11 March 2025
Portugal’s minority center-right government, led by Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, collapsed today after losing a confidence vote in parliament. This crisis is the latest after a series of political scandals. The minority Democratic Alliance (AD), fell only 11 months after being inaugurated, bringing the country to a third general election in three years. The snap […]
08 March 2025
Portuguese Prime Minister, Luis Montenegro, was in Brussels for Thursday’s emergency summit to thrash out defence plans for Ukraine and the entire continent in the face of Russian aggression and the lack of solidarity from the Trump administration. Leaders from 26 of the 27 European nations attending the summit reached a commitment to work closely […]
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08 March 2025
Through the Regional Directorate for Communities and the Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, the Government of the Azores is promoting the “Thinking about the Diaspora” colloquium on 20 and 21 March, at the Coliseu Micaelense, in Ponta Delgada. Open to the general public, the colloquium aims to promote in-depth reflection on the challenges […]
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05 March 2025
Portuguese American pop singer, Katy Perry will fly to space during Blue Origin’s next crewed mission, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company has announced. According to Blue Origin, this will be the first all-female spaceflight since 1963, when the Soviet Union sent Valentina Tereshkova as the sole astronaut on a historic mission. Aboard the New Shepard […]
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05 March 2025
Francisco César, the President of the Socialist Party/Azores and Member of Portugal’s Assembly of the Republic, was elected as President of the Portugal-Canada Parliamentary Friendship Group (GPA) this Wednesday. The Portugal-Canada Parliamentary Friendship Group (GPA), is a body created to strengthen and consolidate bilateral relations between the two countries, by reinforcing cooperation ties at institutional, […]
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05 March 2025
On Women’s History Month 2025, we congratulate Domitília dos Santos for her achievements and leadership, as an Executive Director, Senior Portfolio Management Director, and International Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm operating in over 40 countries with over 1,300 offices. Headquartered in New York, it employs around 65,000 […]
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