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Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported 1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade
 

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 […]

Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported – Lisbon, Portugal

Hugo Freitas de Sousa, 39, a native of Terceira Island in the Azores, has returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after spending approximately six weeks in U.S. immigration detention in Tacoma, Washington state.  Sousa, who had lived in the United States for about 35 years, emigrated with his parents as a child and held permanent-resident status through […]

1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony – Horta, Faial

The Autonomous Region of the Azores marked a historic milestone with a Solemn Session on Friday, September 4, at the inaugural session of the Regional Assembly in Horta, Faial, honoring the 50th anniversary of the establishment of self-government. The Regional Assembly’s first solemn session took place exactly 50 years ago in Horta and was presided […]

Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade – Toronto, Ontario

One of the most recognizable symbols of the Azores, Portas da Cidade (City Gates) of Ponta Delgada, will soon have a new home in Brampton, in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area. The inauguration of a full-scale replica of the historic monument is scheduled for September 12, 2026, at Azores Park, 100 Malta Avenue.  The monument will […]

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

AIR Center: Azores committed to build an Atlantic International Research Center – Las Palmas, Canaries

24 June 2017

The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology, Gui Menezes, reiterated in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, the commitment of the Government of the Azores to install an Atlantic International Research (AIR) Center in the archipelago. Menezes, who participated in the 1st Spanish-Portuguese Meeting on the AIR Center, raised awareness for the project and strengthened […]

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

Community: Silicon Valley Portuguese Education & Culture Foundation – San Jose, CA

23 June 2017

The Silicon Valley Portuguese Education & Culture Foundation (SVPECF) was launched to support Portuguese language education at the San Jose State University. Located in Silicon Valley, the newly founded support group replaces the Portuguese Studies Advisory Board which has served the Portuguese language and culture courses at the university. The goal is to attract more […]

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Posted in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Community, East Timor, Education, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World

Book: ‘The City of Ulysses’ by Teolinda Gersão – Editor’s Note

23 June 2017

A man and a woman meet in Lisbon and fall in love. City of Ulysses is their story, and the city’s love story besides. It is a story that leads readers down multiple paths, through myth and history, reality and fantasy, literature and the visual arts, the past and the present, male and female relations, […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World