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Everything’s coming up roses for BNI Europa, one of Europe’s most exciting and innovative new challenger banks. With 18 partnerships with fintechs around Europe, the Portuguese digital bank is [...]

The President of the Executive Commission of the Algarve’s Regional Tourist Board says he is against the introduction of a tourist tax as currently practised in Lisbon. João Fernandes, of the [...]

Increasing the amount of product in the Portuguese property market should cool rising prices and avoid a property bubble says estate agents ERA. In an interview with news agency Lusa, João Pedro [...]

The Promenade apartments and penthouses development on Lisbon’s Avenida 24 Julho close to Cais do Sodré is set for completion in 2019. The development comprising 40 apartments, shops and shared [...]

US online retail giant Amazon has abandoned plans to set up its Portugal headquarters in Porto and has instead chosen Lisbon. Amazon Web Services (AWS) which supplies computing, warehousing and [...]

Lisbon’s taxi drivers are likely to continue their strike today which began on Wednesday last week over Uber. In Portugal, particularly in Lisbon, Uber has been the subject of protests and legal [...]

The turnover of bi-lateral trade between Portugal and France has increased in recent years representing 2.2% of Portugal’s GDP last year. According to Portugal’s foreign trade and investment [...]

The former CEO of TAP, Fernando Pinto has been made a formal suspect in an investigation over the purchase of Brazilian airline carrier Varig’s  engineering and maintenance subsidiary. The [...]

The Canadian cannabis company Tilray is to invest €20 million in Portugal and recruit around 100 staff. Tilray, which foresees a €100Bn expansion plan in terms of turnover worldwide has seen its [...]

In the first half of the year, Portugal’s public deficit was 1.9% of GDP – above the Government’s 0.7% target for 2018. And according to Portugal’s Council for Public Finances, headed by [...]