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Arts Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11
 

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly – New York, NY

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro will travel to New York from September 22 to 24 to represent Portugal at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. On Thursday, September 24, Montenegro is expected to deliver Portugal’s national address to the Assembly at approximately 2:15 p.m. New York time. The theme for this year’s […]

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 […]

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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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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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