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Portugal will escape the recession that will affect most of the Euro Zone in 2023 according to economists at Credit Suisse. The country will grow 0.8%, an amount that contrasts with the 0.2% [...]

The allegations in a bombshell book recounting the memoirs of former governor of the Bank of Portugal, Carlos Costa, has ignited debate on just how far a government should bring pressure to bear [...]

Overseas concerns that Portugal’s housing market might be overheated raised its head again this week. This time the concerns were not from analysts but the European Commission, which in its [...]

The European Commission has advised that Portugal should meet European Council recommendations to draw up an “economical” budget. The advice is part of a raft of comments in a document published [...]

Exports of Portuguese textiles and clothing is on target to hit €6Bn by the end of 2022. This compared to €5.4Bn (which was a record in itself) that was achieved at the end of 2022. “We are [...]

Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for the extradition for Angolan tycoon Isabel dos Santos. It has done so at the request of the Procurator General of Angola according to the [...]

A real estate vehicle which holds the property assets of collapsed bank BPN is to relaunch the sale of a portfolio of properties valued at €230 million. It is the second time that Parvalorem, the [...]

Some of Portugal’s motorway concession companies are say they may put up toll charges by 10% in line with inflation. On Tuesday concession company Ascendi informed the government that it is [...]

When Carlos Moedas won Lisbon City Hall in the municipal elections in September 2021 by a tight margin he faced a politically hostile group of councillors in which his PSD party was in the [...]

The Portuguese company The Newsroom, which was set up to combat the spread of false news and hate speech online, has been voted the best startup founded by a woman in Portugal. The company won in [...]