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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 […]

Intelligence Leak: Jack Teixeira is of Portuguese American descent – North Dighton, MA

13 April 2023

Suspect Jack Douglas Teixeira, who was arrested on Thursday over leaking online US defense and intelligence documents, is of Portuguese American descent, CNN.Portugal has reported. The suspect, a 21-year-old US Air Force National Guard member, is a resident of North Dighton, Massachusetts, a third-generation Portuguese American, the grandson of Azorean immigrants,  Francisco Viveiros, president of […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Social networks, World

Opinion | Portugal concerned about crucial foreign affairs | By Len Port

13 April 2023

Portugal continues to keep a close eye on foreign affairs all over the world, even though it has greatly downsized and is now just a small country on the sidelines of major power politics. Starting from the early 16th century, Portugal controlled an empire that stretched from Asia across Africa to South America. After granting […]

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Posted in Featured, People, Politics, Portugal, World

China: Chinese Ambassador visiting Terceira Island – Azores

07 April 2023

The Chinese Ambassador to Portugal, Zhao Bentang, met with the Vice President of the Regional Government, Artur Lima, in Angra do Heroísmo, on Terceira island, to offer projects in the areas of Culture, Research and Science. Among the projects discussed at the meeting was the setting up of a Mandarin teaching institute on Terceira Island […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, People, Portugal, Terceira, World

Community: Meet celebrity Chef Maria Lawton – UMass Dartmouth

04 April 2023

The University of Massachusetts’ Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and Tagus Press announced that Maria Lawton, the host and executive producer of the award-winning PBS series Maria’s Portuguese Table, will be giving a presentation at UMass. The event will take place on Sunday, April 23, 2023, from 2-5 pm in the Grand Reading Room […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, People, São Miguel, World

Book | World | by Ana Luísa Amaral – Editor’s Note

04 April 2023

Poems of effervescent grace―about nature, magpies, reality, “the unreasons of this world,” and spiders―from one of Portugal’s most beloved poets, published in a beautiful bilingual edition. World offers a new exhilarating set of poems that convey wonder, bemusement, and an ever-deepening appreciation of life. Weaving the thread that connects the poem to life, World speaks […]

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

Community: Consular workers call for 13-day strike in April – Portugal

02 April 2023

The union representing Portuguese public administration workers abroad (STCDE), at consular posts, diplomatic missions, and cultural centers, has called for a 13-day strike on April 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 24. The union workers are demanding the revision of salary scales and protesting the lack of response […]

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