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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 […]

Appointed: David Simas named Assistant to President Barack Obama – Washington, DC

25 January 2013

President Barack Obama has appointed Portuguese-American attorney, David Simas, Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior for Communication and Strategy. A native of Tauton, Massachusetts, Simas, 42, is the child of Portuguese immigrant parents.  His mother, Deolinda Matos Simas, is from Abela, Alentejo, mainland Portugal. His father, António Simas, is from Faial da Terra, São […]

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

Award: Durão Barroso awarded Grand Collar of Merit – Brazil

25 January 2013

The President of the European Commission and former Portuguese Prime Minister, José Manuel Durão Barroso, was awarded the Grand Collar of Merit by Brazil’s Federal Audit Court, on Thursday, in a ceremony at the institution’s headquarters in Brasilia. The European Commission President used the event to highlight the European Union’s role as an example of […]

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Posted in Awards, Brazil, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Bailout: Plans to privatize RTP postponed – Portugal

25 January 2013

Portugal’s Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Miguel Relvas, confirmed that Portugal’s government has postponed plans to privatize state-run broadcaster RTP [Rádio Televisão Portuguesa]. Adding that the government still intends to sell off one public channel when the time is right, Relvas commented that RTP faces a “painful” restructuring and modernization process which will cost the government […]

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

NYPSFF: 2013 NY Portuguese Short Film Festival – Call for entries

24 January 2013

The New York based Arte Institute has announced the 3rd edition of NY Portuguese Short Film Festival (NYPSFF) and is calling for submissions. The festival is scheduled for May 31- June, 2013, to take place in New York and Portugal, simultaneously. Launched in 2011, the NYPSFF aims to showcasing the best work of emerging Portuguese […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Brazil, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Science: Rui Costa advances the study of neurological disorders – Portugal

24 January 2013

Portuguese neuroscientist, Rui Costa, is the co-author of a breakthrough research paper revealing new findings applicable to the treatment of Parkinson and Huntington’s diseases and other neurological disorders. The research paper titled, “Concurrent Activation of Striatal Direct and Indirect Pathways during action initiation,” was published in the January issue of the online journal Nature. The findings are […]

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Bailout: Portugal requests loan extension – Update

23 January 2013

Portugal’s Minister of Finance, Vítor Gaspar, took the occasion of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting to submit a formal request to extend the repayment periods on the country’s bailout, Lusa reported Tuesday. Speaking after the meeting, Gaspar stressed Portugal was a country that “met and meets” its commitments under the adjustment program and that this explained its “readiness […]

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