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Can the EU and US forge a shiny new relationship from one stained by steely trade disputes?   The excellent trading relationship overall between Western Europe and the United States formed [...]

With the second lockdown in force in Portugal at least until 16 March and possibly until Easter, the majority of company activities have been severely affected. If your company is closed, has its [...]

The British continue to show a particular preference for buying property in the Algarve, a phenomena which Brexit and the pandemic has only strengthened. In the second half of 2020, UK citizens [...]

In a presentation of EDP’s strategic plan for 2021-2025, the Portuguese energy giant’s CEO, Miguel Stilwell de Andrade said the company expects to be totally coal-free by 2025 and all green by [...]

Apax Partners has purchased 17% of the online property portal Idealista just two months after selling its majority share in the portal to the Swedish fund manager EQT. The announcement of the [...]

Millennium bcp announced that its profits had tumbled 7.2% in Portugal to €183 million after achieving profits of €300 million in 2019. The Portuguese-Angolan bank also suffered €800 million in [...]

The Bank of Portugal has issued a warning over Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin, the most famous of these currencies in the world, reached new historic highs and then plummeted 15%. [...]

Rock in Rio is today probably one of the most famous rock-pop festivals in the world. When the average person thinks of music festivals, only four instantly spring to mind. One, Woodstock, [...]

The Spanish energy company Endesa notched up over €1.3Bn in profits for 2020, eight times greater than the €171Bn profits the year before. Last year’s profits were down because of the expected [...]

Portugal’s office market has been sluggish in terms of take-up so far this year because of the second lockdown. January was very slow, with an occupation activity of around 2,000m2 in Lisbon and [...]