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This week – the most tumultuous week in Britain’s political history arguably since Margaret Thatcher left office in 1990 – the leader of Her Majesty’s opposition, Sir Keir Starmer [...]

Portugal has been enjoying a sudden heavy influx of tourists after two years of pandemic in 2020 and 2021 curtailed travel with restrictions and constraints. The Bank of Portugal stated on 20 [...]

Text: Chris Graeme Photo: Joaquim Morgado Portuguese justice is in a shambles and needs a major efficiency overhaul as well as a publicity makeover to improve its standing in the eyes of the [...]

Portugal’s economy is back to 2019 levels although it is performing differently with more emphasis on industry over services. Addressing business leaders at the International Club of Portugal [...]

A former president of Portugal’s overseas investment and export bureau AICEP, Pedro Reis, has been appointed the president of the International Club of Portugal’s consultative [...]

The leader of the Portuguese far right nationalist party Chega, André Ventura, roundly denounced Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine this week. Addressing around 127 members of the International [...]

Reluctant to be resigned to the difficulties felt at a social and diplomatic level because of the pandemic and now felt by the war in Ukraine, the International Club of Portugal (ICPT) has [...]

Portugal lost over a decade leading up to its adhesion to the euro currency in which it failed to undertake necessary reforms to make its economy productive and competitive. This is the opinion [...]

If any country in Europe could identify with the classic Catch 22 problem of low growth, low wages, low productivity and high taxes then Portugal is the classic case study. On the one hand, in [...]