Portugal’s State Budget for 2026 will introduce a number of changes in taxes approved by parliament and coming into force from January, 2026. First off, IRC tax has fallen by 1% to 19%. It had [...]
Although the exposure of Portuguese companies to the situation in Venezuela is “slight”, in the past Venezuela had been a good market for Portuguese companies and those companies set up in the [...]
Portugal’s tourism sector could exceed the €30Bn in revenues from tourism for the first time for 2025. Despite final statistics not being made available until the end of this month, the Secretary [...]
The price of houses in Portugal rose 6.8% in December compared to the same month in 2024 according to the Idealista Price Index. Buying a house cost €3,019 per square metre on average that month [...]
The BBC has recommended visiting the Portuguese medieval city of Guimarães in 2026 calling it “one of the most compelling surprises in Europe”. “Just 65km inland from Porto, Guimarães is [...]
Portuguese tannery exports grew by 5.8% year-on-year up to September 2025, reflecting the recovery in external demand and the ongoing efforts of the sector to modernise production. Portuguese [...]
A former PSD prime minister and president of Portugal, Ánibal Cavaco Silva, says Portugal should not be giving priority to attracting high amounts of community funds. On the 40th anniversary of [...]
The application of EU ‘bazooka’ funding last year and into this year on the back of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), which essentially means public spending, should contribute to [...]
This year marked the 100th anniversary of Portugal’s biggest financial scandal that almost broke the Bank of Portugal. Just how did small-time con man Artur Alves dos Reis pull off an audacious [...]
The Portuguese State recorded a surplus of €2,836 million euros up to November, with an improvement of €633.9 million euros on 2024, according to the budget execution summary. “The balance [...]
