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UPDATE | Presidential election heads to runoff as diaspora voters decry voting barriers Elections’26 | One of the most presidential contests in decades Book | Luso-Orientalism(s) On Imagined Projections And Ruins | By Maria do Carmo Piçarra Community | Entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique Update | Released transcript of videos by suspect Claudio Valente in Brown University shooting and the killing of Professor Nuno Loureiro
 

UPDATE | Presidential election heads to runoff as diaspora voters decry voting barriers – Portugal

Portugal’s presidential election, held on January 18, concluded without a decisive winner, sending the country to a runoff election on February 8, 2026, following one of the most polarized presidential contests since the return of democracy.  According to the official provisional results, the socialist left-center candidate, António José Seguro, led the first round with 31.1% […]

Elections’26 | One of the most presidential contests in decades – Portugal

Portugal will hold its next presidential election on  Sunday, January 18, 2026, with a possible runoff scheduled for February 8, 2026, if no candidate secures a majority. In what analysts describe as one of the most unpredictable presidential contests in decades, the presidential election is expected to be closely watched both domestically and internationally as […]

Book | Luso-Orientalism(s) On Imagined Projections And Ruins | By Maria do Carmo Piçarra – Editor’s Note

This book aims to explore the multiple ways in which Portuguese colonialism in former “Portuguese Asia” has been imagined. It focuses primarily on how Estado Novo (1933–1974), the longest-running European dictatorship, “imagined” these territories and peoples. Images played a pivotal role in the exercise of colonial power, propagating established ideas and portraying a colonial reality […]

Community | Entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique – Portugal

Portuguese-American entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira, known as a world leader in organic sweet-potato farming, has been awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, one of Portugal’s highest civilian honors.,  The decoration, in recognition of his accomplishments and outstanding contributions to the promotion of Portuguese culture, values, and excellence abroad, was conferred by the […]

Update | Released transcript of videos by suspect Claudio Valente in Brown University shooting and the killing of Professor Nuno Loureiro – Providence, RI

In a new development, US authorities have released the official transcript of a series of videos recorded by suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente in the ongoing investigation into the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of Nuno Loureiro, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The videos, originally recorded in Portuguese, were translated […]

Mission: Repatriation of Portuguese nationals from Israel is underway – Portugal

11 October 2023

The mission to rescue Portuguese nationals, including tourists and residents in Israel, is currently in progress. Out of nearly 200 individuals who informed the Portuguese authorities of their desire to leave Israel, a group of 80 were already in Larnaca, Cyprus, confirmed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, in an official statement. A […]

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Book | So Many People, Mariana | By Maria Judite de Carvalho – Editor’s Note

10 October 2023

Maria Judite de Carvalho (1921-1998) is now recognized as a major Portuguese writer of the twentieth century. In the short story, she found the perfect vessel for her frank depictions of tragic, ordinary lives, and in So Many People, Mariana collects her first four books of short fiction in English for the first time, telling of […]

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FIFA: Portugal to co-host the 2030 World Cup – Zürich, Switzerland

05 October 2023

Portugal, Morocco, and Spain are the countries to jointly host the 2030 World Cup tournament. Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will also stage the opening matches to mark the tournament’s centenary. Portugal has never staged the prestigious World Cup, but hosted the UEFA European Championship in 2004, and qualified for the final phase of the FIFA […]

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Times Square: The Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine – Interview

03 October 2023

By Millicent Borges Accardi Last spring, the landscape of New York City’s Times Square changed dramatically with the arrival of “The Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine” store, located at 1582 Broadway, on the corner of 48th Street, run by COMUR a Portuguese canning company. “O Mundo Fantástico da Sardinha Portuguesa,” as it is known […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Interviews, Portugal, World

Community: Fabric Arts Festival returns to Portuguese New England – Fall River, MA

28 September 2023

The Casa dos Açores de Nova Inglaterra (CANI) is hosting the fourth edition of the annual Fabric Arts Festival (FABRIC), to honor the urban and social fabric of the city of Fall River and the neighboring cities of Providence and New Bedford, which are deeply rooted in the Portuguese cultural heritage. Initiated in Fall River, […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Opinion | Immigration and emigration for a better life | By Len Port

28 September 2023

An increasing number of people in recent years have been coming to Portugal for a better life than they have been experiencing in the United States, the United Kingdom and a number of European Union countries. At the same time, many Portuguese residents have been leaving to the same countries where immigrants are coming from. […]

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