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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: Walk &Talk Festival becomes the gift that keeps on giving – Azores

10 August 2013

On its third edition, the Walk & Talk Festival of public art was held on São Miguel island, through the month of July, with a huge success. Founded in 2011 by Azorean art entrepreneurs Diana Sousa (27) and Jesse James (25), the event is now part of the international art scene and will continue to attract […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Painting, People, São Miguel, World

Surfing: SATA Airlines hosting ASP World Championship Tour – Azores

09 August 2013

SATA Airlines is hosting the 2013 ASP/SATA Airlines Azores Pro competition, toward the Association of Surfing Professionals World Qualifying Series (ASP/WQS). Scheduled for September 3 through September 8, the event is expected to gather on São Miguel island the world’s top 100 surfers, competing for a cash prize of $250,000 USD. The ASP/SATA Airlines Azores Pro […]

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Lecture: Ambassador João Vale de Almeida to speak at UMass Dartmouth – Massachusetts

07 August 2013

Ambassador João Vale de Almeida, the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, will visit Massachusetts’ Bridgewater State University and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Friday, August 9. State Sen. Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton, Co-Chairman to the Portuguese American Legislative Caucus and the Legislative Caucus on International Trade and Global […]

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Posted in Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Essay: The Portuguese and the British in India – By George Monteiro

07 August 2013

By George Monteiro, Contributor (*) In 1924 Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970), the author of such well-regarded early twentieth-century novels as Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908), and Howard’s End (1910), published his much admired political-historical novel, A Passage to India.  Considered by most critics and […]

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Posted in Books, Damão, Diu, Featured, Goa, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Education: Teachers of Portuguese complete professional development program – Azores

28 July 2013

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) A group of 15 Portuguese language teachers in the United States has completed an intensive professional development program at the University of the Azores, in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel island. Participants included teachers from California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In its second edition, the program was […]

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Posted in Azores, Brazil, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Miguel, Scholarships, Travel, World

Heritage: Jewish cultural and religious revival underway – Portugal

28 July 2013

The Isaac Cardoso Center, the first Jewish cultural and religious center in Portugal, was inaugurated in the city of Trancoso last week after Jews were expelled from Portugal 500 years ago. The new complex, which houses the new synagogue called Beit Mayim Hayim [House of Living Waters], was co-sponsored by the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel and […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Religion, Travel