A slow recovery, in several gears depending on the sector and totally held hostage to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the prediction from economists consulted by the business daily Jornal [...]

Angola is not just oil and diamonds. In fact, the fall in oil prices coupled with the political intent of the new government to cut back on the corrupt practices of the past and to create a new [...]

With ample space at a premium in today’s post-Covid property market, there are acres of opportunities in Portugal’s sleepy Alentejo district with its vineyards, castles and rolling landscape of [...]

The Covid-19 crisis has not been easy on Algarve estate agents who pride themselves on the personal touch when dealing with clients. Kerstin Buechner Director of QP Savills and her team put their [...]

The Portuguese startup SWORD Health has raised €8.6 million from a Series A round. It means that added to the investment it attracted in April 2019, the medical technology company which [...]

Portugal’s Golden Visa programme has had “a very limited effect in attracting investment to Portugal” according to a government minister. However, the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, [...]

Work has started at the Algarve’s Ombria Resort on the construction of the Viceroy Residences. The residences, which will be integrated into the Viceroy Hotel will be completed in 2022 with the [...]

The Portuguese Government has launched a €100 million credit line to help kickstart and develop family businesses. The money, which has been deposited in a fund called ‘Linha Sucessão Empresarial [...]

The tax treatment of capital gains obtained by non-­residents upon transfer of shares in resident companies is worse than that applicable to capital gains obtained by residents. The Corporate [...]

Chitra Stern is a Singapore-born Indian real-estate and hotel entrepreneur with dual British and Swiss citizenship.  She has lived in Portugal for the last 17 years.  She is a strong believer in [...]