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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: ‘Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan’ by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto – Editor’s Note

29 March 2022

An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan. With Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan, celebrated historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto subjects the surviving sources to the most meticulous scrutiny ever, providing a timely and engrossing biography of the real Ferdinand Magellan. The truth that Fernández-Armesto uncovers about […]

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

São Jorge: Population on alert and prepared for imminent evacuation – Azores

23 March 2022

The Azores Seismovolcanic Information and Surveillance Center (CIVISA) announced on Wednesday, it has raised the volcanic activity alert level on the island of São Jorge to V4 (out of a total of five), which means “real possibility of eruption.” It may be necessary to evacuate the island partially or in full, the announcement said, due […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, São Jorge, World

Opinion: Putin’s bizarre personality problems – By Len Port

22 March 2022

The bizarre behavior of President Vladimir Putin continues to astound analysts across the Western world. It could be just the way this enigmatic narcissist wants it to be. Most ‘normal’ people in Portugal and elsewhere are skeptical of the political elite. They distrust them. Putin is currently top of the heap. The center-right president and […]

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

São Jorge: Seismic crisis recorded more than 1,100 earthquakes – Azores

21 March 2022

Since Saturday, the island of São Jorge, in the Azores, has recorded more than 1,100 earthquakes, most of them of low magnitude. Only 63 were felt by the population, prompting authorities to activate an emergency plan as experts assess the seismic crisis. Most of the seismic activity has occurred in an area between the village […]

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Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Pico, São Jorge, Terceira, World

Community: Council of the Azorean Diaspora meets in Ponta Delgada – Azores

17 March 2022

The first Conselho da Diáspora Açoriana [Council of the Azorean Diaspora] met for the first time, in Ponta  Delgada, at the invitation of the President of the Government of the Azores, José Manuel Bolieiro, in Palácio da Conceição, the headquarters of the Regional Government of the Azores. Established in 2019, and electorally constituted in 2021, […]

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

Opinion: Ukraine and the (dis)information war – By Len Port

14 March 2022

As the saying goes, “There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth.” No one has to be lying. They may just have different viewpoints, but that’s not what’s going on in Ukraine. Stories told in the past by Donald Trump and Boris Johnson were obvious examples of inexcusable lying. The main […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Politics, Portugal, World