Brussels sounds alert over Portugal’s top-heavy budget
Brussels has sounded the alert over the Portuguese government’s draft budget for 2020. Explain reports, the European Commission has requested ‘urgent explanations’ as the spending plan “only includes political measures
Portugal’s bright outlook offers Europe hope, says FT
Portugal has been singled out by the Financial Times as a country offering embattled Europe a little slice of hope. The opinion article being avidly shared and translated by national
Brussels opens case against Portugal for ‘failure to protect Nature’
Brussels has opened a case against Portugal for successive failures to protect Nature. Environmentalists are ‘delighted’ but “lament that the move has come so late”. The so-called ‘infringement proceedings’ underway
Tivoli Carvoeiro named Europe’s ‘Best Hotel for Families’ by Condé Nast
The Algarve’s Tivoli Carvoeiro is among Portugal’s four winners of the ‘Condé Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence’, having been named Europe’s ‘Best Hotel for Families’. The feat has been highlighted
“All against Merkel”: Portuguese MEPs “reject European army”
Under increasing fire ‘at home’, German chancellor Angela Merkel received more of the same when she addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg earlier this week, and called for a “real
Economic Sentiment Indicator falls for second consecutive month
According to new data from the European Commission, Portugal’s ‘Economic Sentiment Indicator’ fell for the second consecutive month in August, in line with feelings logged throughout the eurozone. The fall
Donald Tusk interrupts Lisbon visit to appeal to Brits to stay in EU
As a “kissing chain” initiative – aimed to show Europeans’ desire for a remain vote in the UK referendum – got underway in Berlin and Rome today, Donald Tusk, president
Lisbon is Europe’s best work-and-play capital, reports BBC
Lisbon has been named “Europe’s best work-and-play capital” in an article published online by the BBC last week. Journalist and author Lennox Morrison describes Portugal’s capital as a city that
All flights between Lisbon and Brussels cancelled in wake of terror attacks
All flights between Lisbon and Brussels have been cancelled today in the wake of a new round of terror attacks in the Belgian capital that have killed and seriously injured
Fertility in Portugal “lowest in Europe”
The World Bank has concluded what statisticians in Portugal already knew: national fertility rates are the lowest in Europe, and globally there are only five countries with a worse record