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Paulo Estêvão highlights publication of revised legislation on social mobility aid in Official Gazette
Paulo Estêvão highlights publication of revised legislation on social mobility aid in Official Gazette
Secretaria Regional dos Assuntos Parlamentares e Comunidades
"Diaspora Talks" premieres new season with The Portuguese Kids
"Diaspora Talks" premieres new season with The Portuguese Kids
Secretaria Regional dos Assuntos Parlamentares e Comunidades
Applications open for Portuguese Language Courses for Foreigners
Applications open for Portuguese Language Courses for Foreigners
February 19, 2025
Paulo Estêvão highlights publication of revised legislation on social mobility aid in Official Gazette
February 12, 2025
"Diaspora Talks" premieres new season with The Portuguese Kids
February 7, 2025
Applications open for Portuguese Language Courses for Foreigners
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Nota de Imprensa
February 19, 2025
Paulo Estêvão highlights publication of revised legislation on social mobility aid in Official Gazette
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, Paulo Estêvão, welcomed today the publication of the amendments to Decree-Law on the social mobility aid in the Official Gazette, which has been extended to all immigrants residing in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, thus eliminating a glaring injustice and discrimination. Speaking after a visit to the Association of Immigrants in the Azores (AIPA), in Ponta Delgada, Paulo Estêvão stated that the Azores "have set an example in terms of integration" with this solution, approved retroactively to January 1, praising the active role of parties, political agents and civil society in this matter. "According to the most up-to-date figures, we are talking about more than three thousand people" affected by the situation, he emphasised, speaking to the press. "The Autonomous Region of the Azores has set an example of concern for our immigrants," he noted. Paulo Estêvão also highlighted AIPA's "extraordinary work" in this matter as in all others, ensuring the Regional Government's efforts to acknowledge the institution's role. The social mobility aid for national air travel of residents in the Azores, created in 2015, took on a restrictive interpretation in November 2024, excluding immigrants residing in the Region who are not from European Union member states or Brazil. The Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, at the proposal of the coalition parties supporting the Regional Government, then unanimously approved a preliminary draft law submitted to the National Assembly to "clarify the law and correct its interpretation." It even resorted to the legal procedure of a request for urgent parliamentary debate. Following this decision, the Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities travelled to Lisbon to meet with the parties represented in the National Assembly, urging them to "speed up and approve the resolution of this problem," which they eventually did, with the unanimous approval of the text in question.
February 19, 2025
Paulo Estêvão highlights publication of revised legislation on social mobility aid in Official Gazette
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, Paulo Estêvão, welcomed today the publication of the amendments to Decree-Law on the social mobility aid in the Official Gazette, which has been extended to all immigrants residing in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, thus eliminating a glaring injustice and discrimination. Speaking after a visit to the Association of Immigrants in the Azores (AIPA), in Ponta Delgada, Paulo Estêvão stated that the Azores "have set an example in terms of integration" with this solution, approved retroactively to January 1, praising the active role of parties, political agents and civil society in this matter. "According to the most up-to-date figures, we are talking about more than three thousand people" affected by the situation, he emphasised, speaking to the press. "The Autonomous Region of the Azores has set an example of concern for our immigrants," he noted. Paulo Estêvão also highlighted AIPA's "extraordinary work" in this matter as in all others, ensuring the Regional Government's efforts to acknowledge the institution's role. The social mobility aid for national air travel of residents in the Azores, created in 2015, took on a restrictive interpretation in November 2024, excluding immigrants residing in the Region who are not from European Union member states or Brazil. The Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, at the proposal of the coalition parties supporting the Regional Government, then unanimously approved a preliminary draft law submitted to the National Assembly to "clarify the law and correct its interpretation." It even resorted to the legal procedure of a request for urgent parliamentary debate. Following this decision, the Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities travelled to Lisbon to meet with the parties represented in the National Assembly, urging them to "speed up and approve the resolution of this problem," which they eventually did, with the unanimous approval of the text in question.
Nota de Imprensa
February 12, 2025
"Diaspora Talks" premieres new season with The Portuguese Kids
The acclaimed Azorean comedians The Portuguese Kids, Derrick DeMelo and Brian Martins, are the guests on the opening episode of the new season of "Diaspora Talks," scheduled to premiere on February 24 at 6 p.m., broadcast live on the "Azores Communities" Facebook page with replays on Instagram and YouTube. The "Diaspora Talks" initiative, a series of biographical interviews now dedicated to personalities of Azorean descent, kicks off with the duo from Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, who use their cultural heritage to create unique and irreverent humour, winning fans all over the world. Promoted by the Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, through the Regional Directorate for the Communities, this activity aims to bring the Azores closer to its emigrant communities in the diaspora and immigrants residing in the archipelago, and involving the general public. The seventh season of this series of sessions will showcase notable Azoreans who excel in areas such as entertainment, politics, education, communication, history, genealogy or business, along with association leaders and presidents of organisations based in Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, the United States of America or Uruguay. The first six seasons of this activity were dedicated to the Houses of the Azores, the Azorean Diaspora Councillors, community social service organisations, the media outlets serving the Azorean communities in the United States of America and Canada, biographical interviews featuring guests born in the Azores who have made a name for themselves outside of Portugal and, finally, life interviews with citizens from several countries residing in the Region and fully integrated into Azorean society. This new series of sessions, like the previous ones, will be broadcast live on the "Azores Communities" page, the official presence of the Regional Directorate for the Communities on Facebook on Mondays. The new interviews will be broadcast fortnightly at 6 p.m. from the Azores, with the presentation of the Regional Director for the Communities, José Andrade.
February 12, 2025
"Diaspora Talks" premieres new season with The Portuguese Kids
The acclaimed Azorean comedians The Portuguese Kids, Derrick DeMelo and Brian Martins, are the guests on the opening episode of the new season of "Diaspora Talks," scheduled to premiere on February 24 at 6 p.m., broadcast live on the "Azores Communities" Facebook page with replays on Instagram and YouTube. The "Diaspora Talks" initiative, a series of biographical interviews now dedicated to personalities of Azorean descent, kicks off with the duo from Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, who use their cultural heritage to create unique and irreverent humour, winning fans all over the world. Promoted by the Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, through the Regional Directorate for the Communities, this activity aims to bring the Azores closer to its emigrant communities in the diaspora and immigrants residing in the archipelago, and involving the general public. The seventh season of this series of sessions will showcase notable Azoreans who excel in areas such as entertainment, politics, education, communication, history, genealogy or business, along with association leaders and presidents of organisations based in Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, the United States of America or Uruguay. The first six seasons of this activity were dedicated to the Houses of the Azores, the Azorean Diaspora Councillors, community social service organisations, the media outlets serving the Azorean communities in the United States of America and Canada, biographical interviews featuring guests born in the Azores who have made a name for themselves outside of Portugal and, finally, life interviews with citizens from several countries residing in the Region and fully integrated into Azorean society. This new series of sessions, like the previous ones, will be broadcast live on the "Azores Communities" page, the official presence of the Regional Directorate for the Communities on Facebook on Mondays. The new interviews will be broadcast fortnightly at 6 p.m. from the Azores, with the presentation of the Regional Director for the Communities, José Andrade.