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Clearing a large part of planning licensing backlog piled up in municipal councils, setting clear rules on timeframes, certificating tacit deferrals, and streamlining and simplifying the hundreds [...]

A student residence is to be built at the Guimarães Science and Tecnology Park, designed for university students. According to a communiqué from Guimarães City Council the construction of this [...]

The Portuguese Hotel, Hospitality and Tourism Association (APHORT) has become a member of HOTREC, the confederation that represents the voice of the hotel sector, restaurants and tourism sector [...]

The margins of Portugal’s five main banks have never been so healthy at €1.5Bn in the first quarter of 2023. According to Negócios, growth in margins like-for-like on 2021 was €726.8 million, the [...]

The Resolution Fund (FDR) and the Bank of Portugal have instigated a lawsuit against Novobanco according to Negócios. At issue is an order from a former minister of Finances, João Leão for a [...]

Portugal had the second highest GDP growth in the European Union in the first quarter of 2023 according to a back of the envelope estimate from Eurostat on Tuesday. Only Poland enjoyed higher [...]

Venture Capital has become increasingly more important in Portugal to secure finance and investment for startups and small companies in technology areas for growth. Stephan Morais of Indico [...]

The International Sharing School at Taguspark in Oeiras has officially partnered with Dukes Education to support the school in delivering the best educational experience to its community of [...]

Portugal’s large telecoms operators MEO (Altice Portugal), NOS and Vodafone have said they want the next president of the current regulator ANACOM to be more aligned with their interests. This [...]

The State is to end its subsidies to encourage people to buy electric vehicles, instead choosing to reduce energy costs when recharging car batteries. So far the State has a package of subsidies [...]