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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 […]

Red Bull: Cliff diving contest returns to Vila Franca do Campo – Azores

30 June 2017

For the fifth consecutive year, 22 world class cliff divers from 9 countries are gathering in São Miguel, Azores, to participate in the second stop of the 2017 International Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. This year’s competing divers include women and men. The extreme sports competition is being held July 8-9 at the Ilhéu de […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Organizations, People, São Miguel, Sports

Lisbon: Bike sharing service available for locals and visitors – Portugal

29 June 2017

The municipality of Lisbon has just launched a “bike share”, a new eco-friendly service focusing in the mobility of locals and visitors. Following new traffic and parking restrictions the goal is to limit pollution in inner city. The service required an investment of €2 million to providing the city with 1,200 bicycles distributed over 100 […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, Travel

Opinion: Brexit spats over expats – By Len Port

28 June 2017

Len Port, Contributor (*) The Brexit talks now underway in Brussels may end in no deal, says Britain’s chief negotiator, David Davis. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, says no deal would be “a very, very bad outcome for Britain.” Prime Minister Theresa May keeps telling us that no deal would be better than […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal

Travel Alert: Incident grounds SATA plane affecting scheduled flights – Portugal

27 June 2017

A catering company damaged a door of a SATA/Azores Airlines plane at the Lisbon airport on Monday. The incident affected the company’s operations on Monday and Tuesday. “A catering company that was going to supply the A320 plane flight from Lisbon-Ponta Delgada, leaned against the aircraft and crashed into a door, damaging it,” said António […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel

Named: George E. Glass to be US Ambassador to Portugal  – Washington, DC

27 June 2017

President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate George Edward Glass, 56, to be  the new US Ambassador to Portugal. The nomination must be confirmed by the US Senate. Glass is owner and managing partner of MGG Development LLC in Lake Oswego, Oregon, which purchases and operates apartment complexes and rental homes. The White House […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Space frontier: Azores represented at the NewSpace Conference – San Francisco, CA

26 June 2017

The Government of the Azores will be represented at the ‘NewSpace 2017: Convergence’ international conference by Gui Menezes the Secretary of the Sea, Science and Technology. The event, considered the largest world event on space frontier exploration, will be held on June 27-29, in San Francisco, California. The NewSpace 2017 conference will center on the […]

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Posted in Azores, Conferences, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal