Hope for fleeced BES investors
Almost six years since Portugal woke up to financial horrors unleashed by the collapse of BES, judges have concluded that they can’t decide whether or not Portugal’s banking regulator –
Limits on Huawei in Portugal’s developing 5G network “expected today”
Limits on the extent to which Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei will be involved in Portugal’s developing 5G network are expected to be announced today, writes Expresso. The decision will be
Lisbon, Porto and Algarve to lose out in changes to Golden Visa scheme
A sting in the tail of changes to Portugal’s extraordinarily successful golden visa regime means the Algarve may too be removed from the equation. The PS Socialist decision to limit
Government offers up to €4,800 to anyone opting to work in Portugal’s interior
The government is to offer any workers “deciding to move to the interior of the country” the right to State support that starts at €2,600 and could go up to
Former president of Angolan State oil company Sonangol fighting Portuguese tax authorities
A former president of Angola’s State oil company Sonangol is fighting Portuguese tax authorities over 991,000 euros the latter claim is owing to them. Francisco de Lemos José Maria took
“Tired but relieved”: Portuguese airlifted out of China’s coronavirus ‘epicentre’ arrive home
“Tired but relieved” were 18 Portuguese who arrived in Portugal last night, after being airlifted out of China’s coronavirus epicentre Wuhan. The group included two diplomats and a further two
Heads of at least 13 member states meeting in Beja prepare ‘message of unity’ against EU funding cuts
With focus today on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, little is being mentioned about a summit in Beja tomorrow bringing together the “Friends of Cohesion” countries” which are desperate
New ‘brakes on credit’ announced by Bank of Portugal
The Bank of Portugal has announced new brakes on rules for extending credits to families. Say reports, maximum terms for personal credits will be reduced from 10 to seven years,
LIVRE formally withdraws confidence in its only MP
Compounding a week of high drama in one of the country’s smallest political parties, the eco-Socialist party of LIVRE has voted overwhelmingly to withdraw confidence in the only MP it
Evacuation of Portuguese from China’s coronavirus epicentre ‘delayed’ as ‘world health emergency’ is declared
The long-anticipated arrival of 17 Portuguese citizens requesting evacuation from the Chinese coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan today has been delayed Early this morning, foreign affairs minister Augusto Santos told