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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 1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade
 

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 […]

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 […]

English and American Studies Conference – Coimbra, Portugal

05 April 2011

The Associação Portuguesa de Estudos-Anglo-Americanos (APEAA)  —  Portuguese Association of Anglo-American Studies — is organizing its international Annual APEAA Conference 2011 dedicated to the theme “Current Debates in English and American Studies.” The conference will be held on May 12-14 at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, at the University of Coimbra. The general aim […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Conferences, Education, Featured

Job fair for Portuguese speakers – New York, NY

05 April 2011

A job fair for Portuguese and Spanish speakers in the United States, organized by LatPro and The National Society for Hispanic Professionals will take place April 14th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  at the Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City. The event will match bilingual or bicultural professionals with top companies that value their multicultural […]

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The Queen Victoria underway to Portas do Mar – Azores

05 April 2011

British luxury liner Queen Victoria — with nearly 3,000 passengers and crew  on board (1,912 passengers and 970 crew members) — is under way en route from Nassau to Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The cruise liner left Fort Lauderdale, FL (Port Everglades) on March 29, on her 16 days cruise, stopping at the Bahamas […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Life Style, Travel

1st Lisbon Machine Learning School – Conference

04 April 2011

The  Lisbon based Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering: Research and Development (INESC-ID) is organizing the 1st Lisbon Machine Learning conference to be held in Lisbon —  July 20 -25, 2011 — at  Instituto Superior Superior Técnico (IST) – Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.  The event is organized jointly by the Instituto de Telecomunicações and INESC-ID’s  Spoken […]

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Posted in Conferences, Education, Featured

Air traffic on the increase for 2011 – Azores

04 April 2011

According to a statement by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, the airports in Lisbon and the Azores are seeing an increase in traffic at a rate of 3.1 percent for the first two months of the year, but that is down 5.2 percent when compared to the first two month of 2010. Air traffic for passengers also […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Travel

More hikers are discovering Pico – Azores

04 April 2011

According to British based — The Holiday Ferret — vacation rentals are increasing in Portugal, particularly in the Azores, with a special interest for properties in Pico island. On a press release today, the holiday and vacation rental company says that, besides Europe, the Azores are beginning to see a larger US based tourist market emerge.  […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Pico, Travel