Portugal

Government tax receipts and national insurance contributions are suffering from the high number of companies declaring bankruptcy. The number for the first quarter reached 1,192 last week, eight per cent

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Portugal is on the verge of bankruptcy, according to a lead economy article published in the New York Times (NYT) last week. The article states that

More than 360,000 unemployed people who have signed on for unemployment benefits have not received anything since March. Given that there are just over 500,000 unemployed in Portugal, it means

Portugal will have nine new hydroelectric dams by the end of the decade, at a total investment of 2.16 billion euros, which will enable the country to reduce dependence on

Civil Governor of Faro Isilda Gomes stressed last week that Câmara presidents need to have a more active role in the prevention of road accidents within cities and towns, where

Inspectors from the immigration and border control authority (SEF) carried out a major operation across the country’s brothels on April 11. During the operation, under the name Private, 429 foreign

Roller Lagos stars Gonçalo Marreiros and Martyn Dias featured prominently at last week’s Trois Pistas unofficial roller skating world championships in France. The two Algarveans finished 9th and 14th respectively

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Commercial boating companies, from luxury charters to small fishing trip operators, have been left unable to trade as a new body responsible for issuing licenses has

From August, bakeries in Portugal will be forced to sell bread containing less salt. The measure imposed by the Health Ministry aims to combat hypertension. The maximum amount of salt

New US Ambassador to Portugal Allan J. Katz (pictured) arrived in Lisbon on April 8 after being appointed the 24th US Ambassador to Portugal. Allan J. Katz will be officially