Olive oil is in ASAE’s sights
Luís Lourenço, inspector-general of ASAE, admitted in Parliament on Wednesday that olive oil is one of the institution’s priorities, but the focus is more on quality than on price rises.…
Renewables break record in 2023: supply 61% of electricity consumption
Renewable production supplied 61% of Portugal’s electricity consumption in 2023, amounting to 31.2 Terawatt-hours (TWh), the highest figure ever in the national system, according to data from REN released on…
Gouveia e Melo warns of “danger to the State” on the Portuguese coast
Portugal and Spain are the main entry points for drugs from North Africa into Europe. Gouveia e Melo fears that bribes from trafficking networks to the population and the authorities…
A strategic Portuguese port is in the sights of the American army
The port of Setúbal is the favorite of the Americans in Western Europe for transporting military materials between America and Europe. Several shipments are scheduled for 2024. For the first…
Telepizza “shrinks” in Latin America and focuses on Portugal, Spain and Ireland
The group is closing stores in Latin America, “shrinking” its size by half. The aim is to focus on operations in Portugal, Spain and Ireland in an attempt to recover…
Foreigners working in Portugal can ask for refund of tuition fees
A salary bonus to enhance qualifications was announced as a way of returning tuition fees and retaining young people. But foreigners who work here and didn’t study in Portugal are…
Mercan Group invests 450 million to build eight more hotels
Construction starts this year, Mercan tells ECO. One of the new projects is the first Hard Rock Hotel in the country, to be built on Vau beach. The Canadian group…
Portuguese tourism closes “best year ever” with revenues of 25 billion euros
Last year, when prices for stays increased, the tourism sector in Portugal brought in revenues of 25 billion euros, 37.5% more than before the pandemic. With the end of the…
75% of businesses have difficulty maintaining an innovative marketing strategy
Nearly three quarters (75%) of businesses find it difficult to maintain an innovative marketing strategy, as well as other tactics and technological issues. According to data from LOCALiQ, shared by…
Operation Water Drop: Regulator suspends quality premium for 8 suppliers
As part of Operation Gota D’Água, in which the Judicial Police (PJ) are investigating alleged fraud in the analysis of water for human consumption and wastewater at a laboratory in…