AICEP
Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal

O Presidente português, que participará na abertura 26.ª Bienal Internacional do Livro de São Paulo, é um “difusor dos livros” e um exemplo para o Brasil, para o presidente Câmara Brasileira do Livro (CBL), Vitor Tavares.

Luminate Medical, a Portuguese-Irish health start up that develops medical devices that eliminate the side effects of cancer treatment –​​such as hair loss caused by chemotherapy, has secured €2.8 million in seed investment.

The President spoke on Wednesday in Lisbon when he joined his Portuguese host Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at the official opening of the Kenya-Portugal Business Forum.

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday rallied Portuguese investors, entrepreneurs and captains of industry to make Nairobi the fulcrum of their business interests and investments in Africa.

Symington Family Estates has been producing wine in Portugal’s famed Douro region for five generations. The family business—which specializes in port but also produces other highly regarded wines—owns 26 quintas, or estates, that total nearly 2,300 hectares (5,500 acres) of land. More than 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of that is vineyards.

Scheme is ‘cash cow’ for Portugal, netting 53.8 million euros in May, when 17 Golden Visas were granted to citizens from mainland China.

Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa intends to reposition Kenya as the anchor for his country's growing investments on the African continent.

Bilateral cooperation was the main subject of talks on Monday between the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, and his counterparts from Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta.

Coopernico, a Portuguese energy cooperative, is making social establishments more energy-independent. They build small solar power plants that supply institutions and put surplus electricity back into the public grid.

Pedro Lancastre, CEO of JLL Portugal, considers that the path that the country has taken in recent years “will not come undone”.

Con el propósito de ampliar las relaciones económicas entre Cuba e India tuvo lugar hoy, en esta capital, la firma del acuerdo de una línea de crédito por el valor de 100 millones de euros.

With 117 participating nations, around 63,000 visitors and 2,300 exhibitors, a brilliant re-launch of Techtextil, Texprocess and Heimtextil Summer Special was achieved. Across all three events, Italy, France, Turkey, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Pakistan and the US formed the top visitor nations.

Hopes are for ‘decisive impetus’ to transform humans’ relationship with the seas.

PortCastelló atestigua el aumento en la entrada de materias primas clave para el sector en el escenario bélico. España avanza en el ranking pero aún no desplaza al exterior.

Vinted ouvre des casiers dans des magasins Carrefour et Franprix à Paris et en Ile-de-France.

RWE Renewables announced on Thursday the start of construction works on a 44-MWp ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) park in the municipality of Sines, south of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon.

A multinational team has won a design competition to turn the 52-year-old Matosinhos oil refinery in Portugal into a green neighbourhood.

El análisis publicado en la revista 'Nature' reveló que este virus pertenece al clado 3 de 'monkeypox' y que lo más probable es que el brote en curso tenga un solo origen.

Tavant, Silicon Valley’s leading digital products and solutions company, today announced its expansion in the European market to serve its growing customer base. This will involve a major expansion of its current operations in the Netherlands (Eindhoven) and the UK (Nottingham), as well as the opening of a new near-shore development center in Portugal.

Le cross-border commerce Europe a réalisé un classement des pays européens les plus attractifs pour le commerce transfrontalier, en compilant à la fois des données financières et de confiance. Résultat, les pays où la fiscalité est la plus avantageuse pour les entreprises arrivent en tête côté consommateurs.

The Marine Institute (MI - Ireland) and the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA - Portugal) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Lisbon today. The MoU will enhance cooperation in the Atlantic Ocean area between the two organisations, particularly in relation to strategic cooperation on marine research.

Galicia inauguró ayer el evento final del proyecto europeo Radar on Raia, que convierte a la eurorregión con el norte de Portugal en el área con el observatorio del medio marino con mayor cobertura espacial de Europa.

A CorPower Ocean revelou o seu primeiro conversor de energia offshore (WEC) em escala comercial – o C4 – juntamente com o novo conceito CorPack, fornecerá muita potência para futuras usinas que desejam gerar energia utilizando as ondas do mar.

El proyecto prevé abrir el acceso a nuevos mercados como los países árabes gracias a las conexiones portuarias de Portugal.

Jerónimo Martins, a Portugal-based international food industry group, has agreed to invest NOK 173.9 million (£14.4m) in Norwegian on-land fish farmer Andfjord Salmon through a directed private placement of new shares.

Apenas 2,61% das exportações totais de vinho português tiveram Angola como destino em 2021, atirando o País para a 12.ª posição na lista dos destinos de exportação, ocupada nos lugares cimeiros por França (1.º), Estados Unidos da América (2.º) e Reino Unido (3.º).

El desarrollo en I+D es esencial y mandatorio en la lucha contra enfermedades neurológicas como el párkinson o la epilepsia. Esto lo sabe bien una compañía como BIAL, empresa farmacéutica portuguesa cuyo principal objetivo es mejorar la vida de los pacientes en todo el mundo. En este sentido, más de un 20% de su facturación se destina a su departamento de I+D, conscientes de la importancia que esto supone.

