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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 […]

Diplomacy: Justin Trudeau invited to visit Portugal in November – Canada

17 May 2018

By Cristina Ogden Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa invited Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Portugal in during the Web World Summit to be held in Lisbon November 2-5, 2018. Founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 2009, the Web World Summit is considered the world’s largest technology conference. The invitation followed the official visit of […]

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Community: Brown Medicine seeks qualified applicants – Brown University, RI

15 May 2018

Brown Medicine, one of the state’s largest medical group practices with more than 200 physicians in multiple patient care locations in Rhode Island, is holding Open Interviews on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at its Patient Center located at 375 Wampanoag Trail in the Riverside section of East Providence, R.I. to fill various medical job openings.  […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Organizations, People

China: Bid to secure a larger share of Energias de Portugal (EDP) – Portugal

15 May 2018

The Chinese state-controlled company, Three Gorges Corporation, has bid to secure a larger share of the Portuguese corporation Energias de Portugal (EDP Group). The Chinese offer of about €11.9 billion (USD $10.8 billion) was considered too low by EDP, which board is holding a board meeting this week to review it. EDP, which employs over […]

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New trend: From emigration to immigration foreigners are welcome – Portugal

13 May 2018

To respond to the pressures of an ageing population, Portugal is considering new policies to attracting more immigrants, including highly qualified managers for fundamental sectors of the economy. Portugal’s birth rate is one of the weakest in the European Union, with more than a fifth of the population aged over 65. It is estimated that […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Politics, Portugal, World

Festival: ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ underway is Lisbon – Portugal

07 May 2018

The 63rd edition of the annual ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ festival is taking place for the first time in Portugal, following the country’s victory in 2017 with the song “Amar pelos dois”, performed by Salvador Sobral, in Kiev, Ukraine. This year, forty-three countries will participate in the contest. In all, at the grand final, only 26 […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Community: Portuguese government leaders visiting North America – Portugal

03 May 2018

By Cristina Ogden The Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, arrived in Canada for an official visit May 2-5, 2018. It is the first of a number of visits by Portuguese officials to North America in the Spring 2018. Costa’s trip to Canada includes stops in Ottawa, Toronto and Montréal where he is meeting with […]

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