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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 1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade
 

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 […]

1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony – Horta, Faial

The Autonomous Region of the Azores marked a historic milestone with a Solemn Session on Friday, September 4, at the inaugural session of the Regional Assembly in Horta, Faial, honoring the 50th anniversary of the establishment of self-government. The Regional Assembly’s first solemn session took place exactly 50 years ago in Horta and was presided […]

Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade – Toronto, Ontario

One of the most recognizable symbols of the Azores, Portas da Cidade (City Gates) of Ponta Delgada, will soon have a new home in Brampton, in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area. The inauguration of a full-scale replica of the historic monument is scheduled for September 12, 2026, at Azores Park, 100 Malta Avenue.  The monument will […]

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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Book: ‘Violeta among the Stars’ by Dulce Maria Cardoso – Editor’s Note

24 June 2021

Violeta is driving along a lonely stretch of late-night motorway, in the midst of a fearsome storm. When her tired eyes close for just a second, her car veers off the road, rolls down a muddy embankment, over and over, and comes to rest on an empty stretch of sodden ground. And as she lies […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Travel: SATA Azores Airlines to cancel 10 flights – Toronto, Canada

18 June 2021

SATA Azores Airlines has announced it will cancel 10 flights between Toronto, Canada, and the islands of São Miguel and Terceira, in the Azores, in June and July, due to reduced demand. In a press release, the Azorean air carrier has stated that although the majority of flights planned between the Azores and Canada will […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, Travel, World

Appointed: António Guterres reelected UN Secretary-General – United Nations

18 June 2021

The UN General Assembly unanimously elected António Guterres, by acclamation, as the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations, to a second five-year term, ending in 2026. He will begin his second term on January 1, 2022. The sworn ceremony, which took place on June 18, was attended by Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. António […]

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