Portugal is among the top ten countries in the world that attracts the most millionaires.

Portugal has picked 51 consortia to invest a total of 7.57 billion euros ($8 billion) in green and other innovative projects over the next four years as part of the European Union’s recovery programme.

The Lisbon International Advertising Festival is a global award for advertising creativity based in Portugal. The aim of the festival is to praise the best work done by agencies, professionals, studios and producers at an international level.

As primeiras pedras desta nova via rápida que liga o Luxemburgo a Portugal começaram a ser colocadas na visita de Estado a Portugal do Grão-Duque Henri que decorreu de 11 a 12 de maio diz Pedro Faria, COO da Spacety.

Danish jeweler Pandora AS said Tuesday that it is acquiring the distribution and sales network of Visao do Tempo, its distributor in Portugal.

Kantar analyse chaque année les marques que les consommateurs achètent le plus à travers la planète. La palme revient toujours, depuis 10 ans, à la même griffe mondialement célèbre.

The number of passengers welcomed at Portugal’s national airports has marked a total of 500.3 per cent increase in the first four months of this year, compared to the figures for the same period in 2021.

Portugal has maintained an allure for Far Eastern retirees since the 1940s with its low cost of living, sunny climate and echoes of weekend sojourns in Macau. Retention of European Union passports has added to Portugal’s appeal as a emigration destination for many Hong Kong residents in the post-Brexit era.

Durante 2021, México recibió 32,000 millones de dólares de IED, en comparación con los 28,000 millones de llegadas en el año previo.

Mientras España espera estrenar su agencia especializada en 2023, el país vecino ya creó en 2019 un organismo similar para impulsar esta industria.

A 37ª Feira Internacional de Luanda (FILDA-2022) é realizada de 12 a 16 de Julho, na Zona Económica Especial (ZEE), sob o signo da retoma da actividade económica no país iniciada em 2021, depois de um ciclo recessivo de cinco anos, estando consagrada ao papel das tecnologias no desenvolvimento.

The Luanda-Lisbon route has high passenger demand, according to TAAG.

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed that Portugal’s Travel and Tourism sector will boost national economic recovery while surpassing the pre-pandemic level next year, which is projected to grow by almost 4.8 per cent above 2019 levels.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed the travel and tourism sector in Portugal will drive the national economic recovery and could even surpass pre-pandemic levels next year, when it is projected to rise nearly 4.8% above 2019 levels.

Survey notes Portuguese economy grew at its fastest pace in decades last year, and attracted 200 FDI projects, 30% more than in 2020.

The popular coffee and sandwich chain has announced it will be launching on the Iberian peninsula after agreeing a deal with a restaurant group.

China and Europe represent one-third of world’s economic output and a quarter of its population, making them ‘world’s two major forces’.

The Prime Minister, António Costa, said today that Portugal and the United Kingdom have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement that is the broadest of any European Union member state in terms of areas covered.

Les actualités paiements à ne pas manquer : Deux ans et demi! C’est la durée qui aura été nécessaire au marché français après la parution du plan de migration en septembre 2019 (révisé ensuite en 2020), pour parvenir à un haut niveau de conformité en matière d’authentification forte.

UK exhibitor-distributor the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is partnering with two Portuguese production companies on Collective Mobilisation, an eight-film slate releasing throughout summer until September 2022.

New super-app to deliver country-specific banking and financial management tools to Freelancers and SME’s - targeting over 20 million potential users.

The energy sector is “the greatest vulnerability that Europe has” right now, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa said in Paris on Tuesday.

Trip aims to promote Hong Kong’s business advantages and opportunities, highlighting its strategic role in the Greater Bay Area.

Company aims to increase its annual capacity for post-consumer recycled resins to 45,000 tonnes due to strong European demand.

El 50 por ciento de las tres mil 604 mipymes aprobadas en Cuba hasta el momento tienen como actividades fundamentales las industrias manufactureras y la construcción, dijo hoy una autoridad en el tema.

El Gobierno de Estados Unidos modificó este miércoles sus regulaciones sobre los viajes grupales y el envío de remesas a Cuba, dos de las medidas restrictivas adoptadas durante el mandato de Donald Trump (2017-2021).

Una misión empresarial organizada por la Cámara de Comercio, Industria, Servicios y Turismo Portugal-Cuba, de visita en esta capital hasta el jueves venidero, manifestó hoy interés en conocer el mercado cubano, reactivar los negocios y fortalecer las relaciones comerciales ya existentes.

For Spain and Portugal, the EU plan to reduce its dependency on Russian fossil fuels may be a historical opportunity.

Portugal’s minister of economy and the sea, António Costa Silva, was in Sines yesterday, enthusing about the future the port could have – a future that has been ‘blessed’ in a way by the European move away from Russia as a source for fossil fuels.

