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Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada Arts 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 | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

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 […]

Report: Portuguese Catholic Church clergy sexually abused thousands of children – Portugal

16 February 2023

An official report published this week has revealed that members of the Portuguese Catholic Church, mostly priests, have sexually abused at least 4,815 children over the past 70 years. An investigative commission, headed by child psychiatrist Pedro Strecht, has reported that most perpetrators (77%) were priests, and 57% of the victims were male. The report […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Religion, World

Community: SATA dumping North American customers into charter plane – Azores

08 February 2023

Azores Airlines has announced that it will charter an Airbus A330 from Spain-based Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas to operate flights between the Azores, the United States, and Canada during the summer season. The chartered Airbus A330-200 will be used by Azores Airlines for routes from the Azores to Boston and Oakland (United States) and to […]

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

Opinion | All this weird weather is likely to worsen – By Len Port

03 February 2023

The weather in Portugal and everywhere else in the world has been bizarre this January and past year. Climate experts warn it is likely to get worse the rest of this year and much worse in 2024. Despite bright sunshine and blue skies in keeping with our reputation for mild winters, the Algarve, along with […]

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Posted in Featured, Portugal, World

Travel alert: SATA Airlines to raise airfares 200% next summer – Azores

02 February 2023

If you are planning to travel to the Azores with your family next summer, think again. The Azores based air carrier, SATA Airlines, in the process of being privatized, has raised its airfares to a hefty 200% next summer. The revelation, reported by Diário dos Açores on Wednesday, is causing quite a storm of protests […]

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Posted in Azores, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Madeira, Portugal, Travel, World

Book | The Colonial World: A History of European Empires | By Robert Aldrich & Andreas Stucki

26 January 2023

The Colonial World: A History of European Empires, 1780s to the Present provides the most authoritative, in-depth overview on European imperialism available. It synthesizes recent developments in the study of European empires and provides new perspectives on European colonialism and the challenges to it. With a post-1800 focus and extensive background coverage tracing the subject to […]

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

Book | The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics | Edited by Pedro C. Magalhães – Editor’s Note

25 January 2023

The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics brings together the best scholars in the field offering an unrivaled coverage of the politics (broadly defined) of the country over the past 50 years. The Handbook includes eight sections. First, it looks at the past and present by making an overview of Portuguese political developments since democratization in […]

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