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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 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported
 

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 […]

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 […]

Arts: Tatiana Abrantes exhibiting at Agora Gallery – New York, NY

05 February 2014

Tatiana Abrantes is opening her painting exhibit “Elemental Realms” at Agora Gallery in New York City. The exhibition is scheduled to run from February 7, 2014 through February 27, 2014.The opening reception will be held on Thursday night, February 13, 2014 from 6-8 pm. Based in Lisbon, Portugal, Tatiana Abrantes was born in Mozambique. She […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Featured, Heritage, Mozambique, Organizations, Painting, People, Portugal

Fashion: Portuguese designer Katty Xiomara 2014/15 Winter Collection – New York,NY

03 February 2014

Portuguese fashion designer Katty Xiomara is returning to New York to present her 2014/15 Winter Collection at the fashion week scheduled for February 6-13. She will be a presenter  at Pier 59 Studios as part of the “Nolcha Fashion Week” dedicated to independent fashion designers. The New York Fashion Week kicks off  February 6 through February 13. […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Life Style, Organizations, People, Portugal

Fado: Ricardo Ribeiro debuts at CUNY Graduate Center – NYC, NY

03 February 2014

Portuguese fado vocalist Ricardo Ribeiro will be performing “Puro Fado”, February 5, at the Elebash Hall at The CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, NYC. For the first time in New York City, he will be accompanied by renowned guitarist Pedro Joia. Ricardo Alexandre Paulo Ribeiro, 32, is an internationally respected master […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal

Appointed: Michael Baum named to the FLAD Executive Board – Portugal

02 February 2014

Professor Michael Baum of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth was appointed board member of the Executive Board of Lisbon based Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) by Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho. Professor Baum, who teaches political science and specializes in comparative politics, will take post February 11. He will be on a one-year unpaid leave […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Politics, Portugal, World

Book:The Memoirs and Memorials of Jacques de Coutre – Review

01 February 2014

Review by Juan José Morales (*) The Memoirs and Memorials of Jacques de Coutre: Security, Trade and Society in 16th- and 17th-century Southeast Asia by Peter Borschberg (editor) and Roopanjali Roy (translator) Jacobus van de Koutere, or Jacques de Coutre, born in Bruges around 1572, left war-torn Flanders for the Portuguese colonies in the Far […]

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Posted in Books, Damão, Diu, Featured, Goa, Macau, Politics, Portugal, Travel, World

Architecture: Portuguese architects win four top ArchDaily Year Awards – USA

30 January 2014

Projects by Portuguese architects won four of the top prizes out of 14 categories in the 2014 Archdaily Building of the Year Awards, organized by the online publication, according to the list published on Thursday. In the Health Architecture category, the architects Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus were awarded the top prize for the new building […]

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