In Portugal just 14% of more than 4,000 startups were founded or are led by women. And in 2024 of the €48Bn of venture capital raised within the European startup ecosystem, only 12% was [...]
Limehome is to beef up its presence in Lisbon with the conversion of an old factory in Alcântara into a tourist apartment development slated to open in 2028. The developer has already opened [...]
New local accommodation guest houses have been banned in 19 Lisbon neighbourhoods and 8 parishes with a complete ban on new establishments in the historic downtown area of the capital. According [...]
Russian investment in Portugal has increased 49% since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 according to the news source Público. And despite heavy international sanctions, Russian cash has been [...]
The Portuguese private healthcare provider CUF, which has a string of hospitals up and down the country, announced on Friday that it had signed a contract to acquire 75% of Grupo HPA Saúde. [...]
A new valuation of Novobanco, this time by JB Capital, has upped the bank’s value to as much as €7Bn at the top end of the value scale. The Portuguese bank is currently being prepared for an [...]
Text: Chris Graeme Image: Jesper Andersen There was something decidedly fishy going on in the small seaside town of Peniche which to most overseas visitors is associated with international [...]
The former CEO of TAP, Christine Ourmières Widener, is to begin her lawsuit against the airline at a hearing in a civil court in Lisbon. According to an order published this week, the [...]
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 [...]
