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1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade 100 years ago | Devastating earthquake shook Faial Island Sports | Fernando Pimenta world canoeing champion Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration
 

1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony – Horta, Faial

The Autonomous Region of the Azores marked a historic milestone with a Solemn Session on Friday, September 4, at the inaugural session of the Regional Assembly in Horta, Faial, honoring the 50th anniversary of the establishment of self-government. The Regional Assembly’s first solemn session took place exactly 50 years ago in Horta and was presided […]

Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade – Toronto, Ontario

One of the most recognizable symbols of the Azores, Portas da Cidade (City Gates) of Ponta Delgada, will soon have a new home in Brampton, in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area. The inauguration of a full-scale replica of the historic monument is scheduled for September 12, 2026, at Azores Park, 100 Malta Avenue.  The monument will […]

100 years ago | Devastating earthquake shook Faial Island – Azores

One hundred years ago today, on the morning of August 31, 1926, the island of Faial was violently shaken by one of the most destructive earthquakes in the modern history of the Azores.  A century later, the Museu da Horta is commemorating the disaster with historical photographs, educational activities and an earthquake-preparedness exercise involving about […]

Sports | Fernando Pimenta world canoeing champion – Poznan, Poland

Portuguese canoeing star Fernando Pimenta was crowned world champion in the K1 1000 meters, winning a dramatic final at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznan, Poland, on August 29, 2026.  The achievement adds another historic chapter to the career of the athlete from Ponte de Lima, widely regarded as Portugal’s greatest canoeist. Pimenta currently […]

Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration – Fall River, MA

Mayor Paul Coogan, in conjunction with the Portas da Cidade Advisory Committee and the Prince Henry Society, will host a special ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Portas da Cidade (City Gates), one of Fall River’s most recognizable symbols of its Azorean heritage.  The celebration will take place Monday, August 31, at 10:30 am […]

Labor: Portuguese workers to protest against extreme austerity policies – Update

25 September 2012

Portuguese workers nationwide will protest again Saturday, September 29, against the latest government issued austerity rules. Large gatherings of protesters are expected to concentrate in Lisbon and Porto, Portugal’s largest cities. The protests are being called by CGTP (Central Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses) the largest Portuguese union federation, representing 727,000 workers in 81 unions. Last […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, Politics, Portugal, Spotlight

Elected: President Dos Santos to be sworn for five term in office – Angola

24 September 2012

President José Eduardo dos Santos is to be sworn President of Angola, for a five-year term in office, Wednesday, following the Angolan Constitutional Court’s announcement that all appeals presented by opposition parties were dismissed as groundless. The official final results of the 31 August polls gave dos Santos and his MPLA party 71.28% of the […]

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Posted in Angola, People, Politics, Spotlight, World

Travel: Tourists from the US are the fastest group visiting – Portugal

21 September 2012

Tourists from the United States are the fastest growing group visiting Portugal, according to the Portuguese national tourist board, Lusa reported. The number of US visitors who came to the country in the first six months of the year was up 7.5% compared to a year earlier, at 135,000, putting the US ninth in terms […]

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Posted in Featured, Madeira, Portugal, Travel, World

Heritage: Portuguese Americans consuming more products from old country

20 September 2012

Portuguese Americans in the US are buying more products from their homeland in a bid to help it overcome its economic crisis, according to the government official responsible for liaising with Portuguese citizens abroad, Lusa reported Thursday. At the end of a four-day visit to the US, Secretary of State for Communities, José Cesário, said he […]

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

Profile: José Luís Peixoto has a gift for emotion and sensibility – Essay

18 September 2012

By Richard Simas, Contributor (*) José Luís Peixoto is a conduit for emotion.  Sensations emerge immediately in the opening lines of his fiction, poetry, and non-fiction as they do in his voice the moment he begins reading or talking about writing.  Whether evoking the starkly luminous Alentejo landscape of his youth or joyfully holding his recently […]

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

Labor: Portuguese workers strike back at austerity measures – Update

17 September 2012

Workers at the Portuguese oil refineries in Sines and Matosinhos went out on strike Monday.  About 90% of workers had joined the protests expected to last for the next three days. The protests are against “unacceptable” changes to collective bargaining agreements which include a pay rise for workers of “just” 1%, while the company made a […]

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Posted in Azores, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal

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