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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 […]

Travel Alert: New round of strikes will disrupt summer traveling – Portugal

25 June 2012

Flights to and from Portugal airports will be disrupted again  in July and August when delays and cancelations are expected following air traffic controllers’ walkouts and strikes by TAP Air Portugal pilots. According to the Portuguese Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) union, a series of partial strikes are planned for June 29 until July 3, with […]

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Posted in Featured, Portugal, Travel, World

LAFF: “All is Well” wins top prize at Los Angeles Film Festival – Los Angeles, CA

25 June 2012

The Portuguese language film “All is Well” [Por Aqui Tudo Bem] , directed by Angola native Pocas Pascoal,  won the top honors for best narrative film at the 18th annual Los Angeles Film Festival, held on Sunday at the Grammy Museum.  The movie was awarded a $15,000 prize. Set in 1980, “All is Well” tells the […]

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

Cristina Jorge de Carvalho wins International Design Award – Los Angeles, CA

24 June 2012

Portuguese interior designer, Cristina Jorge de Carvalho, was one of the recipients of the 2012 International Design Awards in the Interior Conceptual Design category.

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Heritage, Life Style, People, Portugal

Short Film: “Celeste” to debut at private screening – NYC

23 June 2012

The short film “Celeste”, by Portuguese director José Maria Norton, will debut in a private screening, June 30, at 6:00pm, at The Station, 200 Varick St (Hudson St.), Greenwich Village, NYC. The film, featuring Portuguese American actors Dinarte Freitas and Tiago Castro and actress Joana Pais de Brito, portrays the lives of Portuguese immigrants in […]

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Posted in Community, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, People

Author: José Luís Peixoto, a voice with range- Interview

22 June 2012

By Kathi Stafford, Contributor ♦ José Luis Peixoto is acknowledged as one of the most talented Portuguese writers working today. He covers a wide range of genres, with considerable success in his novels, poetry, and playwriting, as well as a musical collaboration with the band Moonspell. Peixoto’s novel, “The Implacable Order of Things,” won the […]

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

Cinema: Anthology of Film Archives featuring “The School of Reis” – NYC

20 June 2012

The Anthology of Film Archives is presenting a retrospective of Portuguese classic cinema featuring the work of António Reis (1927-1991) co-directed with his wife Margarida Cordeiro. The film screenings are scheduled for June 22 through June 25 at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC. Born in Porto, Reis interest in film started in […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Education, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

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