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Hate crime | Explosion severely damages Casa da Madeira in Toronto Book | Translating from the Portuguese: A Life Translated | By Elizabeth Lowe SATA Airlines | Workers stage labor mobilization over airline’s future National icon | Francisco Pinto Balsemão dies at age 88 Community | International Colloquium on Portuguese Migration and Mill Work in New England
 

Hate crime | Explosion severely damages Casa da Madeira in Toronto – Canada

Casa da Madeira, one of the oldest and most respected Portuguese community institutions in Toronto, suffered extensive structural damage following a criminal act that led to an explosion at its premises on 1621 Dupont Street. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when an individual reportedly entered the building carrying an accelerant […]

Book | Translating from the Portuguese: A Life Translated | By Elizabeth Lowe – Editor’s Note

Elizabeth Lowe charts her journey to becoming a translator through a series of vignettes relating her life as a “third-culture kid” and living and working abroad in a kaleidoscope of cultures and languages. She lived in Germany as a young child immediately after the Second World War while her father worked in the Nuremburg trials […]

SATA Airlines | Workers stage labor mobilization over airline’s future – Azores

SATA Airlines workers and the SATA Group are staging a labor mobilization by calling for an ‘extraordinary plenary’ in Ponta Delgada on Friday. The extraordinary meeting, convened by the SATA Air Açores Workers’ Committee, follows a street demonstration held three weeks ago and reflects the workforce’s growing anxiety over the future of the public airline […]

National icon | Francisco Pinto Balsemão dies at age 88 – Portugal

Portugal and the international community are mourning the passing of Francisco Pinto Balsemão, former Prime Minister of Portugal and founder of the Expresso newspaper and Impresa media group, who died on October 21, 2025, at the age of 88. His death marks the end of a remarkable career that bridged politics, journalism, and business, leaving […]

Community | International Colloquium on Portuguese Migration and Mill Work in New England – UMassD

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will host an international colloquium titled “Portuguese Migration and Mill Work in New England: Past, Present, and Future of Portuguese American Studies” on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 in the Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room.  This two-day event will assess the contributions of the recently published volume Migration […]

Diplomacy | Portugal formally recognizes the State of Palestine – United Nations

20 September 2025

The Government of Portugal announced it will formally recognize the State of Palestine this Sunday. The decision comes on the eve of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week in New York, where Middle East peace will be high on the agenda. Portugal, the latest EU member to recognize Palestine, will formally transmit its recognition to […]

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Posted in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Politics, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World

FLAD 40Years | Launching “Coast to Coast” book collection – Terceira, Azores

19 September 2025

The Luso American Development Foundation (FLAD) is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a year-long program of multidisciplinary initiatives. As part of the commemorations, FLAD is launching Coast to Coast, a new book collection, which will debut at the Lajes International Conference taking place September 18–19 in Terceira, Azores. The new Coast to Coast collection features […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, Terceira, World

João Pedro Porto | Combining experimental form with existential paradoxes – Interview

14 September 2025

By Carolina Matos, Editor João Pedro Porto, born in the Azores in 1984, has established himself as one of the most distinctive contemporary voices in Portuguese literature. A novelist, poet, and psychotherapist, Porto’s work bridges myth and modernity, psychological depth and lyrical experimentation. His writing has been praised by renowned author Valter Hugo Mãe, who […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Interviews, Music, People, Portugal, World

Honor | Maria João Pires receives 2025 Helena Vaz da Silva European Award – Portugal

13 September 2025

Pianist Maria João Pires, one of Portugal’s most distinguished cultural figures, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Helena Vaz da Silva European Award for Raising Public Awareness on Cultural Heritage. Presented annually by Europa Nostra, in collaboration with the Centro Nacional de Cultura and Clube Português de Imprensa, the award recognizes individuals who, […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, Music, People, Portugal, World

Opinion | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro meets President Xi Jinping – China

11 September 2025

By Len Port Portugal’s Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, met with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday and urged him to use his influence on Russia’s Vladimir Putin to help bring about peace in Ukraine. Luís Montenegro is the first Portuguese government leader to visit Beijing in nearly a decade. His visit came just […]

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Book | After the Carnations | By Daniela F. Melo & Paul C. Manuel – Editor’s Note

10 September 2025

The Portuguese revolution of April 25, 1974, has drawn much well-deserved scholarly attention: it offers an innovative example of a leftist military-led revolutionary process that unexpectedly resulted in the transition to a West European-style social democracy. Although much of the existing scholarship has logically focused on the emerging political elites and institutions of the period, […]

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