Portugal

By Chris Graeme chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Portugal leaving the Euro and embarking on currency devaluation are not options to attract long-term sustainable growth and inward foreign investment, said an economist last week.

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Car producer Volkswagen Autoeuropa believes that optimistic signs for recovery in the international car market may mean that it can up production by 20 per cent

A nailbiting last home game of the season against Varzim at the weekend may have laid the foundations for bringing top class football back to Portimão for the first time

Embrace sexual diversity at the Allove Festival on May 14 and 15 at the Fatacil in Lagoa. This is the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender festival ever held in

Special Report by Chris Graeme chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com A group of leading economists and former finance ministers is to meet with President Cavaco Silva on Monday to warn him that Portugal simply

Portuguese President Cavaco Silva may symbolically veto gay marriage in Portugal to pay lip service to Pope Benedict XVI who visits the country this month. However, because the Portuguese parliament

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Just three weeks after receiving a new kidney in a transplant operation in the UK, Algarve resident Rod Smyth died in hospital in Oxford after an

IN MY VIEW by CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Portugal is in dire straights if warnings from external financial agencies and institutions are anything to go by. The International Monetary Fund’s analysis

A lorry drivers’ union has threatened a national strike at the end of May if its demands are not met. The National Association of Portuguese Transport (ANTP) is calling on

Portuguese President Cavaco Silva has criticised the “greedy” salaries and bonuses of big company executives at a time of economic crisis. The President was speaking in his annual April 25