Christmas Lights Turn On Saturday in Porto with Concerts at Aliados
Porto’s Christmas tree will light up again this Saturday, with holiday programming spread across various city locations. Aliados Avenue will host concerts by Fernando Daniel, Marisa Liz, and Rodrigo Leão. Porto will dress up for Christmas this Saturday starting at 6:00 PM, when the tree at General Humberto Delgado Square will illuminate. This year features […]
Gemini in Portuguese Now Available in Google Workspace
Google announced on Thursday the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) personal assistant Gemini to Google Workspace in seven additional languages, including Portuguese, enabling Gmail inbox management in this language. With this update, users can ask Gemini to show unread emails and manage their responses in Portuguese, among other features. It can also help write […]
The Renaissance of Porto’s Jewish Community
By Gabriela Cantergi President of B’nai B’rith Portugal Porto, the epicenter of Jewish life in Portugal, has one of the most majestic synagogues in Europe, the Kadoorie Mekor Haim, famous for celebrating Yom Kippur with nearly a thousand people praying loudly. At the heart of the Jewish community in Porto, Portugal, is a Brooklyn native […]
More than 3,300 lawyers and solicitors apply to handle immigrant backlogs
At least 3,342 legal professionals have applied to provide services to the State in processing pending immigrant cases, the Bar Association and the Order of Solicitors and Enforcement Agents announced today. In the case of lawyers, there were 2,592 applications, and there is a record of at least 750 solicitors applying for the tender for […]
New Palestinian Ambassador to Lisbon aims to strengthen relations with Portugal
The new Palestinian Ambassador to Lisbon, Rawan Tarek Sulaiman, stated today in brief remarks to Lusa news agency that she intends to strengthen relations with Portugal “in all domains,” based on respect for international law. Rawan Sulaiman, who presented her credentials (signed by the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas) on September 23 to […]
Government points to 34.8% adherence to doctors’ strike
The data provided by the Government are still provisional, according to information given to Lusa by the Ministry of Health. Doctors and nurses conclude two days of national strike today, also marked by demonstrations from both professional groups in the health sector. According to figures from the Portuguese Nurses Union (SEP), the nurses’ strike recorded […]
Portuguese psychologists want AI discussed in schools. “More literacy”
The latest version from OpenAI predicts that AI could initiate interaction with users, raising concerns in cases of emotional instability, potentially generating dependencies or relationships with machines. This issue has already prompted criticism from various psychology associations worldwide. Speaking on the sidelines of the 6th Congress of the Portuguese Psychologists’ Association, which began today in […]
Matosinhos City Council receives anonymous corruption complaint
In the letter, which Lusa also had access to, the author states that “there are corrupt practices by some city council executives” for having negotiations with the winning company of the tender to ensure they would win the energy efficiency contract promoted by the municipality, led by socialist Luísa Salgueiro. The document further states that […]
Relationship aggravates sentence to 19 years for man who fatally ran over another
On its official website, the prosecutor’s office stated that, in addition to increasing the prison sentence for the 68-year-old defendant for killing the man, the Guimarães Court of Appeal also increased the ban on driving any motorized vehicle from one year and six months to two years. On March 14, 2023, the Vila Real Court […]
“The only good solution” is to have a State Budget. Marcelo is “realistically optimistic”
“You already know what I think about this matter. I believe there will be a budget, it will be approved, there will be an understanding from those who should approve it, and therefore I remain realistically optimistic,” Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa responded to journalists at the end of the solemn session of the VI Congress […]
