Does Portugal need a regime pact?
The role of economists in a complex national and international setting Text: Chris Graeme Photos: ICPT Portugal has been plunged into a political crisis that has only rubbed salt into the wounds [...]
Why Portugal’s northern ports are less polluting than you’d imagine
Look at Portugal’s northern ports of Leixões, Viana do Castelo, and traffic on the Douro waterways, you might be forgiven for thinking, due to their industrial nature, that they might be low down [...]
Vila Foz Hotel & Spa – sublime, divine Victorian elegance
The Vila Foz Hotel & Spa is a romantic and lovingly restored timepiece from a gilded age whose maritime tasting Michelin menus by Chef Arnaldo Azevedo are a delight. Essential Business [...]
Portugal and Brazil have “priority relationship”
Trade between Brazil and Portugal has doubled over the past decade with a balance of trade surplus in Brazil’s favour according to the Brazilian ambassador to Portugal Raimundo Carreiro. [...]
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Posted Seasonality, improved air and rail links, tourist tax and staff shortages top agenda at 2nd IPBN Tourism Conference
A plethora of challenges and opportunities in selling the Algarve region as the preeminent place in Europe to relocate, live, work and visit topped the agenda at the second Ireland Portugal [...]
Carlos Moedas at the ICPT – Getting things done!
Since Lisbon’s Mayor Carlos Moedas took office in September 2022 after winning an unlikely victory, he decided that he would serve the people, listening to their problems, and get things done. So [...]
Lagos Digital Nomads – building a bridge between local businesses and remote workers
The Algarve town of Lagos is well known as a seaside destination that welcomes a vast variety of tourists all-year-round and it is fast becoming known as the latest hot spot for digital nomads in [...]
Carlos Moedas – creating a diversified investment environment
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 [...]
Fátima Perdigão – an irrepressible fighter
Fátima Perdigão has been a consistent, and indefatigable part of Portugal’s property landscape for 35 years. Chris Graeme looks back at a career that was not always easy. Fátima Perdigão is one [...]
The developer who regenerated Brooklyn’s waterfront
Developer Jeffrey E. Levine is an extraordinarily successful entrepreneur in New York, one of the most difficult and competitive real estate markets in the world. He started with nothing and [...]
