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Portuguese-speaking countries African countries like Angola and Mozambique are attracting more international tourists but are still far from realising their potential as international tourist [...]

The CEO of the UK’s Lloyds Bank António Horta-Osório has been voted ‘Personality of the Year in Management’ by the Portuguese business daily Jornal Económico. The chief executive known as the [...]

Portugal’s minister for the Environment and Action on Climate says that lithium mining in the north of the country will go ahead in the first quarter of 2020. Minister João Matos Fernandes says [...]

A three-day strike by Portuguese baggage handlers at the country’s airports has led to a dozen flight cancellations from Lisbon airport. The strike called by unions has caused delays and [...]

Key shareholders of Global Media have bought up the debts of the company from Portuguese banks at a 80-85% knockdown price. The acquisitions by Kevin Ho and José Pedro Soeiro also entailed [...]

Order books for urban rehabilitation projects saw an increase of 4.5% on last year with a monthly growth of 0.2% like-for-like on November 2018. According to the Urban Rehabilitation Barometer [...]

A safety net of cash and deposits in Portugal’s central bank have been diverted to the Ministry of Finance by Finance Minister Mário Centeno in a bid to modernise the public payments network [...]

The UK’s social security system has registered 23,000 Portuguese citizens over the past 12 months. Over the past 12 months the National Insurance system in the UK has seen a rise of 27% in [...]

Baggage handlers and airport staff working for Portway have begun a three-day strike over the freezing of career progressions. The strike was called by the National Union of Civil Aviation [...]

New advances in ‘marine-based’ biotechnology involving algae, crabs and prawns could help tackle the global plastic crisis, according to a major EU study. A detailed report released today by a [...]