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         The 10 hurdles strangling Portugal’s economic growth and productivity
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In Agriculture, AICEP, AIMA, Budget Deficit, Budget surplus, Business, Business associations, Competitiveness, Economy, ICPT, Justice, Labour, News, Tax
        Posted 6 Maio, 2025

        The 10 hurdles strangling Portugal’s economic growth and productivity

        Text: Chris Graeme Photo: Fernando Bento (ICPT) Low productivity is one of the main stumbling blocks to economic growth in Portugal according to Portugal’s Minister of Finances, Joaquim Miranda [...]

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         Police conduct searches at Bank of Portugal over corruption suspicions
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In Bank of Portugal, Companies, Corruption, Justice, News
        Posted 3 Abril, 2025

        Police conduct searches at Bank of Portugal over corruption suspicions

        Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) has conducted swoop and search activities at the country’s central bank and several State organisations over “suspected corruption crimes”. At issue are acts that [...]

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         Ex-deputy mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia denies backhanders to ease property developments
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In Corruption, Justice, Local Government, Municipal councils, News
        Posted 29 Janeiro, 2025

        Ex-deputy mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia denies backhanders to ease property developments

        The former deputy mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia Town Council, Patrocínio Azevedo has denied that he received “a single red cent” from lawyer João Lopes to get real estate projects fast-tracked [...]

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         Putting Portugal back in the centre – Why Portugal needs a major tax reform
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In Justice, News, Reforms, Tax
        Posted 25 Novembro, 2024

        Putting Portugal back in the centre – Why Portugal needs a major tax reform

        That Portugal’s tax system is overly bureaucratic, stratified, burdensome and downright complicated is bemoaned by overseas investors and Portuguese businesses alike. Nevertheless, despite [...]

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         Ex-KMPG boss accused BES accountant of cooking the books
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In Banks, BES GES, Justice, News
        Posted 8 Novembro, 2024

        Ex-KMPG boss accused BES accountant of cooking the books

        The former president of the KPMG auditing company, Sikander Sattar, took the stand on Tuesday in the BES/GES case accusing the banking group’s former accountant Francisco Machado da Cruz [...]

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         Authorities should have stepped in quicker over GES problems says banker – and refuses to discuss €100 million loan to ESI
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In Bank of Portugal, Bankers, Bankruptcy and liquidation, Banks, BES GES, Justice, News
        Posted 4 Novembro, 2024

        Authorities should have stepped in quicker over GES problems says banker – and refuses to discuss €100 million loan to ESI

        Authorities should have stepped in quicker over GES problems says banker – and refuses to discuss €100 million loan to ESI The Chairman of bank BPI, Fernando Ulrich, called the loss of [...]

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         Judge orders e-mails in EDP/CMEC case to be destroyed – but they’ve vanished without trace
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In EDP, EDPR, Justice, News
        Posted 24 Outubro, 2024

        Judge orders e-mails in EDP/CMEC case to be destroyed – but they’ve vanished without trace

        A judge has ordered the original e-mails used in an investigation that could have sustained a possible Public Ministry accusation against a former CEOs of Portugal’s electricity and renewables [...]

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         Salgado was a “compulsive liar” and “tried to bribe Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa” court hears
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In Banks, BES GES, Justice, News
        Posted 22 Outubro, 2024

        Salgado was a “compulsive liar” and “tried to bribe Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa” court hears

        Former GES boss Ricardo Salgado was a “compulsive liar” and tried to bribe lawyer Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (Now Portugal’s President) with legal work, a Lisbon court has heard. The former and now [...]

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         Bank was “completely insolvent” by over €7Bn admits former BESI boss
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In Banks, BES GES, Justice, News
        Posted 17 Outubro, 2024

        Bank was “completely insolvent” by over €7Bn admits former BESI boss

        José Maria Ricciardi, Ricardo Salgado’s cousin and former president of Banco Espírito Santo Investment (BESI), told judges at a Lisbon court yesterday that by December 2013 BESI was [...]

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         BES trial opens after 10-year investigation
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        By Christopher Graeme
        In Bankers, Banks, BES GES, Justice, News
        Posted 16 Outubro, 2024

        BES trial opens after 10-year investigation

        One of the biggest and most media sensational trials of the past 10 years in Portugal into the collapse of the Banco Espírito Santo banking empire opened in Lisbon yesterday. The most infamous of [...]

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