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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: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11
 

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 […]

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 […]

High-Tech: Portugal ranks high as a technology-based services provider – Gartner,Inc.

08 February 2015

For the fifth consecutive year, Portugal is listed among the top seven leading countries providers of technology-based services, reported Gartner,Inc., a USA based information technology researcher. According to its latest study – “Gartner’s Leading Offshore Services Locations in EMEA 2015: Nearshore Increases Despite Geopolitical Concerns” – Portugal ranks high in the list, together with the […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Book: ‘Global Portuguese: Linguistic Ideologies in Late Modernity’ by Moita-Lopes – Editor’s Note

07 February 2015

This book aims at deconstructing and problematizing linguistic ideologies related to Portuguese in late modernity and questioning the theoretical presuppositions which have led us to call Portuguese ‘a language.’ Such an endeavor is crucial when we know that Portuguese is a language which is increasingly internationalized, used as the official language in four continents (in […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Education, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Community: Exhibit honors Portuguese youth immigrant experience – Lowell, MA

07 February 2015

The University of Massachusetts Lowell Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture and Research and the Center for Lowell History, in partnership with the Lowell National Historical Park, are organizing the Community Exhibit ‘Young Portuguese Immigrants in Turn of the Century Lowell, Massachusetts.’ The exhibit is funded by a $5,000 grant from Mass Humanities, the state affiliate […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Genealogy, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Vale de Almeida – A Superb Diplomat with Portuguese Passion

05 February 2015

By Naseer Ahmad (*) Portuguese diplomat, Ambassador João Vale de Almeida, served as the Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the United States. His four years of momentous tour began on August 10, 2010 and ended on October 31, 2014. During this time, he served with a passion for excellence in […]

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Posted in Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Honor: Katy Perry main performer at Super Bowl Halftime Show – Glendale, AZ

01 February 2015

Portuguese American pop singer, Katy Perry, will be the main performer at the NFL Super Bowl halftime show, tonight, for an audience of over 100 million people. The pop star sensation, who will be joined by Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott, will take to the stage at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, World

Algarve: UK fugitive plotted murder of his Portuguese mother’s lover – Portugal

31 January 2015

By Len Port, Contributor(*) Charles Hills, who was convicted of plotting to have the lover of his Portuguese mother killed, is back behind bars having lived openly for several years in the eastern Algarve as a fugitive from UK justice. Originally sentenced at the Old Bailey in London to seven years imprisonment but released after […]

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Posted in Heritage, People, Portugal, World

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