Tag: Portugal
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Breaking News | Exit poll suggests Socialists win re-election in Portugal
An exit poll in Portugal’s general election suggests the center-left Socialist Party has been reelected, beating its main rival, the center-right Social Democratic Party. The poll ... -
EXPLAINER: Can Portugal election clear political roadblock?
Portuguese voters go to the polls today (Sunday), two years earlier than scheduled, after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the minority ... -
Exit poll: Incumbent Rebelo de Sousa wins Portugal’s presidential election
Portugal’s president appeared poised to win a second term in office Sunday, in an election held amid a devastating COVID-19 surge that has made the European ... -
Portugal chooses a president amid a severe pandemic surge
Portugal held a presidential election today (Sunday), with the moderate incumbent candidate strongly favored to earn a second five-year term as a devastating COVID-19 surge grips ... -
Portugal halts flights to UK over virus variant
Portugal is stopping flights to and from the United Kingdom from tomorrow (Saturday), blaming a COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K. for a devastating surge ... -
Portugal’s president, 72, tests positive for coronavirus
The office of the Portuguese president says that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for the coronavirus although the veteran politician has no symptoms. Rebelo ... -
China’s CCCC buys stake in Portugal’s Mota-Engil
Mota-Engil announced today (Thursday) that it is in the final stages of negotiating a strategic partnership and investment agreement with “one of the largest infrastructure groups ... -
‘Call me Boris’: Nurse’s father glad UK leader got good care
The father of a Portuguese nurse who helped care for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson while he was in intensive care with COVID-19 says his son ... -
Portugal is 6th European country to receive most investment from China
Portugal is on the list of European countries that received most investment from China in 2015, according to a study by the ESADE Business & Law ... -
Euro 2016| Portugal leaves it late again to beat Poland on penalties
France (AP) — Portugal likes to leave it late at this European Championship, whether Cristiano Ronaldo is having a good game or not. The Portuguese have been level ... -
Mainland groups in Portugal lose over USD115 billion in market capitalization
Chinese groups that have invested in Portugal in the last several years have seen their market capitalization lose more than 100 billion euros (USD115 billion) since ... -
Angolan trader Mike (l) bargains with miss Zhou, a Chinese retailer in a wholesale market in Xiaobei Road, a commercial area in Guangzhou
Next October Portugal plans to reopen a Consulate General in Guangzhou, according to Portuguese daily newspaper Diário de Todos. The newspaper reported the joint order of ... -
Latin American airlines compete to buy TAP
Two of the three proposals to buy 66 percent of Portuguese state airline TAP have been selected for the negotiation phase and are considered to be ... -
China UnionPay establishes agreement with Portugal’s Unicre
Chinese bank card company UnionPay has reached an agreement with Portugal’s Unicre enabling Chinese cardholders to use their cards in Portugal through the Portuguese automatic payment system, ... -
Summit between Brazil and Portugal in June
The Luso-Brazilian summit will take place next June, on a date to be announced, said Tuesday in Lisbon the Vice President of Brazil, Michel Temer, during ... -
Portugal | IMF advocates radical reform of the State
The International Monetary Fund recommended Tuesday that the Portuguese government should carry out radical reforms to the State, as well as to salaries and pensions, according ... -
Portugal | Government puts railway companies up for sale
The decree-law for the privatisation of railway companies CP Carga and Empresa de Manutenção de Equipmaento Ferroviário (EMEF) is expected to be approved by the government ... -
Portugal | Public debt reaches 224.5 billion euros in 2014
Portugal’s public debt at the end of 2014 is expected to have stood at between 127.9 percent and 128.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), according ... -
Portugal | Three Chinese groups interested in buying Novo Banco
Three of the 17 expressions of interest to buy Portuguese bank Novo Banco are from Chinese groups, a Portuguese newspaper Diario Economico said citing sources in ... -
IMF questions sustainability of Portuguese public debt
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) questioned the sustainability of Portuguese public debt, in the face of economic weakening and relaxation of the deficit in the first ... -
Portugal and Angola study introduction of special visas
The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Rui Machete, announced Monday in Luanda the intention to move ahead with a system of special visas ... -
British company says there is oil in Portugal
British company Ioniq Capital Partners Limited has located six oil deposits in Portugal, Portuguese weekly magazine Sábado reported adding the company planned to sell its studies ... -
Portugal’s financial sector arouses China’s interest
The financial sector is expected to be the new focus of Chinese investment in Portugal, which in three years has involved close to 6 billion euros ... -
Portugal | Gov’t announces sale of 66 pct of state airline TAP
The Portuguese government will sell 66 percent of flagship airline TAP-Air Portugal, with 34 percent remaining in the hands of the state for at least two ... -
Energias de Portugal sells Brazil assets to China Three Gorges
Portuguese power company EDP – Energias de Portugal has sold half of the 66.67 percent stake held in Brazilian power company Empresa Energia São Manoel (São ... -
Portugal | Corporate taxes reduced to attract foreign investment
Portugal’s proposed State Budget for 2015 includes a reduction of two percentage points on corporate tax – to 21 percent – in an effort to attract ... -
Portugal | Foreigners invest 1b euros to receive golden visas
Investments made in Portugal as part of the “golden visa” program were in excess of 1 billion euros in the first two years of the special ... -
Chinese are the foreigners who spend most in Lisbon
The Chinese are the foreigners from outside the European Union who spend most in Lisbon’s retail stores, beating Brazilians and above all Angolans, who for many ... -
Portugal’s investment in Lusophone coutries falls 78 pct in 2013
Portugal’s direct investment in Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP) and Timor-Leste (East Timor) fell 78 percent in 2013, according to figures released this week by the Bank ... -
China’s Fosun Int’l joins race to buy Portuguese healthcare firm ES Saude
Fosun International, part of China’s Fosun Group, has made a bid to buy Portuguese healthcare company Espírito Santo Saúde SGPS (ES Saude) for 451 million euros ... -
Philosophy | Portugal painted dark by a philosopher
Ten years after he published the acclaimed “Portugal, Hoje: O Medo de Existir” (Portugal Today: The Fear of Existence), philosopher José Gil was in Macau earlier ... -
Portugal announces creation of development bank
Portugal’s new development bank, Instituição Financeira do Desenvolvimento (Financial Development Institution – IFD), is due to start operating this year with starting capital of 100 million ...
