brussels bureau Portugal exits EU's budget deficit watchlist Portugal is no longer in breach of the EU’s budget rules, officials say, which cap a country’s deficit at three percent of gdp. 22/05/2017
Business Moody's keeps Portuguese rating stable, upbeat on recovery The latest assessment of Portugal's economy by the rating agency Moody's is good news for the Lisbon government. 19/05/2017
Business Portugal's winning streak continues with strong Q1 economic growth Portugal can celebrate more than a Eurovision Song Contest win as the economy grew at its strongest pace in a decade between January and March. 15/05/2017
the global conversation Portugal's PM: Failing to regulate globalisation a "great failure" of the EU Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa is our guest on this episode of Global Conversation 17/11/2016
Business Portugal tries for a budget balance between deficit and austerity Portugal's Socialist minority government has unveiled a 2017 budget intended to reduce the deficit, but also roll back some austerity measures. 14/10/2016
Business Who made the most money from Euro 2016? With the Euro 2016 Championships over it's time to calculate who benefited most financially. 11/07/2016
brussels bureau EU gives Spain, Portugal more time on deficits The European Commission has shied away from punishing Spain and Portugal over their excessive budget deficits. 18/05/2016
brussels bureau EU OK's Portuguese government's spending plans Portugal’s new socialist government has seen its first ‘anti-austerity’ budget approved by the European commission. Since 2013, the EU executive has 05/02/2016
Portugal Portugal given back four public holidays Four public holidays have been reintroduced in Portugal, two years after they were axed in an austerity drive. The new Socialist government obtained 08/01/2016
Business Will anti-austerity Portugal become the new Greece? Is Portugal about to take the same path as Greece? That’s the question being asked as the country’s new Socialist government was sworn in promising 27/11/2015
business planet Start-up city: why Lisbon is luring entrepreneurs Lisbon has much to offer the multitudes of tourists who visit every year but it’s now also proving attractive to entrepreneurs. Under a special 13/11/2015
Portugal Portugal's government precarious, income gap widens As the cheering dies down, Pedro Passos Coelho’s victory is laced with defeat after Portugal’s legislative elections a few weeks ago (Oct. 4th). He 28/10/2015
Europe Bailout ballot: Portuguese election stokes austerity debate The coming Portuguese general election raises themes of austerity, reform and growth that Europe has become all too familiar with in recent years 01/10/2015
Portugal BES: angry savers clamour for their cash in Portugal Angry customers clamour to get their savings back from the collapsed Portuguese bank Espirito Santo. It is a battle of “Davids versus a Goliath” 10/08/2015
World Portugal weighs prizes and pain of four years of austerity Portugal quit its 78-billion euro bailout scheme last May, having signed up to a rescue plan in 2011 as its borrowing costs soared. By 2012 they 15/05/2015
real economy Leaner but meaner: the economic benefits and human costs of structural reforms Curing Europe of its economic ills has required some tough love and bitter medicine, some of which has come in the form of structural reforms. In 17/06/2014
World Portugal's bailout is over, but not the austerity After three years of austerity, Portugal is exiting its international bailout. Like Ireland it will make a “clean exit” without the need for a credit 17/05/2014
World Growth the key in Europe says Portuguese president Portugal is going through a serious economic crisis. First quarter results show a four per cent contraction on the same period 12 months ago, it 14/06/2013
