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Portugal Earmarks €200 Million Over Seven Years to Anchor the Iberian Bid for a European AI Gigafactory at Sines

The Council of Ministers approved a €200 million public investment to reinforce Portugal's joint bid with Spain for one of the European Union's AI gigafactories, a EuroHPC project led on the Portuguese side by the Banco Português de Fomento and centred on a computing pole at Sines.

The historic University of Coimbra on the hill above the Mondego river

Securing the D4 Visto de Estudo (Student Visa) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Consular Residence Visa for Study, the €920 Means-of-Subsistence Floor, the Article 91.º Lei 23/2007 Track and the AIMA Residence Permit

The D4 visto de estudo is the residence pathway for non-EU/EEA/Swiss students — a consular residence visa anchored to the €920/month means-of-subsistence floor that converts into an Article 91.º Lei 23/2007 residence permit valid for up to three years through AIMA.