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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: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported
 

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 […]

Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 – New York, NY

As the United States marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Portuguese-American community joins the nation in remembering the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives, including five Portuguese citizens and four Portuguese descendants known to have been killed at the World Trade Center in New York City. The nine […]

Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported – Lisbon, Portugal

Hugo Freitas de Sousa, 39, a native of Terceira Island in the Azores, has returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after spending approximately six weeks in U.S. immigration detention in Tacoma, Washington state.  Sousa, who had lived in the United States for about 35 years, emigrated with his parents as a child and held permanent-resident status through […]

Opinion: Portugal’s main concerns for the new year – By Len Port

01 January 2022

POLITICS The first major event for the Portuguese population will be the national election on 30 January. Hopefully the turnout of voters will be higher than usual and give one of the parties an overall majority, or at least lead to a working coalition to stabilise the country for the next four years. Bolstered by […]

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Posted in Featured, Politics, Portugal, World

Book: ‘In the Words of Wellington’s Fighting Cocks’ by Moisés Gaudêncio – Editor’s Note

26 December 2021

The literature of the Peninsular War is rich with vivid source material – letters, diaries, memoirs, and dispatches – but most of it was written by British soldiers or by the French and their allies. As a result, the history and experience of the Portuguese forces – which by 1812 composed close to half of […]

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Posted in Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Tágides Awards: Winners of anti-corruption actions revealed – Portugal

16 December 2021

Magistrate Maria José Morgado was recognized the top recipient of the “Prémio Tágides” [Tágides Award] for her active role in the fight against corruption in Portugal. She was distinguished with two prizes in the categories of “Political Initiative” and “Investigation”. Promoted by the “All4Integrity” initiative, the “Prémio Tágides 2021″ is the first anti-corruption award given […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Business: Portugal to build largest lithium conversion plant in Europe – Portugal

15 December 2021

Portuguese energy company Galp and Swedish electric vehicle battery maker Northvolt have announced, on Tuesday, a joint venture to build in Portugal the largest lithium conversion plant in Europe. With an initial annual production capacity of up to 35,000 tones of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, the plant will deliver enough to provide batteries for about 700,000 […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Travel: SATA to connect New York to Ponta Delgada in June – Azores

14 December 2021

SATA Azores Airlines has announced it will start a new route linking New York to Ponta Delgada, from June 4 to October 28, 2022, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. According to the announcement, the planning of the new route has been under consideration for over a year, a process that was interrupted by the […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, São Miguel, Travel

Book: ‘Portuguese Home Cooking’ by Ana Patuleia Ortins – Editor’s Note

11 December 2021

The Mediterranean diet is famed for its fresh and vibrant cuisine. In this book, Ana Patuleia Ortins invites you to discover or revisit the soul-comforting, peasant food of Portugal, just as vibrant, yet distinct from that of its neighbors. Peppered with a lifetime of anecdotes from a passionate cook, Portuguese Home Cooking draws us into […]

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Posted in Books, Community, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Portugal

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