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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 […]

Conference: Portuguese Diaspora in Inter-Disciplinary and Comparative Perspectives – Indianapolis, IN

03 January 2013

The organizers of the international conference on “Exploring the Portuguese Diaspora in InterDISCIPLINARY and Comparative Perspectives” have issued a call for papers. The deadline for receiving abstracts (500 words) for a 20-minute presentation, panel proposals and a concise Diaspora in InterDISCIPLINARY and Comparative Perspectives: An International Conference bio is February 28, 2013. Notification of acceptance […]

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

Award – Eduardo Souto de Moura a Wolf Prize Laureate – Israel

03 January 2013

Portuguese architect, Eduardo Souto de Moura, was awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize, announced The Wolf Foundation in Telaviv, Israel. The honor recognizes Moura’s “advancement of the craft and ideas of architecture,” said the announcement. Since 1978, the annual Wolf Prize has been awarded to recipients who have advanced the fields of art and science. Laureates […]

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

2012 – Negative birth rate decreases further – Portugal

02 January 2013

In 2012, Portugal’s natural balance, the difference between births and deaths, was once again negative by its widest margin ever in recent history. According to Laura Vilarinho, director of the newborn vaccination program, 90,026 children were born in Portugal in 2012, the lowest figure in decades. The number shows a decrease of about 7,000 births, […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, Spotlight

Lisbon: Portuguese Diaspora Council created – Portugal

31 December 2012

The Conselho da Diáspora Portuguesa [Portuguese Diaspora Council], presided by the President of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, was officially created in Lisbon in an effort to promote Portugal’s reputation abroad. The main goal for the 24 founding members is to form a network of 300 elite Portuguese entrepeneurs doing business internationally. The new council will promote areas of national […]

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

Strike: Train services to shut down New Year’s Day – Portugal

30 December 2012

A coalition of trade unions, representing Comboios de Portugal (CP), has called a New Year’s Day nationwide strike to protest against government imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. Widespread cancellations have been confirmed, with effects of the strike to be felt from late Monday, December 31, through Wednesday January 2. Cancellations will primarily affect services in […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Spotlight

Music: Best of Fado 2012 – Review

29 December 2012

By David Mendonça, Contributor (*) The fado is holding steady, even flourishing, through Portugal’s fiscal crisis. In addition to plenty of music, there have been films, a play, books, and a number of notable events. Last year’s UNESCO designation of the fado as “world immaterial heritage and patrimony” has certainly helped, as has a wave […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Heritage, Music, Portugal

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