Europe Portugal The country confirmed the termination of the golden visa regime as it was; between 2012 and 2023, 89% of residence permits were granted exclusively for the purchase of real estate, while only in 22 cases did investors create jobs
Europe Portugal The OECD called on the country to take steps to attract investors by implementing policy measures that should ensure that the Portuguese labour market remains attractive to investors
Europe Portugal Average price of essential foodstuffs has increased by almost 30% since 2022: according to Portuguese Food Safety Authority, a basket of foodstuffs has risen from €74,90 at the beginning of 2022 to €96,44 today
Europe Portugal Guia’s Zoomarine theme park will reopen today promising a new attraction for the summer season and a sharper focus on sustainability
Europe Portugal The so-called ‘More Housing’ measures launched by PM Costa to address housing shortage and unaffordable prices will be under public consultations until 16 March; many think they will be declared unconstitutional
Europe Portugal Hotels in the Algarve celebrated the best January in 20 years, with 36,9% of hotel rooms booked in January, a figure close to the record of 40,3% set in 2000
Europe Portugal Iberdrola and Prosolia Energy obtained an environmental licence to build the largest photovoltaic project in Europe and fifth in the world in São Domingos, near Santiago do Cacém, with 1.200 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity
Europe Portugal Members of the Portuguese National Civil Aviation Staff Union (SNPVAC) rejected TAP's proposal during a general assembly and decided to maintain the strike notice between 25 and 31 January
Europe Portugal Around 60.000 Portuguese went abroad in 2021, 15.000 more than the previous year, in what the Emigration Report describes as a "remarkable recovery" of exits, after the sharp drop in 2020; the UK was once again the "main destination"
Europe Portugal Portuguese doctors were paid less in real terms for their life-saving work in 2020 than in 2010, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission
Europe Portugal Days of heavy rains generated 3000 emergency operations, with Lisbon counting for almost half; the municipality has activated a contingency shelter plan and closed schools in what experts say is the worst meteorological damage in years
Europe Portugal The Portuguese parliament has passed a law allowing medically assisted suicide in limited circumstances; once enacted, the law will allow this form of euthanasia if an adult's wish to die is "current and repeated, serious, free and informed"
Europe Portugal The construction of a new viaduct on the Portimão railway has begun, with the aim of channelling traffic away from the city's level crossing, which is at risk of accidents, and limiting traffic on the crossing to pedestrians only