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Portugal must channel EU structural funds to modernise its companies in specialised, high-tech production if it wants to attract highly qualified jobs and professionals to do them. This was the [...]

The ex-president of defunct Banco Privado Português (BPP), João Rendeiro has been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison for qualified fraud. At the root of the lawsuit was a [...]

The number of companies that filed for bankruptcy in Portugal between January and August this year fell 12% on the same six-month period in 2020. Between January and August the number of [...]

The minister of State, Economy and Digital Transition, Pedro Siza Vieira has announced that the Government will continue to launch credit lines to support the tourism sector whose recovery is [...]

The President of the Council for Public Finances, Nazaré da Costa Cabral has issued a warning that the state of Portugal’s public finances are “not comfortable”. Referring specifically to [...]

The Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa is likely to reshuffle his Council of Ministers after the ruling PS socialist party lost Lisbon in the municipal elections on Sunday despite saying on [...]

The Ventozelo Hotel & Quinta has been voted one of the best gastro-hotels in the world in the National Geographic Traveller Hotel Award 2021 – the only one in Portugal. The decision by [...]

Wholesale electricity prices soared again on Sunday, 9% higher than last week bringing overall prices to the highest ever on the Iberian peninsula this month. The continued and sustained [...]

The CEO of Spanish banking group Abanca has announced the introduction of “greener and more social lines of credit in Portugal. The measure was unveiled at the ‘II Sustainable Finances Meeting: [...]

The government has been slammed for earmarking only 5.9% of investment to modernise Portugal’s railway network in the Alentejo and Algarve regions. The coordinator of the Movimento Mais Ferrovia [...]