Since José Eduardo dos Santos stood down as Angola’s president in September 2017, smoothing the way for a power transition to João Lourenço, the country’s economic policy has shifted [...]
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 [...]
Over 100 days since the invasion, Russia’s war of attrition in Ukraine is having devastating consequences for the region and the world, not just economic, but social, with 15 million displaced, [...]
The British are famous for five national characteristics: patience, stoicism (the classic stiff upper lip), diplomacy (no one can say ‘get lost!’ quite so sweetly as the British), common sense, [...]
According to the African Development Bank’s economic outlook report, Angola’s oil driven economy has been in recession since 2016, leading to an increase in its debt-to.GDP ratio from 57.1% in [...]
Angola is looking to diversify its economy away from just oil and petroleum products by opening up the country and its many lovely landscapes to tourism. The Portuguese think-tank CEDSA looks at [...]
If you read the European Commission’s Rule of Law Report for Portugal it comes out fairly positive compared to some of its EU partners. The European Commission recognises the ongoing measures to [...]
Since being founded in 2016, Tatara Razors, inspired by the precision and sharpness of ancient Japanese Samurai warrior swords, has gone from strength to strength. Text: Chris Graeme Photos: [...]
Portugal is to have the 10 largest green hydrogen and other related energy projects in Southern Europe worth €20Bn over the next two years. This is according to Portugal’s Secretary of State for [...]
Text: David Sampson/Photo: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation The first time I saw war on TV was in 1947\8 when I watched the shooting in Jerusalem between Arabs and Jews. I have [...]
