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Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada 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 | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

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 […]

Crisis: New government creates more confusion and dissent – Portugal

23 October 2015

By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal’s head of state has given the green light to Pedro Passos Coelho and his center-right “Forward Portugal” (Portugal à Frente) coalition to follow up on their first term in office and form a new government. But that doesn’t mean the inconclusive outcome of the general election is all sorted. […]

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

Travel: SATA completes rebranding with extreme makeover – Azores

21 October 2015

The Azores based airline ‘SATA International’ has changed its brand name to ‘Azores Airlines’ and has unveiled a new livery. As part of the move, SATA has leased two A-330 aircraft, which display the new name, a blue sperm whale on each side, and a green whale tail on the its tail. The first of […]

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Posted in Azores, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Miguel, World

Book: ‘Authentic Portuguese Cooking’ by Ana Patuleia Ortins – Editor’s Note

20 October 2015

An Encyclopedic Collection of Recipes from One of the World’s Most Cherished Food Cultures Ana Patuleia Ortins will help you travel to and experience the unique paradise of Portugal without setting foot on a plane. Portugal is known for its cuisine that while mild in spice, is rich in flavor. As the authority on Portuguese […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal

Book: ‘Now and at the Hour of our Death’ by Susana Marques – Editor’s Note

19 October 2015

A journalist with a poet’s sensibility, a poet with a journalist’s clear eye, Susana Moreira Marques succeeds in creating a whole new kind of book about the lives of people dying and their families. The author finds herself in Trás-os-Montes, a rural region in northeastern Portugal. She is there to accompany a palliative care team […]

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

Crisis: Two weeks after general election some help from outer space? – Portugal

16 October 2015

By Len Port, Contributor (*) More than two weeks after the general election, Portugal will still be in the awkward position of not knowing who is to form the next government. How much easier it would have been if a group of extraterrestrials had landed last week. They would have provided a handy solution to […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Politics, Portugal

Book: ‘Creole Societies in the Portuguese Colonial Empire’ – Editor’s Note

15 October 2015

In 2004, a conference was held at King’s College London to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Charles Boxer. The theme of the conference was the development of the culturally mixed ‘Portuguese’ societies in Asia, Africa and America, which reflected Boxer’s own interest in the social history of Portugal’s overseas empire. Although the conference […]

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Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, Cape Verde, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Politics, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince