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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 […]

Opinion: Portugal seeks to fill fiscal black hole

11 April 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) Incredibly, Portugal has plunged from being a role model in its handling of the debit crisis to a potential basket case that may have to go begging for a second bailout. Some analysts say events here could instigate even worse and wider mayhem elsewhere in the eurozone. The current international […]

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Posted in Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Book: Pessoa – Philosophical Essays – by Nuno Ribeiro – Review

11 April 2013

By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is considered to be a great European intellectual and a preeminent Portuguese modernist.  Born in Lisbon, he grew up in South Africa and had an English education at St. Joseph’s, a Dominican convent school, in Durban.  In 1901, he passed the Cape School Higher Examination with distinction, […]

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

AIPE: Joana Vasconcelos recipient of the 2012 Personality of the Year Award – Portugal

10 April 2013

Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is the recipient of the 2012 Personality of the Year Award from the Foreign Press Association (AIEP) for her remarkable career. This is the 24th year the AIEP prize has been awarded to a Portuguese personality or institution that has helped promote Portugal internationally. The award was voted on at the end of […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

IFLA: Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles recipient of the Geoffrey Jellicoe Award – New Zealand

10 April 2013

Portuguese landscape architect Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, 91, is the recipient of the 2013 Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award, by the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), which represents the worldwide profession of landscape architecture. Established in 2004, the award is the highest honor that the International Federation of Landscape Architects can bestow upon a landscape architect. […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Sports: 48th SATA Rallye broadcast live to over 100 million world viewers – Azores

08 April 2013

This year, the 48th SATA Rallye Azores is scheduled for April 25, 26 and 27, as the round four of FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) composed of thirteen rallies. A  4-hour live coverage will be broadcast by Eurosport TV expected to attract over 107 million viewers. Held for over 40 years, the SATA Rally Azores is […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Miguel, World

Travel Alert: SATA International announced a six-day strike for April and May – Azores

07 April 2013

Pilots at SATA Air Azores and its subsidiary SATA International  have announced a joint six day strike for April  23, 24, 25 and on May 2, 3 and 4. A  source of the Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC) told Lusa that the decision was approved unanimously. The strike was called over concerns relating to budget […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, Portugal