Portugal to raise tax on foreign house buyers as property prices surgePortugal plans to increase property tax for non-residents. This aims to make housing more affordable. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro announ...
26 Sep, 2025, 11.25 AM IST
Borderless Europe fights brain drain as talent heads northPortugal is attempting to curb its brain drain by offering significant tax breaks and housing assistance to young workers, hoping to stem t...
14 Nov, 2024, 03.26 PM IST
Portugal is done being one of Europe's most welcoming destinations for foreignersPortugal has revised its immigration policies, revoking the "manifestation of interest" mechanism, impacting non-EU citizens. The changes a...
26 Jul, 2024, 11.54 AM IST
Portugal plans to reintroduce controversial tax breaks for foreign residentsPortugal plans to reintroduce tax breaks for foreign residents, focusing on skilled workers. The scheme, criticized for inflating housing p...
05 Jul, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
Portugal to use golden visa scheme to help migrants, build affordable homesPortugal plans a 'solidarity visa' to allow wealthy foreigners to invest in affordable housing for locals or migrants, complementing the go...
05 Jun, 2024, 12.33 PM IST
'Golden visa' programs, once a boon, lose their lusterIn an effort to close huge budget deficits, six eurozone nations granted the visas in 2012, during the height of Europe's fiscal crisis. Sp...
22 Apr, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
Portugal's revamped golden visa scheme to boost investment fundsThe scheme, which offers wealthy non-EU nationals who invest in Portugal the right to live in the country, has attracted 7.3 billion euros ...
09 Jan, 2024, 05.36 PM IST
Portugal to ditch tax breaks for foreign residents amid housing crisisPortugal's Prime Minister, Antonio Costa, has announced plans to close the tax breaks scheme for foreign residents in the country by 2024. ...
04 Oct, 2023, 11.22 AM IST
Thousands protest in Portugal over housing crisisRents in Lisbon, a tourist hotspot, have jumped 65% since 2015 and sale prices have sky-rocketed 137% in that period, figures from Confiden...
01 Apr, 2023, 11.12 PM IST
Rush for golden visas after Portugal's decision to end much-criticised schemeThe scheme, aimed at non-EU nationals ready to invest in Portugal, has attracted 6.8 billion euros ($7.30 billion) since its launch in 2012...
14 Mar, 2023, 11.05 PM IST
Wealthy Indians will find it difficult to get European golden visas from nowGolden visas offer the opportunity for wealthy people to essentially ‘buy’ the right to residency - sometimes even without having to live i...
20 Feb, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
Portugal ends Golden Visas, curtails Airbnb rentals to address housing crisisPortugal's golden visa programme, which offers EU passports to non-EU nationals in return for investments including in real estate and has ...
17 Feb, 2023, 10.25 AM IST
Indian home prices fell most in 52 nations, says IMFIndia's real estate bubble finally bursting: The International Monetary Fund's recently-launched data series on global housing prices hints...
01 Sep, 2014, 10.06 AM IST
Why Europe is getting less bad in 2013A sustained rebound in Europe will have important implications for countries in the emerging world, including India.
11 Feb, 2013, 11.23 PM IST
- ET in the classroom: PIGS economies
ET explains the concept of PIGS economies and help you know about them better.
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- US welcomes rescue actions on European economy
The White House is praising the European Union and its member countries for acting aggressively to contain a spreading government debt cris...
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- Expect Euro to weaken a bit versus dollar: Prateek Agarwal
Prateek Agarwal, Head Equities, Bharti AXA Invest Manager, in a chat with ET Now gives his views on currencies.
06 May, 2010, 10.56 AM IST