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Arts 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
 

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

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 […]

National holiday: November 1st is All Saints Day – Portugal

01 November 2011

All Saints Day [Dia de Todos os Santos] is celebrated in Portugal on November 1st with a national holiday to honor the dead. The origin of All Saints’ Day cannot be traced with certainty, but it has been observed on various days in different places around the world. It is a national holiday in many […]

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Posted in Azores, Heritage, Madeira

Unemployment rate up to 12.5% – Portugal

01 November 2011

Figures from Eurostat revealed Monday the unemployment rate in Portugal had climbed to 12.5% in September with youth unemployment (under-25) rising two decimals to 27.1%, returning to the level of June after dipping to 12.4% in July and August. Portugal now holds the fourth worst unemployment rate behind Spain with a rise in September to […]

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Gold mines: Government signing agreement with Colt Resources – Portugal

31 October 2011

The Portuguese Government and Canadian gold mining exploration company, Colt Resources, are signing an agreement, November 2, to launch an experimental gold probe project in the southern Alentejo region of mainland Portugal. The sites for the project are located at Nossa Senhora da Boa-Fé and Santiago do Escoural (Montemor-o-Novo) near Évora city. The announcement was […]

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Portugal represented at the 21st Ibero-American Summit – Paraguay

30 October 2011

Portugal was represented at its highest level at the 21st Ibero-American Summit by President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, and Foreign Minister Paulo Portas. The summit was held Friday and Saturday in Asunción, capital of Paraguay. On October 27, on their way to Paraguay, Portugal’s President and Prime Minister made separate stops in […]

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Posted in Brazil, Featured, Politics, World

Portugal waiting to hear from its younger descendant generations – Brazil

29 October 2011

The Portuguese government wishes to reach the younger generations of Luso-descendants, but believes they should be the ones to communicate how this should be done, said Saturday in São Paulo, Brazil, the Portuguese Secretary of State for the Communities José Cesário. “I don’t know what the younger generations in São Paulo, Toronto or Paris want. I […]

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Posted in Brazil, Heritage

Fado recommended for World Cultural Heritage genre – UNESCO

29 October 2011

UNESCO’s committee of experts has recommended “Fado,” Portugal’s soulful traditional music, to be enshrined as a World Cultural Heritage genre, the UN organization announced Thursday. Fado is considered Lisbon’s song, which makes Lisbon one of the few cities in the world with its own musical style, one that has come to symbolize the soul of […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Heritage, Music

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