07 November 2020
Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, was among the first world leaders to congratulate president-elect Joe Biden. He tweeted on Saturday: “We look forward to working with the new USA Administration to reinforce transatlantic relations and cooperate on global issues, such as climate change, defense of democracy and international security.” Costa was joined by other European […]
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05 November 2020
By Carolina Matos Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Scott Edward Anderson is a Portuguese American poet with roots on São Miguel island, in the Azores, from where his great-grandparents emigrated to the United States in the early 20th century. Although he grew up alienated from his Portuguese heritage, he yearned to connect with his ancestral roots. As a result, […]
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02 November 2020
Portugal has pronounced November 2, 2020, a day of national mourning honoring victims of COVID’19. Signed by the President, the Government decree declared “November 2, 2020 a national day of mourning to pay tribute to all the deceased, particularly the victims of the COVID’19 pandemic.” The decree was approved by the Council of Ministers last […]
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01 November 2020
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel alert on its website, warning that “CDC recommends travelers avoid all nonessential international travel to Azores. Travelers at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 should consider postponing all travel, including essential travel, to Azores.” Accordingly, the CDC rated the risk for traveling […]
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25 October 2020
Portugal’s coronavirus cases have passed the 100,000 last week, with an average of over 2,000 new infections a day, the highest since the pandemic started. On Sunday, Portugal reported 2,577 new cases and 19 new deaths due to COVID’19. In total, 104,437 coronavirus cases were confirmed, and 2,207 deaths reported. Most of the new cases […]
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25 October 2020
Polls project that Vasco Cordeiro will be reelected on Sunday, October 25, President of the Government of the Azores, with an absolute majority, following regional legislative elections for the new Regional Legislative Assembly. President Vasco Cordeiro is the leader of the Socialist Party (PS) in the Azores. This would be Cordeiro’s third term as President […]
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