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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.

Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos Clear the Air Invictus Aerial Festival for 19-21 June — €7.5 Million Stack, €5.4 Million Public Anchor and a 1 Million-Visitor Read Frame the Douro Air-Race Calendar

Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos Clear the Air Invictus Aerial Festival for 19-21 June — €7.5 Million Stack, €5.4 Million Public Anchor and a 1 Million-Visitor Read Frame the Douro Air-Race Calendar

The Air Invictus aerial festival opens its three-day run on 19 June 2026 across the four Greater Porto municipalities of Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos, with the bulk of the flying programme staged over the Douro estuary between the...

Government Wires a €2.5 Million Coima Ceiling Into the PSI Gender-Quota Stack — CMVM-Enforced Penalty Frame Transposes the EU Women on Boards Directive Into Lei 62/2017

Government Wires a €2.5 Million Coima Ceiling Into the PSI Gender-Quota Stack — CMVM-Enforced Penalty Frame Transposes the EU Women on Boards Directive Into Lei 62/2017

Portuguese listed companies that fall short of the 33.3% under-represented-gender threshold on their boards face administrative fines of up to €2.5 million under the revised text of Lei 62/2017 (Law 62/2017, of 1 August), the bill the government has...

France Stacks €18.8 Billion in Portuguese FDI and 130,000 Jobs Across 1,700 Subsidiaries — Gulbenkian's 9th Franco-Portuguese Economic Conference Counts Stellantis, Natixis, Vinci and Airbus as Sector Anchors

France Stacks €18.8 Billion in Portuguese FDI and 130,000 Jobs Across 1,700 Subsidiaries — Gulbenkian's 9th Franco-Portuguese Economic Conference Counts Stellantis, Natixis, Vinci and Airbus as Sector Anchors

France held the title of Portugal's second-largest foreign direct investor at the close of 2024, with a stock of €18.8 billion in direct investment, 1,700 French-owned subsidiaries on the ground and roughly 130,000 jobs supported across the...