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Portuguese supermarkets giant Jerónimo Martins has expanded its Biedronka brand to Slovakia with plans to open 50 stores by 2026. The first Biedronka has already opened close to the capital [...]

More than two-thirds of Portugal’s startup investors are optimistic about seed stage investments in the first half of 2025. According to Investors Portugal Barometer, this optimism is not a [...]

The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) yesterday gave the green light to the acquisition of technology company Claranet Portugal by the telecommunications operator NOS. The €152 million deal [...]

The Portuguese are facing the prospect of a snap election in May in what would be a third election since 2022 over an alleged conflict of interest involving its Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro [...]

Philosopher and professor Carissa Véliz, engineer Nithya Menon and anthropologist Raquel Machaqueiro are the most recent confirmations for TEDxPorto, on March 29 at Alfândega do Porto. To talk [...]

The president of Portuguese bank BPI, João Pedro Oliveira said in an interview this week that if Caixa Geral de depósitos purchases all or even part of Novobanco, it would be tantamount to a [...]

Portugal’s vehicles market fell 5.4% in the first two months of the year, with around 40,000 new vehicles put on the road, according to data from the Automobile Association of Portugal. (ACAP) By [...]

Young overseas residents in Portugal are applying for the government ’s public guarantee to purchase homes in Portugal, Brazilians being the main group according to a report in the news [...]

Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Portugal was £11.2Bn in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2024, an increase of 0.7% or £83 million (€100 million) in [...]

Most sectors of Portugal’s industrial economy were almost stagnant in 2024 after recording losses in 2023. According to data released by the National Statistics Institute last week, the gross [...]