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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 […]

Science: Rui Costa advances the study of neurological disorders – Portugal

24 January 2013

Portuguese neuroscientist, Rui Costa, is the co-author of a breakthrough research paper revealing new findings applicable to the treatment of Parkinson and Huntington’s diseases and other neurological disorders. The research paper titled, “Concurrent Activation of Striatal Direct and Indirect Pathways during action initiation,” was published in the January issue of the online journal Nature. The findings are […]

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Bailout: Portugal requests loan extension – Update

23 January 2013

Portugal’s Minister of Finance, Vítor Gaspar, took the occasion of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting to submit a formal request to extend the repayment periods on the country’s bailout, Lusa reported Tuesday. Speaking after the meeting, Gaspar stressed Portugal was a country that “met and meets” its commitments under the adjustment program and that this explained its “readiness […]

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Bailout: Lisbon set to return to the bond market – Portugal

22 January 2013

Portugal has mandated four investment banks to launch a five-year bond issue, for the first time, since it received a bailout in 2011. The move will take place as soon as Wednesday, it was revealed Tuesday. The notified banking institutions, Barclays, Banco Espirito Santo (BES), Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley, were mandated to re-open the […]

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Poetry: 2013 Kale Soup for the Soul literary series – Boston, MA

22 January 2013

The “Kale Soup for the Soul” initiative is launching its 2013 literary series with two East Coast poetry readings.  The series will open with a reading in Boston, March 7th, starting at 6:30, at the Portuguese Consulate, (699 Boylston Street, 7th Floor), co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Portugal, the Boston Portuguese Festival (BPF), and the […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People

Candidate: Charles Sousa running for Premier of Ontario – Canada

20 January 2013

Portuguese-Canadian, Charles Sousa, 54, is a Liberal Party leadership candidate for the post of Primier of Ontario, Canada. Sousa is the former Citizen and Immigration Minister and, since 2007,  has been the MPP for Mississauga South. He also served as Minister of Labour from 2010 to 2011, after having been Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, World

Scholar: Stephen Reckert died in Lisbon age 89 – Portugal

20 January 2013

Spanish and Portuguese letters scholar, Stephen Reckert, died in Lisbon age 86. Born in Indiana (USA), he was a former Camões Professor of Portuguese (Emeritus) at the University of London, UK, and Honorary Research Associate at Institute for the Study of Symbology of Lisbon, Portugal. From 1958 to 1966, he was the Chair of the Department […]

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