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Web Summit | Microsoft confirms $10 billion investment in AI data hub in Sines Community | Portuguese abroad urged to register for the 2026 Presidential Election Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows Maria João Pires: Acclaimed piano virtuoso announces the end of her career
 

Web Summit | Microsoft confirms $10 billion investment in AI data hub in Sines – Portugal

Speaking during the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Microsoft President Brad Smith confirmed that Microsoft plans to invest approximately US $10 billion in the creation of a next-generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) data hub in Portugal. The project—one of the largest AI-focused infrastructure investments announced in Europe—will be developed in Sines in partnership with Start Campus […]

Community | Portuguese abroad urged to register for the 2026 Presidential Election – Portugal

Portuguese citizens living abroad are being urged to register or update their voter information before the end of November in order to participate in Portugal’s next presidential election, scheduled for 18 January 2026. The voting roll will freeze 60 days before Election Day, meaning that after November 19, 2025, no new registrations or address updates can be […]

Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises – Azores

Terceira Island remains under heightened scientific monitoring as the seismo-volcanic crisis that began in June 2022 continues, centered around the Santa Bárbara volcanic complex on the island’s western flank.  The Azores Seismo-Volcanic Information and Monitoring Center (CIVISA) currently maintains Alert Level V3 (reactivated volcanic system) for Santa Bárbara, reflecting persistent microseismic activity consistent with magma […]

FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows – Portugal

A new study released by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) finds that speaking Portuguese corresponds to an average 20% salary bonus for Portuguese-American workers in the United States. The report, developed for FLAD by a research group led by Alda Botelho Azevedo of the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS), Universidade de Lisboa, underscores the growing […]

Maria João Pires: Acclaimed piano virtuoso announces the end of her career – Portugal

Maria João Pires, one of the world’s most acclaimed pianists and a central figure in Portuguese and European classical music, has formally announced that she has ended her career as a performer. The declaration was made during the award acceptance ceremony for the Helena Vaz da Silva European Award, held on November 1 at the […]

Who is Who? To be or not to be Portuguese at the U.S. House and Congress – Washington, DC

06 February 2013

Identity politics can be briefly defined as political attitudes or positions that focus on the concerns of social groups identified mainly on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Yesterday, February 5,  Associated Press (AP) Washington correspondent, Suzanne Gamboa, reported about  her findings revealing varying, and at times contradictory, definitions for Hispanic, Basque, Latino […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, World

Contest: Portuguese added to International Latino Book Awards – Call for entries

05 February 2013

The 15th Annual International Latino Book Awards (ILBA 2013) is calling for entries. For the first time, ILBA has included the Portuguese language as a book category.  Portuguese has also been added as a language in the translation category. Under the Portuguese language books category, ILBA has included: Best Children’s Picture Book; Best Young Adult Book; […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Books, Brazil, Community, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, Portugal, World

BAM!!!: Emeril Lagasse recipient of the 2013 JBF Humanitarian of the Year – Award

05 February 2013

Portuguese-American celebrity Chef, Emeril Lagasse, is the recipient of the 2013 Humanitarian of the Year Award, by the James Beard Foundation, for his charity work. The award is given to an individual or organization “whose work in the realm of food has improved the lives of others and benefited society at large,” says the announcement. […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Life Style, People, World

Art: Joana Vasconcelos’s exhibit in Paris was the most visited in the last 50 years – France

04 February 2013

The art exhibit by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, at the Palace of Versailles, in 2012, topped the ranking of the five most visited art exhibitions in Paris, France, in the past 50 years, the French newspaper Le Figaro revealed. According to the newspaper, with 1.6 million visitors the exhibition surpassed others like the Tutankhamen exhibit in […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture

Music: Nelly Furtado performing duo for Andrea Bocelli’s new album – Italy

03 February 2013

Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter, Nelly Furtado, is now featured singing a duet with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, in a newly released album produced by David Foster for Universal Music. Actress and vocalist Jennifer López is also featured in this romantic new released studio album. For the new release, titled “Passione,” Nelly Furtado and Andrea Bocelli honor Brazilian composer António Carlos Jobim […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, São Miguel, World

Lajes: U.S. business delegation visiting Lisbon and Terceira – Azores

01 February 2013

Starting Saturday, February 2, a U.S. delegation will be visiting Lisbon and Terceira island to look into future business opportunities, following the recent U.S. Air Force decision to downsize its military presence on the island. In a statement to Lusa, the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon said that, a delegation from the group Business Executives for […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World

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