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Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns Community | Judge Luis Matos nominated to Rhode Island Supreme Court Husband The Odyssey | Portuguese Podengo takes center stage in Christopher Nolan
 

Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration – Fall River, MA

Mayor Paul Coogan, in conjunction with the Portas da Cidade Advisory Committee and the Prince Henry Society, will host a special ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Portas da Cidade (City Gates), one of Fall River’s most recognizable symbols of its Azorean heritage.  The celebration will take place Monday, August 31, at 10:30 am […]

Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns – Fall River, MA

The Holy Ghost Festival of New England will be held in Kennedy Park in Fall River, Massachusetts, from August 26–30. Former Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is expected to visit Fall River as a guest of honor for the 40th-anniversary festival celebration, according to reports. The President of the Regional Government of the Azores, […]

Community | Judge Luis Matos nominated to Rhode Island Supreme Court – Providence, RI

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has nominated Superior Court Associate Justice Luis M. Matos, a Portuguese-born jurist with extensive state and federal experience, to serve on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.  Governor McKee said his responsibility was to select someone with “unquestionable qualifications, an impeccable reputation and a strong record in strong and fair judging.” […]

Husband & Wife | Cristiano and Georgina officially married – Cascais, Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal’s most internationally recognized football star, and his longtime partner Georgina Rodríguez were married Tuesday in Cascais, Portugal, in an intimate civil ceremony after nearly a decade together. Born and raised in Funchal, on the island of Madeira, Ronaldo chose the Portuguese mainland for the private civil ceremony. Earlier speculation had suggested that […]

The Odyssey | Portuguese Podengo takes center stage in Christopher Nolan’s film – Hollywood, CA

The release of Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, The Odyssey (2026), has brought attention to Argos, a Portuguese Podengo, one of Portugal’s oldest and most cherished native dog breeds. The Podengo joins the cast of The Odyssey, introducing moviegoers worldwide to one of Europe’s oldest surviving hunting breeds and an enduring symbol of loyalty. The […]

Paula Rego: Internationally acclaimed Portuguese artist died age 87 – London, UK

08 June 2022

World renowned painter, Paula Rego, one of the most internationally  acclaimed and awarded Portuguese artists, died this Wednesday morning in London, aged 87. Born in 1935 in Lisbon, into an affluent family, Paula Rego was sent to a British finishing school and studied at the London’s prestigious Slade School of Fine Art. Later she acquired […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Heritage, Painting, People, Portugal, World

Book |Cold War Liberation: The Soviet Union and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire in Africa| by Natalia Telepneva – Editor’s Note

06 June 2022

Cold War Liberation examines the African revolutionaries who led armed struggles in three Portuguese colonies — Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau — and their liaisons in Moscow, Prague, East Berlin, and Sofia. By reconstructing a multidimensional story that focuses on both the impact of the Soviet Union on the end of the Portuguese Empire in Africa […]

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Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, World

June 6: Azorean people celebrate political and administrative and self-rule – Azores

06 June 2022

This year, on June 6, the people of the Azores celebrate “Azores Day” or  “Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores” [Day of the Autonomous Region of the Azores], a public holiday, observed throughout the archipelago, to honor self-rule, identity and pride, the “affirmation of the identity of the Azorean people, their philosophy of life and […]

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Posted in Azores, Corvo, Faial, Featured, Flores, Graciosa, Pico, Portugal, Santa Maria, São Jorge, São Miguel, Terceira, World

Travel: Delta Air Lines direct flights from New York to Lisbon – New York, NY

02 June 2022

Delta Air Lines is now offering daily direct flights between New York/JFK and Lisbon throughout the year, and between Boston and Lisbon throughout the summer starting June 03, 2022. Accordingly, in total, Delta will offer 14 weekly flights between Portugal and the US this summer, offering 440 daily seats in the peak season months, including […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Portugal, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel, World

Sete Cidades: ‘Atlantis Concert for the Earth’ broadcast to the world – Azores

01 June 2022

The music festival, Atlantis Concert for Earth, will be held on July 22 and 23, in Lagoas das Sete Cidades, on São Miguel Island, Azores, from the pristine natural amphitheater, inside the ancient volcano crater where the last eruption occurred in 1880. Nestled along the two stunning lakes, the star-studded lineup for the environmental-themed concert […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, São Miguel, World

June 1: Google Doodle celebrates Almada Negreiros – Portugal

01 June 2022

Google Doodle is celebrating today, June 1, José de Almada Negreiros (1893-1970) considered one of the most relevant Portuguese and European artists of the 20th century. On this day in 1911, Almada Negreiros made his artistic debut at the age of 18 when he published a cartoon entitled “Uma Razão de Peso” in the 4th […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal