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership
 

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly – New York, NY

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro will travel to New York from September 22 to 24 to represent Portugal at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. On Thursday, September 24, Montenegro is expected to deliver Portugal’s national address to the Assembly at approximately 2:15 p.m. New York time. The theme for this year’s […]

Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership – California

The Municipality of Nazaré, Portugal, and the City of Half Moon Bay, California, are moving forward with a new sister-city partnership designed to strengthen ties between two coastal communities united by the sea, maritime traditions, tourism, Portuguese heritage and an international reputation for big-wave surfing. On July 21, 2026, the Half Moon Bay City Council […]

Book |Honest Broker: A Biography of António Guterres| by  Pedro Latoeiro & Filipe Domingues – Editor’s Note

28 August 2022

Based on exclusive interviews with the United Nations Secretary-General himself, this is the first book to explain how António Guterres thinks and operates, in an era of renewed great power competition and rising nationalism. The UN leader was re-elected for a second term starting in 2022; yet, after five years in the job, Guterres’ discreet […]

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1922-2010: Nobel Prize José Saramago first centenary celebrated – Portugal

27 August 2022

Throughout the year, until November 2022, Portugal and many other countries, are celebrating the centenary of the birth of José Saramago, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1988),  with an ongoing extensive program of events. According to the award committee, Saramago, “who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us […]

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Community: President José Manuel Bolieiro visiting Massachusetts and Rhode Island – Official Program

23 August 2022

The President of the Government of the Azores, José Manuel Bolieiro, will be on a six-day visit to Massachusetts and Rhode Islands, from August 24 to August 29. In Massachusetts, he will be the guest of honor in the celebration of the 34th Holy Ghost Festival of New England, taking place in Fall River, August […]

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Opinion | Heated clashes over global warming | – by Len Port

23 August 2022

Amid the wildfires and droughts in Portugal and across the European continent, there has been no sign of a return to China’s co-operation agreement with the United States in combating global warming. The wildfires and droughts exemplify the ever-present danger of climate change, but the surprising breakdown of the agreement signed by China and the […]

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Holy Ghost Feast: President José Manuel Bolieiro guest of honor – Fall River, MA

20 August 2022

The President of the Government of the Azores, José Manuel Bolieiro, is the guest of honor at the celebration of the 34th Holy Ghost Festival of New England, taking place August 24 to 29. António Maló de Abreu, member of the Portuguese Parliament and José Andrade, Regional Director for Communities, will be also attending as […]

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Calamity: Extreme heat causing devastating wildfires across the country – Portugal

16 August 2022

Portugal has been under waves of extreme heat and severe drought, which continues to cause wildfires outbreaks throughout the country. Starting August 6, intense fires have spread throughout Serra da Estrela, central Portugal, including the municipalities of Guarda, Manteigas and Covilhã. On Tuesday, the smoke from the huge wildfires in Serra da Estrela enveloped skyscrapers […]

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