Digital economy

The Algarve town of Lagos is well known as a seaside destination that welcomes a vast variety of tourists all-year-round and it is fast becoming known as the latest hot spot for digital nomads in [...]

The Bank of Portugal (BdP) is to create a “contact group” to debate the cryptocurrencies phenomenon and the future issue of a digital euro. The project is currently under discussion at the [...]

Almost half of the funds in Portugal’s RRP programme have already been allocated according to the entity responsible for managing and monitoring the funds, ‘Recover Portugal’. The mission [...]

The seasoned Portuguese political commentator, politician and lawyer Luís Marques Mendes reflects on the shifting geopolitical, economic and technological landscape which will define the next [...]

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Etherium and Dogecoin are here to stay argues Patrícia Akester founder of Lisbon-based Intellectual Property Office, but invest with care. The importance of Fintech [...]

The US multinational online retail sales platform Amazon says it is close to making a “long term commitment” in Portugal. Amazon does not yet have an on-line shop in Portugal, but has translated [...]

Only 50% of the Portuguese population has basic digital skills and 25% have no working digital skills whatsoever. The situation has to change according to Bernardo Correia, Country Manager, [...]

The man who has been appointed by the Portuguese government to coordinate the most significant restructuring, reinvestment and radical change in Portugal’s contemporary history says the country [...]

Physical sales of music formats saw a fall of 19.8% in 2020 on 2019 According to the Portuguese Phonographic Association (AFP) sales were worth €6.7 million and in 2020 plummeted to €5.4 million. [...]

An Anglo-American capital investment partnership is to invest €3.5Bn in a Hyperscaler Data Centre near Portugal’s container shipping port of Sines in a project that will be the largest in the [...]