The intensification of Russian efforts to establish itself in Africa through military agreements, the constant and pragmatic presence of China, new players such as India and Turkey, the [...]
The British Embassy’s Department of Business and Trade and London & Partners have signed an agreement with Lisbon’s Unicorn Factory. Signed last week, the collaboration underscores the power [...]
China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi said on Tuesday that Portugal and China should expand cooperation and strengthen bi-lateral relations and exchanges. Speaking to the Portuguese Minister of [...]
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 [...]
Trade between Portugal and France rose to €16Bn in 2024 according to figures from the National Statistics Institute. (INE) French companies in Portugal are the main overseas employers in the [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron was welcomed on Thursday by Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa with military honors at the Belém Palace in Lisbon, in what is his first official visit [...]
The annual Irish Portuguese Business Network (IPBN) Business Success Awards were held at the Irish Embassy in Lisbon at the end of last month. Awards were presented to three winners marking their [...]
Bi-lateral relations, European policy, security and global developments were on the agenda during the visit of the President of Switzerland, Viola Amherd to Portugal on December 16, 2024. In her [...]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Swiss-Portugal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCISP) began to modernise and reorganise its internal structures. Essential Business talks to CCISP General [...]
Text and Photos: Chris Graeme Portugal, with its knowledge, expertise, and geography, is well-placed to become a trailblazer in the bioeconomy that will be one of the key drivers underpinning the [...]