04 October 2024
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) are among the favorites to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Reuters reported on Thursday. The winner will be announced on October 11. A former Portugal’s prime minister, António Guterres, is a strong contender for the prize […]
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01 October 2024
The Portuguese government is fully committed to the protection and sustainable use of the oceans, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro told while addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York last week. He said that one of his government’s main strategic priorities was fulfilling the goals of the international 2030 Agenda designed to reinforce […]
01 October 2024
The 2024 Fabric Arts Festival (FABRIC) will take place from October 10-13 in Fall River, MA, and Providence, RI. On its fifth edition, the festival showcases various events including visual art exhibits, live music performances, installations, educational workshops, gastronomy and communal dinners. FABRIC brings together more than 40 international artists from various backgrounds to New England to present […]
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30 September 2024
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Renaissance Italy received a bounty of “goods” from Portuguese trading voyages—fruits of empire that included luxury goods, exotic animals and even enslaved people. Many historians hold that this imperial “opening up” of the world transformed the way Europeans understood the global. In this book, K.J.P. Lowe challenges such an […]
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26 September 2024
Prime Minister of Portugal, Luís Montenegro, took the stage today at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to reaffirm Portugal’s commitment to tackling key global challenges such as climate change, human rights, and gender equality. Montenegro emphasized the importance of working with Portuguese-speaking nations to advance these initiatives. This year’s UNGA session is focused on […]
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21 September 2024
The devastating wildfires raging across Portugal this week and the catastrophic floods in central Europe are just two more examples of the global crisis that will be discussed during the upcoming ‘New York Climate Week’. Thousands of Portuguese firefighters, with many reinforcements from Spain and Morocco, plus water bombers from Italy and France, have been […]
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