Portugal plans “massive tax cuts” to boost investment and growth
The 60 government measures aim to accelerate business and economic growth Portugal’s government has agreed a massive booster jab package for Portuguese business by bringing IRC tax down to 19%
Top prosecutor hits back at “coup d’état” claims
Rosário Teixeira insists prosecutors “have no interest in toppling governments” In a week where former culture minister Pedro Adão e Silva suggested ‘Operation Influencer’ – and all its fall-out –
Increase in qualifications NOT having expected social ‘uplift effect’
Study blows hole in governments’ lauding of ‘qualifications’ The labour market is exacerbating social inequalities among young people. A study released today blows a hole in various governments’ laudings of
Young British tourist claims she was raped in notorious Lisbon night spot
19-year-old claims Urban Beach employee raped her in back room A young British tourist lodged an official complaint in the early hours of yesterday morning, alleging rape by an employee
“Silence and disillusion” – police get no joy from parliament
Officers leave ‘cêntimos’ on pavement, in reaction to PM’s “not one cêntimo more” speech Police officers, unable to get into the parliamentary galleries yesterday, followed the debate on their mobile
Nurse who took part in macabre Algarve murder and dismemberment “is going to jail”
Initially absolved, Mariana Fonseca went on to sue former employers for wrongful dismissal The surreal workings of Portuguese Justice – which saw a nurse who took part in a brutal
Company tax to fall by 2p.p. a year to 15%
Corporate income tax (IRC) rate will gradually fall by two percentage points a year until it reaches 15% at the end of the legislature (meaning 2028), according to the Accelerating
Hundreds of police queue to enter parliamentary galleries
In spite of police unions saying they would not be responding to CHEGA’s request for an ‘en masse’ presence in parliament today, hundreds of off duty police agents turned up
€10 million for inland tourism projects
Today’s Council of Ministers, focused on kick-starting the economy, has approved more support lines for tourism, with a credit line of €10 million for inland projects and another of €50
Large multinationals to be charged “a minimum of 15% tax”
Portuguese government moves on measure that “should have been imposed in 2022” Portugal’s AD government is proceeding with a minimum 15% taxation mechanism for multinational and national groups, according to