June 19, 2018 12:26 pm by Fernando Porta
A decade of austerity has had a lasting legacy for eurozone members Ireland, Portugal, Greece and Spain. Know more here…
June 5, 2018 9:06 am by Fernando Porta
During the eurozone debt crisis, Portugal was staring down the abyss of financial collapse. Now the small country on the EU periphery is being dubbed as a model for overcoming […]
May 28, 2018 11:02 am by Fernando Porta
Proposta do governo prevê que casa seja arrendada sem que o banco possa alterar o spread ou o prazo do contrato. Saber mais…
May 28, 2018 10:51 am by Fernando Porta
Desde o início de 2018, por exemplo, a Caixa Geral de Depósitos já reduziu duas vezes a margem que cobra aos clientes para emprestar dinheiro, o chamado spread, e acelerou […]
May 9, 2018 11:02 am by Fernando Porta
Portugal’s economy is growing. And that is making the country attractive for investors in many sectors, especially the property market. The real estate market is booming – property values are […]
April 30, 2018 2:42 pm by Fernando Porta
After a lifetime of long Swedish winters and hefty tax bills, Dan Wikstrom’s dream of a comfortable retirement in the sun has come true. Not in a Caribbean tax haven, […]
April 23, 2018 9:37 am by Fernando Porta
Social democratic parties are collapsing across Europe, the victims of rising nationalism and a failure to produce convincing answers to the euro area’s financial crisis. But not, it seems, in […]
April 23, 2018 9:31 am by Fernando Porta
Paula Amorim, the Portuguese investor who’s chairman of oil producer Galp Energia SGPS SA, doesn’t think Lisbon’s booming real estate market has peaked yet as she plans to invest in […]
April 20, 2018 8:39 am by Fernando Porta
Austerity has been Germany’s recommendation to debt-ridden EU countries. But Portugal decided to go against saving and lowering government expenditure. And that appears to have worked for its economy, which […]
April 16, 2018 11:11 am by Fernando Porta
ANTONIO COSTA, Portugal’s affable prime minister, greets your columnist with a broad grin as he settles his hefty frame into a sofa in his official residence. He has a lot […]