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Exports of goods from Portuguese speaking countries to China hit US$147.5Bn (€136.1Bn) in 2023 beating all records according to official data from Fórum Macau. Exports increased 6.2% on 2022, [...]

As is well known, the United Kingdom’s ties with Portugal extend well beyond around €12Bn of combined annual bi-lateral trade and the Treaty of Windsor of 1386. We have a lot to be thankful for [...]

Cash-strapped telecoms giant Altice, which has combined debts of more than €60Bn, plans to sell off the MEO brand and operation but will not include its fibre optics network in the deal. [...]

There has been a lot of talk in the overseas press that Portugal’s Golden Visa is dead; that is far from the truth. In 2023 many investors simply shifted from the property route which had been [...]

Global renewables firm Endiprev is strengthening its international profile after becoming the lead engineering services provider for the ground-breaking Vineyard Wind Project – USA’s first [...]

Portuguese families continued to buy housing at the cheaper end of the housing market scale and are taking on larger mortgages according to a study released by Idealista/créditohabitação. Low [...]

There has been a lot of talk in the overseas press recently that Portugal’s Golden Visa is dead; that is far from the truth.  In 2023 many investors simply shifted from the property route which [...]

The large Chinese batteries company CALB is to invest €2Bn and create €1,800 jobs by setting up a batteries factory in Sines. When fully up and running the factory will be capable of producing 43 [...]

The Portuguese are more highly qualified than 20 years ago, but lose 40% of graduates who leave the country to work overseas in better paid jobs. This is the conclusion of the Business Roundtable [...]

The Chairman of BCP says the bank is in a strong position after 5.6% of its capital was sold by its main shareholder, the Chinese company Fosun. Nuno Amado said the sale was “not worrying” and [...]