Category: Economics

Tax returned on average EUR 980 to those who had refunded IRS

The tax paid until 31 August 2,590 million euros in IRS repayments, [...]

World production of stagnant footwear. Portugal is the 18th producer

Worldwide footwear production stabilised in 2025, increasing only 0.1% to 24,600 million [...]

Flights between Lisbon and São Tomé on Saturday were postponed by technical problem

The air route between Lisbon and São Tomé, scheduled for Saturday, suffered a postponement [...]

Highway and railway: IP invests 700 million in Alentejo by the end of 2028

Portugal's Infrastructure (IP) will invest in Alentejo a total of 700 million [...]

German Institutes review in high forecasts with still fragile economy

Several German economic institutes have revised their economic growth forecasts of [...]

Musketeer Group invests about four million in two new stores

The Musketeers Group has invested around €4 million in the opening of two new [...]

Oil continues to rise: Gas oil may even have a strong rise Monday

In view of the provisional estimates, which do not yet take into account half of the week, [...]

Uber reduces 10% of jobs with output of 3,300 employees

Uber will reduce the number of workers worldwide, with elimination [...]

Uber ends operations in Nigeria and Uganda with immediate effects

The TVDE transport company Uber will cease operations in Nigeria and Uganda, [...]

Portuguese João Brigido will lead the largest Philip Morris factory

João Brigido, until now director of Tabaqueira, was appointed director of the factory of the mother house Philip [...]

Municipalities want to identify works for financing after PRR

The National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP) called today to the Government to accelerate identification [...]

Tax makes inspections on the beaches and detects invoice problems

The tax is carrying out surveillance and awareness actions on the beaches together with [...]

Brussels alert for dry and hot summer impact on agriculture

The European Commission has alerted Member States to the impact of a particularly dry summer and [...]

New housing loans contracts reach record value in July

New housing loans contracts increased by EUR 166 million in July to [...]

School meal companies have to make VAT of 13% to municipalities

Companies that provide meals in the canteens of schools managed by the municipalities have to make [...]

Almost 1 out of 5 workers are foreigners: What's the impact?

Foreign workers represent 18.6% of the workforce in Portugal, generating a monthly impact [...]

European Commission approves State aid to the Portuguese agricultural sector

The European Commission today approved a Portuguese State aid scheme of 30 million [...]

European scholarships on negative ground with Brent around $95

The main European grants were now on negative ground, after further attacks in Iran [...]

Government strengthens public guarantee for youth housing credit

The government reinforced the public guarantee for the granting of housing credit for young people [...]

“Change of the address of the registered office” shall be official: CGD already has new home

The Caixa Geral de Depósitos, S.A. announced the change in the address of its registered office, [...]

Explainer. House income may rise in 2027, but there are rules and limits

Only after the publication in Diário da República will the owners be able to announce to [...]

Third Party producers receive “the worst price paid in Europe” for milk

The president of the Agricultural Association of Terceira Island (AAIT), José António Azevedo, lamented today that [...]

Minister admits problems in the Volta system: “Transition process”

The Environment Minister today admitted problems in the implementation of the Volta System, namely due to [...]

Government announces 31,700 public houses completed with PRR funds

The Government today announced the completion of 31,700 public houses under the [...]

State back to REN? Brussels “accepted well”, Minister

Energy Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho said today in Brussels that the Commission [...]

Profit from eDreams falls 98.5% between April and June to 200,000 euros

The eDreams travel platform recorded a net profit of EUR 200 thousand in the first [...]

British WPP will cut up to 1,000 jobs by the end of the year

The British advertising agency WPP will cut up to 1,000 jobs up to [...]

Industrial production falls 1.4% and retreats for the third consecutive month

The industrial production index decreased by 1.4% in July, in homologous terms, retreating by the third [...]

Tekever buys British Flowcopter to strengthen autonomous systems

Tekever today announced the acquisition of the British Flowcopter, specializing in hydraulic transmission technology [...]

Tourist nights in the EU increase 1.7% in the first half

The number of stays in tourist accommodation in the European Union (EU) increased by 1.7% in the first [...]

CVM alerts for increased fraud in alleged investments

The Securities Market Commission (CMVM) today warned about the growth of situations [...]

Unemployment rate in the euro area rises slightly to 6.4% in July

The unemployment rate in the euro area increased by 0.1 percentage points to 6.4% in July, [...]

Up to 31%: Lidl low prices in 88 articles for four weeks

It is a campaign that aims to alleviate the “return of families to routine”, with [...]

Inflation rate in the euro area rises to 3.3% with Portugal above average

The annual inflation rate in the euro area accelerated by 1.3 percentage points in August, compared with [...]

European scholarships start September tending negative

The main European scholarships began today in September with a mostly negative trend. [...]

Up to €12 per piece from Shein or Temu. Starts today new tax in France

Penalties in France are part of a law passed in June and vary between [...]

There is a discount: Gasoil is (even) cheaper in Spain from today

This is a discount of 20 cents per litre in the hydrocarbon tax applied [...]

Do you know how much rent your house can raise in 2027? Here's the value

The rents of houses may increase up to 2.56% in 2027, according to the data [...]

Inspection of Lisbon lifts is still ongoing

The inspection of the lifts of Bica and Lavra and the elevator of Santa Junta, [...]

Ludgero Marques: CIP recalls “great corporate advocate”

CIP – Confederação Empresarial de Portugal highlighted the role of the entrepreneur and former leader [...]

Social Security surplus rises to 4.415,8 million by July

Social Security recorded a surplus of EUR 4,415.8 million by July, above the [...]

Late payments rise to EUR 706.1 million by July

Late payments by public authorities amounted to EUR 706.1 million by July, a [...]

Train Bar Workers Strike with 95% adhesion

The strike of the workers of the bars of long-haul trains CP is [...]

State surplus drops EUR 2,040 million by July

The state recorded a surplus of EUR 282 million by July, which shows [...]

Payments to farmers and fishermen grow 39% by August

Payments to farmers and fishermen amounted to EUR 809 million to date, a [...]

Anacom forces operators to make offers clearer for customers

The National Communications Authority (Anacom) today, in Diário da República, published a diploma that [...]

Workers of Airbus Spain continue strike indefinitely

The workers of Airbus Spain will continue with the strike indefinitely, after [...]

You're back on vacation today? Relax, you still have these holidays to enjoy

Check out the holidays you still have until the end of this year so you can rest. E[...]

ECB warns: The debt of technology can increase State interest

Large US technology companies can raise debt costs in the segment [...]

PRR comes to an end: Brussels speaks of “decisive moment” for the EU

The European Commission today considered that the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR), which financed [...]