Development

Investment in innovation in Portugal achieved a historic high of 1.4% of GDP in 2019 thanks to companies. Total expenditure on research and development (R&D) increased 8% in 2019 to €2.9Bn [...]

A Portuguese startup Bioprospectrum has identified two substances in frogs that can neutralise the structural parts of the coronavirus. The discovery comes as scores of laboratories around the [...]

In a highly unusual year, many properties have been turned into schools, offices and gyms. 2020 will stick in the collective memory as a year in which properties built for housing changed use and [...]

Pressure is mounting on the Portuguese Government to clarify the tax situation on urban rehabilitation projects in Portugal. In a webinar organised by consultants EY called ‘VAT for Urban [...]

The co-founder and CEO of Beta-i Brazil, Renata Ramalhosa, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire by the Queen of England on the recommendation of Her Majesty’s Government. Renata runs [...]

Ambition and vision are needed to transform cities like Lisbon into population centres that emotionally and psychologically engage with its inhabitants on all levels: culturally, socially, [...]

The Wyndham Grand has purchased the Monte da Quinta Resort and turned it into the Wyndham Grand Algarve Residences. The Quinta do Lago development has 132 apartments and a spa, two pools and [...]

The Portuguese Government launched a new development bank on Thursday. The Banco Português de Fomento has resulted from a merger between the Financial Institution of Development (Instituição [...]

Quinta do Lago’s South Course is to be given a modern makeover as part of a new €7m golf course investment programme taking place at the luxury Portuguese resort this summer. The upgrade of the [...]

Angola, once a byword for family corruption, is cleaning its act up and diversifying its economy with beach and wildlife tourism in the government’s sights says international research entity The [...]