Portugal's economy explained: GDP data, market trends, business developments, inflation, real estate, and economic policy. Analysis of how economic trends affect daily life and expat finances.
Portugal has signed a joint letter with 15 other European Union member states — the Amigos da Coesão coalition — pressing the European Commission for a slower repayment schedule on the Next Generation EU borrowing programme and for a new round of...
Portuguese almond exports cross €115.45 million in 2025 on a 12% volume lift to 41,800 tonnes. Shelled almonds overtake in-shell value for the first time at 65% of the export tape; sector targets the fourth global producer slot behind the US, Spain and Australia within five years.
Portugal's biggest single shot at industrial research funding inside the European recovery cycle is two-thirds through its execution window and one month away from its hardest deadline. The 53 Agendas Mobilizadoras financed by the Plano de...
Bad Bunny opens his first-ever Portuguese run at the Estádio da Luz on Tuesday 26 May, with the second night booked for Wednesday 27 May. The Puerto Rican headliner arrived in Lisbon on Monday and the venue gates open at 17h00, with Spanish indie...
The Banco de Portugal formally stood up the Plataforma de Monitorização da Fraude Digital at a Lisbon conference on Monday 25 May 2026 , with Governor Álvaro Santos Pereira framing the launch as the first integrated national pipe to braid...
The Banco de Portugal 's monthly Endividamento do Setor Não Financeiro release, published on Monday 25 May 2026 , pushed the headline indebtedness number for Portugal's non-financial sector to €868.1 billion at the end of March 2026 , a €5.4 billion...
Portugal's cork-oak belt opens the May-August 2026 tirada window with €1.3 billion of exports on the line, half the national tonnage concentrated in the Coruche-Ponte de Sor stretch. Climate variance, premium-wine-stopper demand and a nine-year regeneration cycle frame the margin math.
