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China and Portugal seek closer ties following President Xi visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Portuguese officials this week in a bid to strengthen Beijing’s relationship with Europe and build upon the One Belt, One Road initiative

5 Dec 2018

Kingfisher Group set to exit Russia, Spain and Portugal

Europe’s second-largest home improvement retailer, Kingfisher Group, is streamlining its business in order to deliver on its ambitious profit targets

21 Nov 2018

transport infrastructure. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will dramatically enhance the country's fortunes

Portugal’s investment potential gets a mighty boost thanks to TTIP

As the closest European country to the US, Portugal is set to capitalise on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, as well as resurgent economies on both sides of the Atlantic

17 Sep 2015

Destination Portugal: How two businesses succeeded through the storm

The CEOs of Siemens Portugal and Fladgate Partnership compare their experiences of building businesses in Portugal

12 Aug 2015

Ricardo Salgado’s fall from grace hits Portugal badly

Just six months ago, Ricardo Salgado was ‘the man who owned everything’. Now he’s being held responsible for the collapse of one of the country’s most powerful banks

11 Dec 2014

Portugal's deputy prime minister, Paulo Portas

Portugal’s cars-for-tax incentive misses the point

The government’s plan to exchange tax receipts for upmarket cars falls far short of a cultural revolution

18 Feb 2014

Will realty end Portugal’s woes?

Despite recession hitting hard, some of Portugal’s real estate companies have continued to flourish, invigorating the countryside, and none more than PortugalRur, specialists in rural high quality real estate

27 Jan 2013

Portugal’s “enormous” tax hike despite protests

The Portuguese government has announced tax rises in an effort to reduce the deficit, despite increasing discontent among the countries’ people

4 Oct 2012

Barroso: Portugal able to face serious situation

Greece yielded to market pressure and appealed for emergency loans. Portuguese debt has also been hammered on concerns over its creditworthiness and investors see it as the next weak link

26 Apr 2010

Portugal sees modest deficit cut in 2010

Portugal’s government expects a small budget deficit reduction this year to around 8.3 percent of GDP, but from a wider than previously expected gap in 2009, an opposition party leader has said. Jose Pedro Aguiar Branco, the head of the centre-right Social Democratic Party’s (PSD) parliament faction, told reporters the government had told the PSD […]

25 Jan 2010

How Europe can work together to grow Unicorns

Europe is home to fewer than one in 13 of the world’s Unicorns, 7.2 percent. The bulk of the largest innovative companies are in the US and Asia. To push Europe into a leadership role in the coming decade of digital innovation, we need to change our approach.

8 Sep 2021

How one Algerian company became a consumer electronics giant

Ali Boumediene, Founder and General Manager of Bomare Company said that “the path to success is not easy to find, you have to be determined, work hard and see far”. His capacity not just to work hard, but also to envision something far greater than the sum of its parts, means that today, his company commands an envious position in the electronics industry

12 Apr 2021

Cultural institutions have moved online amid global lockdowns

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many cultural institutions to shut their doors. To ensure the public still has access to art, music and theatre, forward-thinking organisations are
utilising digital technologies

18 Jul 2020

How Cuba’s doctors are helping the world fight COVID-19

Cuba’s medical internationalism has received plenty of praise, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. But others have claimed that the programme provides little more than good publicity for the country’s socialist government

13 Jul 2020

Europe’s second defining moment

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the ideological division between Northern and Southern Europe. Without greater collaboration, the eurozone may not survive the crisis

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