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Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade 100 years ago | Devastating earthquake shook Faial Island Sports | Fernando Pimenta world canoeing champion Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns
 

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 […]

100 years ago | Devastating earthquake shook Faial Island – Azores

One hundred years ago today, on the morning of August 31, 1926, the island of Faial was violently shaken by one of the most destructive earthquakes in the modern history of the Azores.  A century later, the Museu da Horta is commemorating the disaster with historical photographs, educational activities and an earthquake-preparedness exercise involving about […]

Sports | Fernando Pimenta world canoeing champion – Poznan, Poland

Portuguese canoeing star Fernando Pimenta was crowned world champion in the K1 1000 meters, winning a dramatic final at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznan, Poland, on August 29, 2026.  The achievement adds another historic chapter to the career of the athlete from Ponte de Lima, widely regarded as Portugal’s greatest canoeist. Pimenta currently […]

Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration – Fall River, MA

Mayor Paul Coogan, in conjunction with the Portas da Cidade Advisory Committee and the Prince Henry Society, will host a special ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Portas da Cidade (City Gates), one of Fall River’s most recognizable symbols of its Azorean heritage.  The celebration will take place Monday, August 31, at 10:30 am […]

Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns – Fall River, MA

The Holy Ghost Festival of New England will be held in Kennedy Park in Fall River, Massachusetts, from August 26–30. Former Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is expected to visit Fall River as a guest of honor for the 40th-anniversary festival celebration, according to reports. The President of the Regional Government of the Azores, […]

Travel: United Airlines boosting connections between Lisbon and more US capitals – Portugal

07 June 2016

United Airlines has added Washington, DC, to its daily direct routes between Lisbon with connections to many other US capitals. The 8-hour daily flight will be carried out in a Boeing 757-200 with 169 seats. United Airlines has been operating for many years the route between Lisbon Airport and New York, Newark. Currently United Airlines […]

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

The Week: Cuts in fishing quota to send sardine prices soaring – by Len Port

04 June 2016

By Len Port, Contributor (*) You may have missed World Digestive Health Day organized on 29 May each year by the World Gastroenterology Organization, but more than 43,000 food bank volunteers turned up at supermarkets across Portugal on that day to collect food for distribution among 426,000 of the nation’s hungry. Many other relevant statistics […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Food & Wine, Life Style, People, Portugal, World

Travel: TAP Portugal and JetBlue to codeshare flights from New York and Boston – Portugal

03 June 2016

TAP Portugal and JetBlue signed an agreement on June 1 to codeshare non-stop flights to Lisbon, Portugal, from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International and Boston’s Logan International. The codeshare will allow TAP Portugal to service 30 US-Lisbon non-stop flights a week, providing its customers access to the low-cost JetBlue network, the largest domestic airline […]

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

Book: ‘Men Who Migrate, Women Who Wait’ – Editor’s Note

03 June 2016

An analysis is presented of the parish of Lanheses, a northern Portuguese village particularly affected by large-scale peasant emigration, from 1700 to the present day. The author “combines demographic analysis and historical and ethnographic methods to explore its long history of predominantly male emigration, high illegitimacy rates, late marriage, moderated fertility, and frequency of female […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Featured, People, Portugal

China: President Vasco Cordeiro welcomes Chinese Minister of the Sea – Azores

02 June 2016

The President of the Government of the Azores, Vasco Cordeiro, welcomed the Minister of the Sea of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Hong, at a meeting held in Ponta Delgada, on June 1, to further discuss contacts already established in matters related to the sea. “Several contacts have been developed between the Azores and […]

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Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, São Miguel, World

51th Edition: The ‘Azores Airlines Rallye’ grows in prestige and international relevance – Azores

31 May 2016

SATA Group is hosting the 51th edition of the ‘Azores Airlines Rallye’ taking place June 2-4 on São Miguel island. The international car racing event – formerly named ‘SATA Rallye Azores’ – is organized by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) as part of the European Rally Championship. With the participation of 36 contenders from 15 […]

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