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UPDATE | Presidential election heads to runoff as diaspora voters decry voting barriers Elections’26 | One of the most presidential contests in decades Book | Luso-Orientalism(s) On Imagined Projections And Ruins | By Maria do Carmo Piçarra Community | Entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique Update | Released transcript of videos by suspect Claudio Valente in Brown University shooting and the killing of Professor Nuno Loureiro
 

UPDATE | Presidential election heads to runoff as diaspora voters decry voting barriers – Portugal

Portugal’s presidential election, held on January 18, concluded without a decisive winner, sending the country to a runoff election on February 8, 2026, following one of the most polarized presidential contests since the return of democracy.  According to the official provisional results, the socialist left-center candidate, António José Seguro, led the first round with 31.1% […]

Elections’26 | One of the most presidential contests in decades – Portugal

Portugal will hold its next presidential election on  Sunday, January 18, 2026, with a possible runoff scheduled for February 8, 2026, if no candidate secures a majority. In what analysts describe as one of the most unpredictable presidential contests in decades, the presidential election is expected to be closely watched both domestically and internationally as […]

Book | Luso-Orientalism(s) On Imagined Projections And Ruins | By Maria do Carmo Piçarra – Editor’s Note

This book aims to explore the multiple ways in which Portuguese colonialism in former “Portuguese Asia” has been imagined. It focuses primarily on how Estado Novo (1933–1974), the longest-running European dictatorship, “imagined” these territories and peoples. Images played a pivotal role in the exercise of colonial power, propagating established ideas and portraying a colonial reality […]

Community | Entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique – Portugal

Portuguese-American entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira, known as a world leader in organic sweet-potato farming, has been awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, one of Portugal’s highest civilian honors.,  The decoration, in recognition of his accomplishments and outstanding contributions to the promotion of Portuguese culture, values, and excellence abroad, was conferred by the […]

Update | Released transcript of videos by suspect Claudio Valente in Brown University shooting and the killing of Professor Nuno Loureiro – Providence, RI

In a new development, US authorities have released the official transcript of a series of videos recorded by suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente in the ongoing investigation into the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of Nuno Loureiro, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The videos, originally recorded in Portuguese, were translated […]

Community | SL Benfica and FC Porto playing in the 2025 Club World Cup – FIFA, US

10 June 2025

Portugal’s two most relevant football clubs, FC Porto and SL Benfica, are officially set to represent the Portuguese nation on the world stage at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, taking place for the first time in the United States from June 14 to July 13, 2025. This marks the first time both clubs will […]

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

Book | Midnight Is Not in Everyone’s Reach | By António Lobo Antunes | Editor’s Note

10 June 2025

A polyphonic novel set over the course of three days, Midnight is Not in Everyone’s Reach is a stunning meditation on memory and time from António Lobo Antunes, considered by many to be Portugal’s greatest living writer. The year is 2011, and our aging narrator has returned to Alto da Vigia to say goodbye to […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Portugal, World

Book | Hummingbird | By Elaine Ávila – Editor’s Note

09 June 2025

When forced to choose a topic for a mandatory high school project, Alex sarcastically says “hummingbirds” because one is hovering outside the window. Alex has no idea that this offhand choice will lead them to uncover hidden family histories in a mysterious journal from the 1860s, find an essential role in a community nest-finding network, […]

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June 9th | Azores Day celebrates self-rule and religious traditions – Azores

09 June 2025

Today, June 9, the people of the Azores are celebrating Azores Day—Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores (Day of the Autonomous Region of the Azores)—a regional public holiday observed each year on the Monday following Pentecost, also known as Holy Spirit Monday. This movable feast honors both the archipelago’s deeply rooted religious traditions and its […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Religion, Terceira, World

Community | 41st Annual Heritage Day of Portugal in Massachusetts – Boston, MA

07 June 2025

The 41st Annual Heritage Day of Portugal in Massachusetts, organized by the Portuguese American Legislative Caucus (PALC), will be held on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at the Massachusetts State House. PALC is co-chaired by Rep. Antonio Cabral, along with Sen. Michael Rodrigues. This annual event, inspired by the celebrations of June 10, Day of Portugal, […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Travel | Azores Airlines updates its North American routes – Azores

07 June 2025

Streamlining its operations, Azores Airlines, the transatlantic carrier of the Azores archipelago operated by Grupo SATA, has made changes to its North American network for the summer 2025 season, dropping several routes introduced in 2024, while introducing new routes. To focus on core markets while enhancing connectivity through its hub in Ponta Delgada,  Azores Airlines […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Madeira, Portugal, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel, World