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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 […]

Book: ‘Dark Stones’ by Dias de Melo – Editor’s Note

19 April 2022

Bringing to life his countrymen’s daily struggles with the sea, struggles carried out against the dark-stoned background of their homeland, novelist Dias de Melo tells the collective story of Azorean seamen at a moment of great change toward the end of the nineteenth century. Confronted with increasing economic hardship and social and political tensions, whalers […]

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Opinion | Portugal shares concerns about nuclear weapons – By Len Port

18 April 2022

As a country fully committed to nuclear disarmament, Portugal shares most of the concerns of others about the lack of concrete steps on this by the major powers within the United Nations General Assembly. It is Portugal’s view that the well- documented catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons should reinforce commitments to […]

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Contest: ‘Dream on Amazing’ will bring students to Portugal – Columbus, OH

14 April 2022

Students at Horizon Science Academy Columbus High, based in Columbus, Ohio, and Catholic University of America, are participating in the ‘Global Sustainable Design’ initiative, ‘Dream on Amazing’, that aims at bringing together international Students, Architects, and Space entities around one very intriguing question: can we be inspired by Mars to create a more sustainable future […]

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Team Dream: ‘Saudade Theater’ grounded in Portuguese consciousness – Interview

09 April 2022

By Millicent Borges Accardi Founded in 2014, the Saudade Theater was created to discover, translate and produce Portuguese works for American audiences. In the group’s own words, it is “the first and only theatre company in the United States dedicated to producing original and thought-provoking work grounded in the Portuguese-American consciousness.” Made up of an […]

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Ukraine: President Zelensky to address Portuguese Parliament – Portugal

07 April 2022

The President of the Parliament, Augusto Santos Silva, announced Thursday that following a formal invitation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the Assembly of Republic on a date to be scheduled. The announcement was made, after the Ambassador of Ukraine in Lisbon, Ihnna Ohnivetz, met formally with Augusto Santos Silva. Santos Silva has stated, “This […]

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Colloquium: Social Movements and Civic Engagement in the Lusophone World – UMass Dartmouth

07 April 2022

The UMass Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture is hosting “Social Movements and Civic Engagement in the Lusophone World,” an international colloquium on April 8 and 9. This colloquium intends to offer an analysis of the rise of and impact of late 20th century and early 21st century social movements within the lusophone world. […]

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