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Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week
 

Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants – Azores

The Government of the Azores has opened applications for grant opportunities supporting cultural and community projects in Azorean emigrant communities abroad, as well as educational exchanges and immigrant integration initiatives for 2027.  The funding opportunities are particularly relevant to Azorean organizations, cultural associations, and educational institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Brazil, and other […]

Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization – Portugal

Portugal has selected Germany’s Lufthansa Group as the strategic investor in TAP Air Portugal, marking a significant turning point for the country’s aviation industry and with important implications for Portuguese communities in the United States, Canada, and beyond.  The selection does not mean that Lufthansa has already taken ownership of TAP. Rather, it represents a […]

Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans – Portugal

Former United States President Barack Obama returned to Lisbon on Saturday, October 10, where he delivered a keynote address at the 6th edition of the Game Changers Forum.  During his two-day stay in Lisbon, Obama met with Portuguese President António José Seguro at the Palácio de Belém, the official residence of the Portuguese head of […]

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging, and place and connections across borders. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Crisis: Thousands of Portuguese families fleeing violence in Venezuela – Madeira

24 July 2017

According to the Government of Madeira, in the recent months over 4,000 Portuguese of Madeiran heritage have returned home from Venezuela due to the climate of instability in the country. The number is projected to increase exponentially in August. A great number of Portuguese families residing in Venezuela are waiting for the closing of the […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Politics, Porto Santo, Portugal, World

Travel: Azores Airlines adding more flights to Canada – Azores

18 July 2017

To meet the growing demand, SATA/Azores Airlines intends to expand its service in Canada, projecting to increase its operations by 21% this year, transporting around 128,000 passengers between Canada the Azores and mainland Portugal. “For 2017, the Azores Airlines plans to operate 40 more flights between Canada and Portugal, in addition to introducing a larger […]

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Posted in Azores, Canada, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Terceira, Travel, World

Community: MAPS welcomes new members for Fiscal Year 2018 – Cambridge, MA

18 July 2017

The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) is looking for new individual and organizational members for Fiscal Year 2018, in an effort to promote the involvement of community members, businesses and organizations in the agency’s mission of improving the lives of Portuguese-speaking individuals and families from Massachusetts and help them become contributing, active participants in […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Social networks

Atop Ritz-Carlton: Chefs team up to showcase ‘Portuguese Dinner Series’ – New York, NY

17 July 2017

Portuguese food lovers will soon experience a unique food feasting event coming July 20-22 (7pm) at the Kanopi Restaurant, atop Ritz-Carlton Hotel, in White Plains, New York City. The ‘Portuguese Dinner Series’ event is co-hosted by in-house Chef Anthony Gonçalves and guest Chef João Rodrigues of ‘Feitoria’, a Michelin starred restaurant based in Portugal. The […]

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

Report: Portugal has the second lowest birth rate of the European Union – Eurostat

13 July 2017

Portugal has registered the second lowest birth rate among the 28 member states of the European Union (EU), a report by Eurostat, the EU official office of statistics, has revealed. Portugal had around 87 thousand births in 2016, which represents a rate of 8.4 births per 1,000 persons, the second lowest rate in the EU, […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Travel: First direct flight linking Portugal to China inaugurated – Portugal

13 July 2017

The first direct flight linking Portugal to China was launched in Lisbon to start July 25. The new route will originate in Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang Province, with a stopover in Beijing to its final destination in Lisbon. There will be three flights between Portugal and China per week. Carried out by Beijing based […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Macau, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World