PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists encounter many odd products while conducting import examinations that protect our nation’s agricultural resources. Recently, one such parcel contained 60 dead…
LISBON (Reuters) – The Bank of Portugal on Friday lowered next year’s economic growth forecast to 1.2% from 1.5% it had set in October, in a slowdown from this year’s…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s parliament on Wednesday extended tax breaks for foreign residents until the end of next year despite criticism that the scheme has stoked housing…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – The Portuguese parliament on Wednesday approved the Socialist government’s 2024 budget, three months before a snap election triggered by the resignation of Prime Minister…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal will decide on the size of the stake it will sell in flag carrier TAP once competitors present their proposals, Infrastructure Minister Joao…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal unveiled its draft 2024 budget on Tuesday, projecting a surplus of 0.2% of GDP despite a further economic slowdown to 1.5% from this…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – The Portuguese government will end the year with a budget surplus, its second in almost five decades, compared with a deficit equivalent to 0.4%…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s government said on Thursday that banks must discount the benchmark six-month Euribor rate by 30% when calculating mortgage interest rates if asked to do…
LISBON (Reuters) – The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal surpassed eight million in January-June, making it the best first half on record, official data showed on Monday. The National…
By Amy Tennery AUCKLAND (Reuters) – Women’s World Cup upsets have put the four-times champions United States on notice, with a ticket to the knockout stages on the line when…
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA/LISBON (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in Portugal for a state visit, his office said on Thursday, and confirmed his attendance at an upcoming summit…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Keeping Lisbon’s airport hub and safeguarding TAP’s strategic role for Portugal will be key conditions of the airline’s upcoming privatisation, more than the sale…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has signed a bill decriminialising euthanasia into law in the Catholic-majority country after parliament on Friday overturned the last of…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Fortitude Capital, founded by former Goldman Sachs partner Antonio Esteves, Brazilian bank BTG Pactual and Portuguese asset manager Atrium, has launched its first fund…
LISBON (Reuters) – The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal surpassed 2.8 million from January through March, making it the best first quarter on record despite high global inflation and…
By Catarina Demony and Gabriel Araujo LISBON (Reuters) – Trying to lure back wary foreign investors, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed on Monday to restore stability and…
LISBON (Reuters) – Brazil’s Defence Minister Jose Mucio said on Friday his country’s planemaker Embraer SA would manufacture aircraft that meet NATO’s requirements in a partnership with Portuguese aerospace company…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – The risk of default on mortgages in Portugal is low despite the steep rise in interest rates by the European Central Bank (ECB) because…
By Miguel Pereira and Pedro Nunes LISBON (Reuters) – Thousands of people took to the streets of Lisbon and other cities across Portugal on Saturday in protest against soaring rents…
(Reuters) – Carmaker Stellantis NV said on Friday its Portugal plant would become the first assembly plant in the country to produce large series fully battery electric compact vans by…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s government on Friday announced measures worth 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) to help low-income families cope with soaring inflation and high interest rates, including scrapping value…
By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters filled downtown Lisbon on Saturday to demand higher wages and pensions, as well as government intervention to cap…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s economy grew 6.7% in 2022, its strongest pace in 35 years, fuelled by domestic demand and booming tourism, but inflation put the brakes on private consumption…
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of teachers took to Lisbon’s streets on Saturday in one of the biggest protests in Portugal in recent…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Saturday, without specifying how many will be shipped. Costa added that Portugal is…