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Community | Diaspora mobilizes to join storm relief effort Teolinda Gersão | Narrative talent transcending literary boundaries Social Media | Parliament proposes bill requiring parental consent for minors Update | Persistent severe downpouring forces evacuations Election’26 | Diaspora vote count shows strong support for André Ventura
 

Community | Diaspora mobilizes to join storm relief effort – Portugal

The Portuguese American communities across the United States are mobilizing in solidarity with families and municipalities in Portugal, affected by a succession of severe rainstorms that have caused fatalities, widespread flooding, infrastructure damage, and displacement across several regions.  Relief authorities in Portugal report significant impacts on housing, local businesses, agriculture, and public infrastructure, underscoring the […]

Teolinda Gersão | Narrative talent transcending literary boundaries – Interview

By Maria Duran On the 29th of October, 2025, Portuguese writer Teolinda Gersão became a second-time winner of the APE-DGLAB Romance and Novel Grand Prize. Autobiografia não escrita de Martha Freud (2024), [The Unwritten Autobiography of Martha Freud], published by Porto Editora, earned her the 43rd edition of the award, organized by the Portuguese Writers […]

Social Media | Parliament proposes bill requiring parental consent for minors – Portugal

Portugal’s parliament has approved legislation that would restrict minors’ access to social media platforms by requiring parental authorization for users under the age of 16, making it one of Europe’s most concrete legislative steps toward regulating youth activity online. The proposal, introduced by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), mandates explicit, verified parental consent for minors […]

Update | Persistent severe downpouring forces evacuations – Portugal

Heavy and persistent rainfall continues to affect mainland Portugal as successive Atlantic systems prolong saturated ground conditions and heighten flood risk across several regions, forcing evacuations. Prime Minister Luís Montenegro described the extreme weather episodes as a “devastating crisis” affecting communities across the country while emphasizing that emergency coordination and recovery efforts continue nationwide. Mário […]

Election’26 | Diaspora vote count shows strong support for André Ventura – Portugal

Portugal’s presidential runoff election provisional vote count indicates that Chega candidate André Ventura secured the largest share of votes cast by Portuguese citizens living abroad. As final counts are still being compiled from abroad, Ventura has received approximately 51.88% of the diaspora vote, compared with 48.12% for Seguro. These figures reflect global voting and remain […]

Maria Lawton: Television food show to be broadcast nationwide – PBS

19 May 2021

Starting in June, television food show “Maria’s Portuguese Table” hosted by Portuguese American Chef and Maria Lawton, best known for her Azorean Green Bean, will be broadcast nationwide by the prestigious Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), to reach millions of viewers of in the United States. “I gave them a year of rights and they asked […]

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Posted in Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, São Miguel, World

Book: ‘An Apprenticeship’ by Clarice Lispector – Editor’s Note

13 May 2021

A love story by the great Clarice Lispector that asks: Just how might two people be joined? What to make of a writer who follows the metaphysical heights of her great Passion According to GH with a book that looks suspiciously like a romance novel? In An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures, Clarice Lispector […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Featured, People, World

Travel: Portuguese passport ranks sixth in the world – Portugal

13 May 2021

The Portuguese passport was ranked the sixth most “powerful” in the world among 188 countries, according to the Henley Passport Index. Japan leads the ranking, with the passport that opens most doors to other countries, offering visa-free travel to 193 countries. According to the Index, the Singaporean, South Korean and German passports take second and […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Travel

Travel: Green light for English tourists – Portugal

12 May 2021

By Len Port The Azores and Madeira along with mainland Portugal have been officially given the green light by the British government for holiday visits when the UK lifts ifs overseas travel ban on May 17.  Only 12 countries worldwide, most of them distant, have been included in the least restrictive category on the UK’s […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Portugal, Travel, World

Book: ‘Cut From The Earth’ by Stephanie Renee Dos Santos – Editor’s Note

10 May 2021

In 1755, the famous Portuguese tile maker Pêro Manuel Pires is empathetic to a fault. He is dedicated to freeing slaves with the proceeds of his art and hiring the freed to work in his tile factory, triggering rage and repercussions from a competitor. Pêro harbors a female artist whose risqué creations keep the shop’s […]

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Posted in Books, Featured, People, Portugal, World

Travel: SATA to increase flight capacity for the summer – Azores

06 May 2021

Anticipating the Azores will become again “an attractive destination” this summer, SATA Azores Airlines has indicated it may increase its flight capacity to a total of 53 thousand seats in the months of July and August. Accordingly, SATA plans to offer more seats to international destinations, including more flight availability from the Azores to Boston […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, Portugal, Terceira, Travel, World