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Portugal Resident28 Sept

Over the past year, I have written for The Resident several essays which have tracked our country’s uneasy courtship of foreign investment to aid its progress as a “gateway” to The post Portugal’s AI and IT industries: the immediate prospects appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident27 Sept

The environmental association ZERO warned today about the deterioration of rivers and aquifers in mainland Portugal, stressing that the measures that were under public consultation have no guarantees of funding The post Environmentalists sound alert over condition of rivers and aquifers appeared first on Portugal Resid

Portugal Resident25 Sept

The University of Évora is to invest around €1 million in a new Aeronautics and Aerospace Centre at the city’s municipal aerodrome, bringing university teaching and research closer to one The post Évora to create €1 million aeronautics and aerospace centre appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident25 Sept

Alcoutim Council is to transform a former grain warehouse at the entrance to the town into a new business and coworking centre as part of a €1.27 million investment. The The post Alcoutim to transform former grain warehouse into business hub appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident25 Sept

The conventional calculation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as being the sum of annual values for the services and goods produced by a nation-state is being challenged by the phenomenal The post False growth in the Portuguese economy – the distortions of GDP appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident25 Sept

Business leaders from Portugal and northern Europe are gathering in Lagos today, September 25, for a discussion on the future of the Algarve and the wider Portuguese economy. The event, The post Business leaders gather in Lagos to discuss Algarve’s future appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident24 Sept

With all the foreboding of the government today over ‘entering deficit’ with tax cuts on fuel, the truth is the country is heading for deficit territory anyway. The Council of The post Council of Public Finances “more optimistic about economy this year” appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident24 Sept

With an investment of around €587,000, the Army has created a tactical 4G/5G mobile network to ensure communications in situations of disaster (areas without coverage, or with degraded networks, like The post Army invests more than half million euros in tactical 4G/5G mobile network appeared first on Portugal Resident

Portugal Resident24 Sept

The University of Algarve’s new Barlavento Campus in Portimão is expected to be completed in 2029, with more than €10 million in EU funding supporting a wider expansion of university The post University of Algarve’s new Portimão campus due by 2029 appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident23 Sept

Could the Olympic Games one day come to Portugal – and more specifically, Oeiras? Mayor Isaltino Morais has floated the ambitious possibility, arguing that further investment in the Jamor sporting The post Oeiras mayor floats Olympic Games dream for Jamor appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident23 Sept

When Amziah’s estranged foster daughter unexpectedly returns, Amziah leaps at the possibility to renew connection and create a family business. But the honey game is ruthless, and Amziah’s rivals threaten The post Cinema: The Rivals of Amziah King appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident22 Sept

The government is considering allowing local councils to exempt about 15% of their municipal territory from the ‘zero-licensing’ rule – particularly in historic areas. Economy Minister Manuel Castro Almeida explains The post Town halls to get green-light to control commercial licences in 15% territory appeared first on

Portugal Resident22 Sept

Portugal is close to full employment, but the economy’s productivity has yet to catch up with the European Union, and remains below levels from 26 years ago, according to a The post Portugal’s productivity slumps to below 2000 levels – study appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident21 Sept

Another gangland style incident in Lisbon has left a 30-year-old man dead in a neighbourhood notorious for drug-taking and trafficking in plain sight. PJ police are investigating the shooting, early The post Executed metres from home: another suspected “settling of scores” between gangs in Lisbon appeared first on Port

Portugal Resident18 Sept

Portugal’s government appears to be welcoming the news of a deepening of trade relations between the European Union and Canada, in spite of the knee-jerk reaction by Donald Trump, who The post Portugal welcomes deepening of trade relations between Brussels and Ottawa appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident18 Sept

Portugal’s criminal investigation police, the PJ, has arrested five people on suspicion of kidnapping and abduction in Marinha Grande: the victim was a man whom the suspects assaulted, and whose The post Police arrest five for kidnapping in Marinha Grande appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident17 Sept

Prime minister Luís Montenegro opened an economic conference in Lisbon today with ‘uplifting news’ of the national economy, in spite of what he called the “stupid path” of continuing war The post “Stupid path”: Montenegro criticises war in Middle East appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident17 Sept

The Algarve could gain a major new business area as part of government efforts to attract large-scale investment and diversify regional economies. Economy and Territorial Cohesion Minister Manuel Castro Almeida The post Algarve promised major new business area appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident17 Sept

McDonald’s Portugal is recruiting more than 150 people for its restaurants across the Algarve, with vacancies available until the end of the year. The recruitment drive covers restaurants in Lagos, The post McDonald’s recruiting for more than 150 Algarve jobs appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident16 Sept

At a point when public opinion is rounding on the government over the level of taxation it applies to fuel products, Minister of Economy and Territorial Cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida, The post “Portuguese people are facing difficulties because of fuel costs” appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident16 Sept

Banco Português de Fomento (BPF, or Portugal’s Development Bank) has approved more than 20,000 transactions since the start of this year, totalling €4.7 billion, the minister for the economy said The post Portugal’s Banco de Fomento approves 20,000 transactions worth €4.7 billion appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident15 Sept

The Portuguese footwear industry is this year completing “the largest investment cycle ever”, with €100 million invested in sustainability, digitalisation, artificial intelligence and new technologies “bolstering the sector’s confidence” in The post Footwear industry embarks on largest investment ever appeared first on

Portugal Resident13 Sept

Business leaders have reinforced warnings made earlier this summer over the government’s ‘masterplan’ to raise the national minimum wage by €50 each year until 2029. In short, they may not The post Business leaders reinforce warnings over 2027 increase in national minimum wage appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident12 Sept

PJ judicial police have detained a 45-year-old man in Lagos today, on suspicion of having murdered the foreign business couple for whom he worked as a caretaker. In a statement, The post Double murder in Lagos: caretaker detained on suspicion of killing foreign couple “with extreme violence” appeared first on Portugal