Portugal has highest incidence of children with cancer in EU
Incidence of cancer generally expected to increase 20% by 2040 The incidence of cancer in Portugal is expected to increase by 20% by 2040, with the country having the highest
Portugal’s PM in Brussels where EU leaders bristle over Trump’s threat of tariffs
“Tariffs raise prices: you don’t need to be a Nobel economist” to work it out With EU leaders meeting in Brussels today, Portugal’s prime minister has reacted to the threat
Portugal among countries “laundering Russian timber”
Country has received around a thousand lorries of ‘blood-stained birch’, violating EU sanctions An investigation by a British NGO has revealed a scheme to launder Russian timber into the EU,
EU growth – below US, China – “will impact Portuguese companies”
Economist gives ‘flip side’ of view promoted at Davos by European Commissioner In spite of the strong words delivered yesterday by European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen at the World
European rules force cheaper bank transfers
‘Immediate bank transfers’ now cost the same as national transfers, by imposition of European regulations. The measure came into effect yesterday.
EU-funded project supporting early stage entrepreneurs throughout Portugal
Selected applicants will benefit from mentoring with experienced business owners The British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (BPCC) is now in its 10th year acting as an Intermediary Organisation of the Erasmus
Portugal ordered to pay €20,000 for breaching rights of father and son
Portuguese authorities “behaved in the most abject and disgusting way” – lawyer The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered the Portuguese state to pay €20,000 to a father
Portugal “still one of most unequal in EU” – study
Portugal remains one of the most unequal countries in the European Union, with a fifth of the population (2.1 million people) living in poverty and/ or social exclusion, according to
Ursula Von der Leyen cancels trip to Portugal
European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen has had to clear her diary for the next two weeks as she is apparently suffering from ‘a severe pneumonia’. She was due
Ursula Von der Leyen in Lisbon
President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, will be in Lisbon on January 6, to attend the Seminário Diplomático – an annual Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Conference