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Rabo de Peixe | Netflix premieres season two of acclaimed Terceira | U.S. Government shutdown leaves workers at Lajes Air Base without pay Book | The First Boat | By José Saramago Municipal Elections | Voters resist populism and polarization in favor of democratic resilience Summit for Peace | António Costa to represent the EU at Sharm el-Sheikh
 

Rabo de Peixe | Netflix premieres season two of acclaimed “Turn of the Tide” – Azores

Netflix today premieres season two of the acclaimed Portuguese series Rabo de Peixe (Turn of the Tide), continuing the thrilling saga that first placed the Azores on the global streaming map. Produced by Ukbar Filmes in partnership with Netflix, the series has become one of the platform’s most-watched non-English shows, ranking in the Top 10 […]

Terceira | U.S. Government shutdown leaves workers at Lajes Air Base without pay – Azores

Hundreds of Portuguese civilian workers employed at the U.S. Air Force’s Lajes Field (Base das Lajes) on Terceira Island, Azores, have gone without pay as a direct consequence of the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. The situation has created a bilateral diplomatic reaction. According to reports, confirmed by the Government of the Azores, Portuguese employees working […]

Book | The First Boat | By José Saramago – Editor’s Note

International award winner! A beautifully illustrated story book for kids 4-8 about the importance of nature and community, from Nobel Prize winner José Saramago. The sea is the universe close to us. Here is the story of a man who lives at the water’s edge, watching the rise and fall of the shoreline. It is […]

Municipal Elections | Voters resist populism and polarization in favor of democratic resilience – Portugal

The morning after Portugal’s 2025 municipal elections, a new political map is taking shape across the country, while final certified results from the Ministry of Internal Administration are expected in the coming days. Meanwhile, analysts suggest that Portugal’s strong local democratic culture, rooted in community identity, continues to resist the populist polarization that has reshaped […]

Summit for Peace | António Costa to represent the EU at Sharm el-Sheikh – Egypy

António Costa, President of the European Council and former Prime Minister of Portugal, will represent the European Union at the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit for Peace, taking place on Monday, October 13, in Egypt. The summit, co-hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Donald J. Trump, seeks to consolidate international efforts toward ending […]

Community: MAPS Announces New Board Officers – Cambridge, MA

25 November 2022

The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) Board of Directors elected a new slate of officers for the 2022-2024 term at its monthly meeting on November 22. António Massa Viana, Esq., of Sudbury, founder and Managing Attorney at Massa Viana Law, was elected as the health and social service organization’s new Board President. He takes […]

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Travel Alert: TAP Air Portugal refunds millions to affected travelers – Washington, DC

23 November 2022

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) mandated that TAP Air Portugal, and five other airlines, pay millions in fines and refunds due to delays and cancellations resulting from the onset of the Covid’19 pandemic. Accordingly, DOT has issued a USD$1.1 million fine to TAP Air Portugal for delaying refunding more than USD$123 million to […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Organizations, Portugal, Travel, World

Community: Harmonia Mosteirense Band sharing stage with the Extreme – Hudson, MA

21 November 2022

Portuguese American musician, Nuno Bettencourt, is organizing a joint concert with the Boston based Extreme rock band and the Azores based Harmonia Mosteirense Brass Band, to take place throughout the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the town of Hudson, (MA), on November 26, and in the city of Fall River (MA) on November 27.  The concert, […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, São Miguel, Terceira, World

Opinion | Portugal’s population on the decline – By Len Port

20 November 2022

The global population, according to the United Nations, reached 8 billion and is still rising, while Portugal’s population was said to have been 10,126,454 and falling. United Nations statistics show that in 1950 the global population was only 2.6 billion. In 2011 it had risen to 7 billion. It is predicted to reach 9.7 billion […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal

Book |The Incandescent Threads| by Richard Zimler – Editor’s Note

07 November 2022

From the acclaimed author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Warsaw Anagrams comes an unforgettable, deeply moving ode to solidarity, heroism, and the kind of love capable of overcoming humanity’s greatest horror. The latest novel in the Sephardic Cycle, a group of independent works that explore the lives of different branches and generations of a Portuguese-Jewish family, […]

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Opinion| Will Brazil lead the fight against global warming?  – By Len Port

07 November 2022

Brazilians in Portugal, the largest expatriate population here, may still have mixed feelings about the narrow victory in the presidential election back home, but Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa and most of the delegates now in Egypt for the United Nations COP 27 climate summit are pleased at the outcome. President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da […]

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