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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 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported 1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony
 

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 […]

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 […]

Book: ‘My House is a Mansion’ by Irene Marques – Editor’s Note

02 April 2015

‘My House is a Mansion’ is a spiritual and sexual coming of age tale, which explores issues of personal and collective identity, mythical and mystical understandings of self, world and universe, gender, race and class. Amélia, the protagonist, embarks on a quest of self-discovery, travelling between continents in real and symbolic terms finding personal growth […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Heritage, Portugal

Azores: Hosting the 2015 ‘Formula Windsurfing World Championships’ – FWWC’15

01 April 2015

For the second consecutive year, the Azores are hosting the ‘Formula Windsurfing World Championships’ (FWWC’15), to be held from on April 7 through April 12, in Praia da Vitória bay, Terceira island. The competition will gather 60 athletes, from 17 different countries, among them some of the top world competitors. “This is the most important […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, Terceira, Travel, World

Travel: Executive decision opens Azorean air space to foreign competition – Azores

31 March 2015

Following a recent executive decision by the central Government of Portugal and the regional Government of the Azores, effective March 29 private airlines will be allowed to establish domestic flights between mainland Portugal and the Azores. Under the new agreement between the central and regional governments, domestic flights from mainland Portugal (Lisbon and Porto) to […]

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

Community: Portuguese American writers to present reading events – KSFS

30 March 2015

A group of Portuguese American writers, organized by “Kale for the Soul’ (KSFS), is presenting a series of reading events featuring João Martins, PaulA Neves, Marina Carreira , Maggie Felisberto, Millicent Borges Accardi, Carlos J. Queirós, Amy Sayre Baptista, Carlo Matos and Paula Neves. Participants will read work about their Portuguese heritage and the immigration […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, World

Book: ‘Women, Crime, and Forgiveness in Early Modern Portugal – Editor’s Note

29 March 2015

Looking at the experiences of women in early modern Portugal in the context of crime and forgiveness, this study demonstrates the extent to which judicial and quasi-judicial records can be used to examine the implications of crime in women’s lives, whether as victims or culprits.

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal

Travel: A day trip to Quinta da Aveleda and another place in time – Portugal

27 March 2015

By Joy Hanford, Contributor (*) With Spring arriving in the north of Portugal my family and I are ready to shake off the waterlogged winter, embrace the bloom and quickly fill up our weekends and holidays with as many day trips as possible. There are no shortages of palaces, convents and castles to visit, hikes […]

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Posted in Featured, Food & Wine, Home & Garden, Life Style, Portugal, Travel

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