March
Enjoy Portugal
Ø Essência do Vinho '10 until March 7 in Oporto.
Ø Are you a chocolate lover?
If you like chocolate you can’t miss the International Chocolate Festival in Óbidos. The medieval town will be paradise for chocolate lovers from the 4th to the 14 th of March. See more...
Ø Celebrate 30 years of FANTASPORTO
The 30 th edition of Oporto International Film Festival, FANTASPORTO, will be held between 26 nd of February and 6 th of March at Rivoli Theater. See more.
February
What's On ...
Ø Official reports on the events in Madeira Island.
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Ø Portugal entered the Top 20 major economies of the optic fiber market
In 2009, the country exceeded 40 thousand homes connected and 1.1 million houses passed gathering the conditions to enter this ranking. The announcement to the Portuguese Press was made by Karel Helfen, President of FTTH Council Europe. FTTH will hold its 7th conference fiber-to-the-home on the 24th and 25th of February in Lisbon.
Upcoming Events
Ø The EXPORT HOME
An international Trade Fair dedicated to furniture, lighting and household goods will be held from the 2nd to 6th of March. The main Portuguese companies in this field will present their new collections.
Ø Export Home
Between the 3rd and 7th March 2009, EXPONOR – Porto International Fair will be the meeting point for professionals in the Furniture, Lighting and Household Goods for Export sectors. Read more...
Enjoy Portugal
Ø Enjoy Madeira’s breathtaking flower festival from 15 to 18 April. See more…
Ø Celebrate the 30th Fantasporto
Oporto International Film Festival until March 6.
Ø Rock in…Lisbon
Rock in Rio 2010, music festival, will be held in Lisbon from 21st to 29th of May. It will be the 4th edition, in Portugal, of world’s largest music festival.
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Ø Nokia Siemens Networks inaugurates its second Shared Services Center in Portugal.
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Ø Reconstruction of the Madeira Island is underway, in a "round the clock" effort.
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January
What's On ...
Ø BMW Group chooses Portugal for a world premier. See more...
Ø OECD composite leading indicators show stronger signals of expansion in Portuguese economy in December.
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Ø See also... World's most efficient wind tower made in Portugal.
Ø IMF upgrades GDP growth forecast for Portugal
International Monetary Fund estimates that Portuguese economy will grow 0,5% in 2010 and 0,9% in 2011. This new forecast upgrades the GDP growth, for this year, in 0,2%. See full report.
Ø Portugal moves on…clean energies
35.9% of total electricity consumption in the country comes from renewable energy sources. Wind energy is helping to boost the share of clean energies. Read more…
Ø 100 % electric buses developed in Portugal
CaetanoBus, a Salvador Caetano Group company, is developing a full-electric bus that will begin to circulate, next September, in Portugal and Germany. Read more...
Ø Portuguese economy improves
OECD composite leading indicators for November 2009 show that Portuguese economy is between recovery and expansion. See the indicators.
Ø Portuguese brands among world’s Top wines
Taylor’s and Fonseca are two Portuguese wines ranked in the world’s Top 100 strongest wine brands. According to UK’s electronic marketplace Liv-ex these two Port wines are among the best and moving up their position in this ranking.
Ø Renault-Nissan announces new plant in Portugal
Renault-Nissan Alliance announced the city of Aveiro as the location to host the planned battery production site in Portugal. The new facility represents an investment of € 160 million and will create 200 new jobs.Read more.
Ø Competitiveness, Portugal moves up 3 places
Portugal moves up 3 places in the IMD World Competitiveness Scorebored and is now ranked in the 34th position in the context of 57 economies analyzed by IMD World Competitiveness Center. See the full ranking.
Ø Eurostat, Portuguese GDP rises 0,9% in Q3
Portugal and Austria had the second best increase in GDP in the euro area in the third quarter. Eurostat estimates that both Portugal and Austria had an increase of 0.9 % in GDP compared with previous quarter. See Eurostat release.
Upcoming Events
Ø SISAB
International trade Fair for Wine, Seafood and Agricultural Products will be held from 22 to 24 of February at The Atlantic Pavillion (Parque das Nações, Lisbon,Portugal). See more...
Enjoy Portugal
Ø Óbidos Christmas Town
For 30 consecutive days, the magic of Christmas fills the streets of this historical town. Until the 3rd of January enjoy the animation of the Most Wonderfull Time of The Year in Óbidos during your visit to Portugal. Feel the Christmas spirit.