Informação: World Council of Houses of the Azores to meet in Ponta Delgada
The General Assembly of the World Council of Houses of the Azores (CMCA) will take place in Ponta Delgada between August 30 and September 3. The event, organised by the Government, through the Regional Director for Communities in partnership with the House of the Azores Santa Catarina Island, will be held at the VIP Executive Hotel. The 15th General Assembly of the World Council of Houses of the... Mais >>

Informação: Carlos César is guest of honour of Holy Spirit Festivities of New England
The President of the Government will travel to Fall River, United States, where he will participate as guest of honour in the Holy Spirit Festivities of New England. Carlos César and his wife Luísa will attend the ethnographic parade on Saturday and the "Bodo de Leite" at Kennedy Park, an event that has attracted hundreds of thousands of Azorean emigrants from across the USA and Canada... Mais >>

Informação: Carlos César é o convidado de honra das Grandes Festas do Espírito Santo da Nova Inglaterra
O Presidente do Governo dos Açores desloca-se aos Estados Unidos da América, mais precisamente a Fall River, onde participará, como convidado de honra, nas Grandes Festas do Espírito Santo da Nova Inglaterra. Carlos César, acompanhado de sua mulher, Luísa, assistirá, no próximo sábado, ao cortejo etnográfico integrado nas Festas e estará p... Mais >>

Informação: 3rd Meeting of Returned Emigrants to take place in Horta on Friday
The Secretary of the Presidency, André Bradford, will chair the 3rd Meeting of Returned Emigrants of the Azores on behalf of the President of the Government. The event will take place by the Marina of Horta on Friday at 11 AM. This initiative, organised by the Regional Directorate for Communities for the third consecutive year, aims to highlight the role of the Azorean diaspora in the exter... Mais >>

Informação: Director for Communities ended visit to Bermuda
The lack of a consul or an honorary consul to represent the community among the government bodies of Bermuda is one the main claims of the Portuguese community residing in Bermuda. The issue, which remains unsolved despite repeated promises by the National Government, was posed to Regional Director for Communities during a visit to Bermuda that ended yesterday. At the meeting with the Board of... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for Communities visited Azorean communities in the United States
The Regional Director for Communities, Graça Castanho, concluded on Sunday a visit to the United States, where she developed a wide range of initiatives to strengthen ties between that country and the Azores. On the east coast, Graça Castanho had the opportunity to meet with Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, from the Bristol County Detention Centre, and his team with the purpose of analysing the... Mais >>

Informação: Journalists of Azorean Diaspora to meet in Toronto
The city of Toronto will host the International Media Conference, an annual initiative promoted by the Regional Directorate for Communities. The event will gather journalists from the Azorean, Portuguese, American and Canadian media communities to debate the current situation of media in the diaspora. By promoting participation and dialogue among several media related institutions and entities f... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for Communities recognises role played by the Sheriff of Bristol in the strengthening of ties between the Azores and the USA
During the delivery ceremony of a van by the Bristol County Sheriff (Massachusetts) to the Academic Association of the University of the Azores, which was also attended by the Regional Director for Youth, Bruno Pacheco, the Regional Director for Communities, Graça Castanho, stressed "the importance of these initiative in the strengthening of ties between both sides of the Atlantic in a true n... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Directorate for Communities and Bristol County Sheriff's Office sign memorandum of understanding
The Regional Directorate for Communities and the Bristol County Sheriff's Office signed a memorandum of understanding this morning, thus establishing the guidelines for collaboration and coordination between both entities regarding the support to Azorean communities residing in the United States of America as well as to the emigrants returning from that country, with special emphasis on those retu... Mais >>

Informação: Holy Spirit celebrations gather Azoreans from around the world
Holy Spirit celebrations are one of the key links that bring together Azoreans living in the archipelago and in the diaspora communities throughout the world. The statement was made by the Regional Secretary of the Presidency at the opening of the 5th Conference on Holy Spirit Festivities. The event gathers nearly one hundred scholars from the archipelago, Mainland Portugal, Brazil, the Unite... Mais >>