Portugal’s golden visas boost classic cars, almonds and equitiesPortugal's golden visa program, initially a real estate driver, has shifted to cultural donations and fund investments. This change has rev...
17 Oct, 2025, 05.37 PM IST
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
Portugal considers sweetening incentives for Golden Visa programLess than two months after Spain ended its golden visa, Portugal is considering enhancing its own program and associated tax benefits to at...
06 Jun, 2025, 02.16 PM 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
This is the best country in Europe for Americans to relocateDue to inflation and the rise in the number of people working from home, the United States citizens would love to relocate in Europe given ...
27 Aug, 2024, 08.31 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'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
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
Portugal likely to scrap much-criticised 'golden visa' schemeThe Authorisation of Residence for Investment Activity for people from non-EU countries, commonly known as the golden visa programme, has b...
04 Nov, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
There's no crypto winter on Portugal's 'Bitcoin Beach'Yet the Portuguese government may throw a wrench in the country’s status as a crypto hub. In May, Fernando Medina, the finance minister, sa...
28 Sep, 2022, 02.23 PM 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
- Fitch: Global housing and mortgage lending 2013 outlook mixed
Fitch Ratings says in its newly-published 'Residential Mortgage Briefing' that the 2013 outlook for house prices and prime residential mort...
08 Jan, 2013, 06.00 PM IST
- ET in the classroom: PIGS economies
ET explains the concept of PIGS economies and help you know about them better.
30 Nov, 2010, 05.53 AM IST