While we are told day after day that not only is Europe 'fixed' but that Cyprus was not a template, it seems the bankers in the peripheral nations are a little less confident (never mind their record amount of reach-around-based domestic bond...
TYLER COWEN writes on the euro-zone economy:Would the new helicopter drop money be kept in periphery banks and lent out to stimulate business investment? Or does the new money flee say Portugal because Portuguese banks are not safe enough,...
Via the Portuguese American Journal: LGBT: Portuguese parliament approves right to adoption.
The law provides for the spouses in same-sex marriage to adopt the biological child of their spouse:
Portuguese parliament has approved Friday a bill...
Auctions seem a fine way of assessing willingness to pay, writes Tim Harford
‘For those seeking a way out of the economy cabin, a number of airlines, including Virgin Atlantic, Etihad, Austrian Airlines and Tap Portugal offer a facility whereby...
English born youngster wants to stay in Lisbon.
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Sporting Lisbon defender Eric Dier is set to snub a summer move to Swansea in favour of staying with the...
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By Edward Hugh
In a number of posts recently I have highlighted the impact of declining workforces on economic growth (here, for example, or here, or here) and the way the policies pursued to address the Euro debt crisis are having the impact of...
Mired in an economic crisis, Portugal is selling off its assets, including an eight-room co-op at the Dakota at 1 West 72nd Street that the country has owned for 40-plus years, according to the New York Post. John Burger and Guida De...
Spain and Portugal called on Monday for the eurozone to complete a banking union as Germany underscored legal hurdles before a central element of the plan to deal with failing banks can be introduced.
“It is indispensable that we stick to the...
BRUSSELS – European finance ministers are set to discuss on Monday the economic plans of Italy’s new government and assess the outlook for bailed-out countries like Portugal, Greece and Cyprus.
The finance chiefs of the 17 countries that...
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government said on Sunday its EU and IMF lenders had concluded work on the latest bailout review, indicating there were no outstanding obstacles for Lisbon to receive the next 2 billion euro tranche of the rescue...
In a number of posts recently I have highlighted the impact of declining workforces on economic growth (here, for example, or here, or here) and the way the policies persued to address the Euro debt crisis are having the impact of ...
By Positive News
Earlier this year France implemented a financial transaction tax (FTT), otherwise known as a Robin Hood Tax, and now Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Slovenia, Slovakia and Estonia have followed suit....
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Apple appears to have recently started rolling out its new two-step...
LISBON (Reuters) - When Nelson Craveiro lost his minimum wage job selling soft drinks last October due to Portugal's raging economic crisis, he dared not imagine that his fluent German would soon get him a better-paying job without the need to...
In Part 1 of his video series on bizarre borders, C. G. P. Grey looks at countries that are completely surrounded by another country (like Vatican City), and countries that have only one neighbor (like Portugal).
By Marc Chandler
This is an important day for Portugal. It is selling 10-year bonds for the first time in more than two years. Demand is reportedly strong. Today’s 10-year sale follows the 5-year bond sale in January and heralds to full return...
Debt-plagued Portugal has reached a milestone in its financial recovery, selling long-term government debt for the first time since its bailout two years ago.
Lisbon sold $3.9 billion worth of bonds on international markets Tuesday that mature in...
LISBON, Portugal – Portugal plans to avoid the threat of needing another bailout by making another 4.8 billion euros ($6.3 billion) in cuts over the next three years, with measures including raising the retirement age by one year to 66 and...
