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Former GES boss Ricardo Salgado was a “compulsive liar” and tried to bribe lawyer Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (Now Portugal’s President) with legal work, a Lisbon court has heard. The former and now [...]

Portugal is one of only three countries in the Euro Zone expecting surpluses at the end of this year according to Brussels. However, when it comes to growth, it is further down the ranking and [...]

Franchising continues to grow in Portugal and consolidate its position as one of the essential drivers of the national economy. Essential Business went along to Expofranchise to discover more [...]

The Sana Group is to open its 10th hotel in Lisbon. The Evolution Valbom will have 113 rooms and a range of services aimed at flexibility and the convenience of its guests. The third hotel from [...]

Women in tech will take centre stage at this year’s Portugal Digital Summit 2024 which runs this Wednesday and Thursday (23 and 24 October) at Lisbon’s Técnico Innovation Centre. Organised by [...]

Government lacked documents showing the calculations to justify €55 million payment to David Neeleman The Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, run by Miguel Pinto Luz, has stated that it does [...]

After the tender for the first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) of the Porto – Lisbon High-Speed line ended with only one bid, the Portuguese government and Portuguese construction companies [...]

Portugal is in 35th place out of the 38 OECD countries in the Tax Competitiveness Index for 2024, according to the Tax Foundation’s assessment, released in Portugal by the Mais Liberdade [...]

Multinational car manufacturer Stellantis is to up production at its plant in Mangulade from 12 vehicles to 18 vehicles per hour. To do this, it will create a fourth daily shift and install a [...]

José Maria Ricciardi, Ricardo Salgado’s cousin and former president of Banco Espírito Santo Investment (BESI), told judges at a Lisbon court yesterday that by December 2013 BESI was [...]