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July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University Honor | Writer Lídia Jorge awarded prestigious Camões Prize 50th Anniversary | Regional leaders of Azores and Madeira call for broader powers FIFA’26
 

July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties – Azores

As the United States commemorates its 250th Independence Day on July 4, the longstanding relationship between Portugal and the United States offers a remarkable chapter in the history of the Atlantic world.  Although Portugal remained officially neutral during the American Revolutionary War, due to its centuries-old alliance with Great Britain under the Treaty of Windsor […]

Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University – Cambridge, MA

This spring, Nicholas Ferraz graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master of Education in Teaching and Teacher Leadership, earning a 4.0 GPA. Already a certified mathematics teacher in Massachusetts, Ferraz represents a generation of Portuguese American educators whose professional journeys reflect both academic excellence and a deep commitment to multilingual and […]

Honor | Writer Lídia Jorge awarded prestigious Camões Prize – Portugal

Portuguese novelist Lídia Jorge has been named the recipient of the prestigious Camões Prize, the highest literary distinction in the Portuguese language. One of the most celebrated Portuguese-language authors of her generation underscores the global reach and enduring influence of her literary work. Jointly awarded by the governments of Portugal and Brazil, the annual prize […]

50th Anniversary | Regional leaders of Azores and Madeira call for broader powers – Portugal

Portugal’s Assembly of the Republic commemorated on Friday the 50th anniversary celebration of the constitutional autonomy of the Azores and Madeira archipelagos with a special solemn plenary session honoring one of the most significant democratic achievements of the 1976 Constitution. The anniversary also became a platform for renewed calls to deepen the autonomy of the […]

FIFA’26 – Cristiano Ronaldo makes World Cup History – Houston, TX

Portugal’s squad delivered a commanding response to its opening-match disappointment at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, defeating Uzbekistan 5-0 today in Houston, Texas. The performance of captain Cristiano Ronaldo highlighted the match.  The milestone further cemented Ronaldo’s legacy as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport and silenced critics who questioned […]

Proposed: Portuguese emigrants to vote electronically in 2023 – Portugal

01 July 2021

The Secretary of State for the Portuguese Communities, Berta Nunes, has announced the creation of a task force to develop the technical conditions to carry out an electronic voting pilot project for the decentralization of the voting process, which will include Portuguese citizens living abroad. Nunes, who made the announcement in Parliament, has said that […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

June 30th: Portugal hands over the Presidency of the European Council – European Union

30 June 2021

During the past six-months, Portugal has led the Presidency of the European Council, which tenure ends on June 30th . The rotating mandate will be handed over to Slovenia. Portugal took over the Presidency of the EU Council from Germany, on January 1st, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most challenging political and […]

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Travel: What you don’t need to know about Covid’19 – by Len Port

29 June 2021

For those who are utterly confused or bored by the international travel rules due to the COVID pandemic, the good news is that from 4.0 am on Wednesday 30th June Brits can go to more green list countries, including the tiny Pitcairn Islands situated in the middle of the vast South Pacific Ocean. Or they […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Portugal, World

Book: ‘Fernando Pessoa: A Critical Introduction’ by Jerónimo Pizarro – Editor’s Note

26 June 2021

A Critical Introduction proposes a new didactic and dynamic way of reading the great twentieth-century poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935). The aim is to present a holistic vision of this complex poet, promoting his literary geniality in order to better understand his orthonymic-heteronymic poetry. A guiding motif is Pessoa’s own “Be as plural as the universe.” […]

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Population: Foreign residents the highest ever recorded – Portugal

24 June 2021

The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) has reported that the foreign population living in Portugal has increased in 2020, for the fifth consecutive year, totaling 662,095 foreign born holding a residence permit. Foreign residents now represent over 6% of the country’s population, the highest value ever recorded. At the end of 2020, Brazilians remain the […]

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Posted in Brazil, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Book: ‘The Colours of Death’ by Patricia Marques – Editor’s Note

24 June 2021

In an alternative present-day Lisbon, a small percentage of the population have been diagnosed as Gifted – having telepathic or telekinetic powers. Along with the power comes a stigma and suspicion that Gifted Inspector Isabel Reis with the Lisbon Police Force knows only too well. When Isabel is called to investigate a mysterious and violent […]

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