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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 […]

Report: Portuguese is the third most used language on Facebook – Socialbakers

18 November 2012

According to a report released by the international website Socialbakers, Portuguese is the third most used language on Facebook, the largest social network in the world. English tops the Socialbakers’ top ten list of most used languages followed by Spanish, which comes second. The other languages in the list are French, Indonesian, Turkish, German, Italian, […]

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Posted in Angola, Azores, Brazil, Cape Verde, Community, East Timor, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Macau, Madeira, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, Social networks

Report: Portugal ranks highest in EU diabetes – OECD

16 November 2012

Portugal is the European Union member state with the highest rate of diabetes, with almost one tenth of the population suffering from the disease, according to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released on Friday. The average prevalence of diabetes in the populations of EU states was 6.4% in 2011, […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Life Style, People, Portugal, World

Deportees celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends – Azores

15 November 2012

The Government of the Azores, in partnership with the Massachusetts Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, is organizing Thanksgiving celebrations to be held in Terceira (November 15) and São Miguel (November 18) dedicated to the deportees sent back to the islands from the United States. The initiative was launched last year, through the efforts of Graça Castanho, […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, People, São Jorge, Terceira

Google doodles Amadeo de Souza Cardoso – Portugal

14 November 2012

Portugal-based Google search engine users were pleased Wednesday to find a “doodle” featuring Portuguese artist Amadeo de Souza Cardoso on the 125th anniversary of his birth. Born in 1887, he studied architecture at Superior School of Fine Arts of Lisbon before he went to Paris to study painting where he became close with artists and […]

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

UMD: Expanding Nova School of Business and Economics – Conference

14 November 2012

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, the Charlton College of Business and the Business Innovation Research Center announce a lecture, “A World of Opportunities: Internationalizing a Business School Based on the Reach and Influence of the Portuguese Language,” by Dr. João Amaro de Matos, Associate Dean of International Development, Nova School of […]

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Posted in Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Music: JAZZORES’12 International Festival opens in Ponta Delgada – Azores

13 November 2012

The JAZZORES’12 International Festival opens November 16 in Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel island, Azores. The festival will run jazz concerts through November 16, 17 and 18. This year the festival will extend to five islands – São Miguel, Santa Maria, Faial, Pico and Graciosa – in an effort to promote cultural decentralization. The festival opens November 16 with […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Graciosa, Heritage, Music, Pico, Santa Maria, São Miguel, Spotlight