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Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly 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
 

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly – New York, NY

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro will travel to New York from September 22 to 24 to represent Portugal at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. On Thursday, September 24, Montenegro is expected to deliver Portugal’s national address to the Assembly at approximately 2:15 p.m. New York time. The theme for this year’s […]

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 […]

Book | The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin & Kitimat: Two Plays | By Elaine Ávila – Editor’s Note

24 October 2023

Two epic labor plays, based on true events, by the acclaimed author of Fado: The Saddest Music in the World. In The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin, discover how Canada got the eight-hour day – and in Kitimat, visit the fastest declining town in Canada, whose residents are suddenly offered a deal by Big Oil. The […]

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

Opinion | Middled East conflict could turn into a wider war | By Len Port

17 October 2023

The strongest neutral voice amidst the biased international clamor over the crisis in Israel and Gaza has been that of António Guterres. The United Nations secretary-general and former Portuguese prime minister was quick to call on the Hamas militants to immediately release the 199 Israeli hostages they have seized and to ask the Israeli government […]

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Posted in Featured, People, Portugal, World

Delta: First coffee produced in the Azores launched – Portugal

11 October 2023

Delta Coffee, the largest Portuguese coffee producer, made history with the launch of the first Portuguese coffee entirely produced in the Azores. The archipelago is known for its “very favorable conditions” that yield “extremely high-quality” coffee, as stated by the company’s CEO, Rui Miguel Nabeiro. He proudly referred to this achievement as “Impossible Coffee,” highlighting […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Food & Wine, Portugal

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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Posted in Featured, People, Portugal, World

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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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

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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Posted in Featured, Organizations, Portugal, Sports, World

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