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The Portuguese government is to provide a €1Bn package for 12,000 affordable homes. The financial package will be paid out over the next four years. It has authorised the Institute of Housing and [...]

Portugal’s centre right PSD party, which is currently part of the Democratic Alliance coalition government, has presented a proposal to the Portuguese parliament for VAT at 6% on refurbishment [...]

The Swiss asset and wealth management fund 1875 Finance is to invest between €500 million and €800 million in a new mega urban housing project with 1,400 homes on a 28 hectare site in Lisbon [...]

Lisbon was the place to go in the world for international congresses and conventions, hosting 188 of them last year, overtaking Paris and Barcelona. This is according to the global ranking ICCA [...]

The European Commission announced on Thursday that it was to make 25 Frontex agents and €8 million available to ease the current intolerable situation at Portugal’s border controls because of the [...]

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has forecast that Portugal will end 2026 on an even keel with neither a budget deficit in the red nor the black. However, [...]

One of Portugal’s largest unions, the CGTP-IN has estimated that the one-day general strike on Wednesday enjoyed significant adherence in several sectors with hundreds of work places at a [...]

Bright School in the Algarve has been recognised as the Most Innovative International School in Europe 2026 by the K-12 Digest, a website and magazine focused on international schools and [...]

Complaints over service and process waiting times at Portugal’s immigration office AIMA were up again in the first four months of 2026. The data was released as AIMA staff went on a four-day [...]

The Startup World Cup (SWC) Portugal has just revealed the 50 startups selected for the 2026 edition of the competition, which will take place on June 17th and 18th at Unicorn Factory Lisbon. The [...]