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Portugal

  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    Energy Source
    Blame game breaks out over blackout in Spain and Portugal Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, a warning sign from the US solar sector

    A car drives down a dark street during a blackout in Spain
  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    Hot Property
    Hot property: five homes in Comporta, Portugal

    From an architect-designed villa amid pine forest and sand dunes to a cluster of seven wooden cabins with direct beach access

    Modern white villa with pitched roof, central pool, large glass doors and surrounded by sparse pine woodland
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Far-right Chega party becomes main opposition in Portugal

    Election result signals end of dominance of two centrist forces and could produce another fragile minority government

    André Ventura
  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    EU energy
    Spanish grid operator faults big power plants in blackout blame game

    Some large electricity generators were not doing their job to help control voltage, claims parent company’s chair

    Wind turbines and an electricity transmission tower
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    News in-depthPopulism in Europe
    Three elections, one message: Europe’s Maga populists are on the rise

    Being pro-Trump pays dividends as European politics swings sharply right

    A montage showing André Ventura, George Simion Karol Nawrocki
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    Far right surges in Portugal as moderate conservatives win election

    Anti-immigration Chega party ties with Socialists for second place as Democratic Alliance secures most seats

    André Ventura
  • Sunday, 18 May, 2025
    EU energy
    Portugal blames France for delays to power links after Iberian blackout

    Last month’s outage has revived a decades-long dispute over cross-border electricity connections

    People walk down the street during the power outage in Granada, Spain on April 28
  • Saturday, 17 May, 2025
    Portugal’s centre-right pitches ‘humane’ migration stance ahead of vote

    Governing Democratic Alliance seeks to stave off anti-immigrant Chega party in Sunday’s parliamentary election

    A protest in Lisbon against recent changes to immigration legislation
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
    Spain
    Spain investigates cyber weaknesses in blackout probe

    Madrid says ‘everything remains on the table’ as it seeks to identify the cause of massive April 28 outage

    A woman in Vigo, northwest Spain, uses a torch to navigate the streets during the April 28 Iberian power outage
  • Friday, 9 May, 2025
    Power prices surge in Portugal as it suspends Spain link after blackout

    Lisbon paused imports from its neighbour ‘as a precaution’ after catastrophic blackout on April 28

    A man waits for the power to be restored inside a tram in Lisbon, Portugal, during a blackout that affected the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France on April 28 2025
  • Saturday, 3 May, 2025
    Europe Express
    Spain’s power and information blackout Premium content

    If governments want to decarbonise while maintaining public trust, they will need to invest in the right infrastructure

    Passengers crowd the train accesses at Sants train station in Barcelona
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Iberian blackout is a wake-up call

    Governments must invest in electricity resilience alongside the green transition

    A station employee speaks into a megaphone at Santa railway station in Barcelona
  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    Spain
    Spain’s electricity grid operator rules out cyber attack as cause of blackout

    PM Pedro Sánchez vows to hold energy companies to account as recriminations fly

    Metro passengers sitting on stairs and milling around in Madrid
  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    The Big Read
    Why holiday rentals are winning the battle for Europe’s city centres

    Residents of tourist hotspots have long demanded that Airbnb-style letting platforms be banned. But booking numbers in Europe — and housing costs — are still rising

    A composite photo of a large crowd of tourists gathering and people holding placards with ‘prou turisme’ sign which is Catalan for ‘enough tourism’
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Portugal cautious on joining Europe’s defence spending splurge

    Finance minister says Lisbon will not let rearmament costs threaten budget surplus secured after years of austerity

    Portuguese Navy Marines gather for a group photo in front of a Portuguese flag
  • Saturday, 15 March, 2025
    Personal Finance
    Algarve tops list of best-value holidays for UK travellers

    Cost of a basket of eight common tourist purchases cheapest in popular Portuguese destination

    The Algarve coastline, Portugal
  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    Portugal faces fresh elections after government collapses over ethics scandal

    Prime Minister Luís Montenegro loses confidence vote over consultancy he tried to transfer to his family

    Luís Montenegro after losing confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday
  • Sunday, 9 March, 2025
    Tefaf Maastricht 2025
    Renato de Albuquerque on collecting Chinese ceramics — and his quest for the perfect pair of eagles

    The 97-year-old Brazilian has opened a foundation in Portugal to house the world’s most significant selection of Ming and Qing export porcelain

    A smiling old man wearing a grey tweed suit, a grey v-neck jumper and a blue shirt, stands outside a sloping pyramid structure
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    Global trade
    What economists get wrong about tariff wars

    The history of global trade challenges Ricardo’s enduring economic theory

  • Saturday, 1 February, 2025
    HTSI
    In the Albuquerque Foundation, a family estate becomes a ceramics mecca

    Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho has placed her grandfather’s world-class collection at the heart of a brand new museum 

    Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho at the Albuquerque Foundation in Sintra, Portugal
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    European prime property
    A ‘hoodies and hiking boots’ crowd fires up Madeira’s property market

    Drawn by an outdoor lifestyle and architecturally savvy developments, a youthful cohort is setting up home on the lush volcanic island

    A coastal town nestled in a hillside. It’s a mix of bright red and orange roofs with pastel-coloured building facades in yellow, white, and beige
  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Portugal’s bold plan to win back youth

    Low taxes are just one factor influencing where young people decide to set up

    People wait for a tram in Lisbon. Between 2008 and 2023, an estimated 361,000 people aged between 15 and 35 left Portugal
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Portugal seeks to become low-tax haven for young people

    Centre-right government bets on 10 years of tax breaks to stop brain drain

    Pedestrians cross a street in front of a tram in Lisbon, Portugal
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Moral Money
    Water pricing debate bubbles up in Portugal amid intensifying droughts Premium content

    As an artificial lake on the Iberian peninsula attracts more businesses, it has become a victim of its own success

    The Guadiana river flows into the Alqueva dam
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    OutlookWilliam Langley
    Macau’s Portuguese strive to preserve their cultural heritage

    As the casino city approaches the 25th anniversary of its handover to China, the challenges for the expat community are growing

    Sendo Square in Macau
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