The global Citizenship by Investment (CBI) industry expects to reach $100 billion in the next three years, while people’s interest in applying for second citizenship in famous CBI territories such as Portugal and the Caribbean countries is marking a significant surge.

Cristina Vinhas está de volta às exposições individuais nove anos depois. “Mudanças” é hoje inaugurada na Casa de Vidro do Tap Seac, no âmbito das celebrações do 10 de Junho, e apresenta peças diferentes que pretendem chamar a atenção para a importância de preservar o meio ambiente. Para ver até ao dia 25 deste mês.

Cabo Verde ligou-se hoje ao cabo submarino de fibra óptica EllaLink, que interliga ainda a Europa à América Latina, multiplicando por dez a actual capacidade de tráfego de dados, prevendo exportar largura de banda à costa ocidental africana.

Paul Symington has been awarded a CMG (Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) in The Queen’s Birthday Honours List, published 2 June, for services to UK/Portugal relations and social, environmental sustainability in the Douro.

Portuguese group GreenVolt, a player in the field of renewable energy, reached an agreement with Samsung, through some of its subsidiaries, for the takeover of a 45 MW solar park in Giurgiu, evaluated at EUR 83 mln, according to a GreenVolt statement quoted by Ziarul Financiar.

Cyient, a leading consulting-led, industry-centric, global Technology Solutions company, today announced that it had signed definitive agreements to acquire Celfinet.

O site de promoção do emprego na Zona Económica Especial (ZEE) Luanda-Bengo “Bolsa de Oportunidades” foi apresentado, este sábado, na Feira Internacional de Negócios (FIN), da cidade portuguesa do Porto, no quadro da decisão da administração daquele espaço industrial de expandir a oferta de emprego a estudantes e profissionais angolanos no estrangeiro.

Entre janvier et mai 2022, 42% des sites e-commerce tricolores générant plus d'un million d'euros de volume d'affaires par an ont vu baisser leur nombre de clients sur un an, à cause du boom de l'inflation. 46 % enregistrent un déclin de leur taux de conversion.

Após edição carioca, evento, que volta ao formato presencial depois de dois anos, seguirá para São Paulo de 9 a 11 de junho.

“By this Order, the U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department or DOT), acting at the request of the Department of State, revokes previous actions restricting certain air services between the United States and Cuba.”

The only air connection between Portugal and mainland China will now resume with one flight per week.

Entre 30 de maio e 03 de junho, o Governo do Estado do Ceará, por meio da Secretaria do Desenvolvimento Econômico e Trabalho (Sedet) e Secretaria do Turismo (Setur), realiza Missão Empresarial e Governamental em Portugal.

A verdant haven flourishing with botanicals and natural hot springs for outdoors adventurers, nature enthusiasts, and wellness-seekers alike—and one that’s still relatively under-the-radar—is a rare find these days. That’s the beauty and the allure of the Azores, an archipelago of nine volcanic islands situated off the western coast of Portugal.

The administration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed by his predecessor, including ending a prohibition on U.S. airline flights to Cuban airports other than Havana.

Les restrictions sanitaires avaient fait des miracles pour les ventes digitales de produits physiques. Mais toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin : elles ont chuté de 15 % en un an au premier trimestre en France. Et Amazon comme Cdiscount annoncent de mauvais résultats. LSA décrypte les causes de ce (relatif) déclin.

O Centro de Cooperação Internacional de Investimento e Comércio Sino Português (CCIICSP) pretende promover o investimento entre os países de língua portuguesa e a região da Grande Baía. A iniciativa é também o “reconhecimento, por parte da China, da relevância geoestratégica de Portugal”.

BNZ, an independent power producer (IPP) that develops, builds, and operates solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, has obtained authorisation in the North Region of Portugal to start the construction of a solar PV plant in the Ave intermunicipal community with an installed capacity of 49 MWp. BNZ expects the plant to be operational in 2023.

Sao Tome and Principe has a chance to become a new oil producer in case of positive results of the recently spudded Jaca-1 new-field wildcat, targeting a Cretaceous-aged basin floor fan.

Avec 20% de jeunes diplômés qui sont des ingénieurs, le Portugal dispose des expertises nécessaires aux entreprises engagées sur les fronts de la transformation et de l'innovation.

Engagé de longue date dans l'industrie du futur, le Portugal offre un terreau propice à l'innovation. Le pays comptabilise près de 60 projets dont 16 de plus du 30 millions de dollars. Une dynamique qui doit beaucoup à la stratégie gouvernementale en faveur de l'éducation.

Président de l'Agence pour l'investissement et le commerce extérieur du Portugal (Aicep), Luís Castro Henriques détaille la stratégie visant à créer un environnement d'affaires compétitif, notamment dans l'industrie 4.0, avec ce que cela suppose en termes de compétences, de recherche, et de coopération entre universités et entreprises.

The Prime Minister has defended that Portugal has an “extraordinary location for those who want to produce for the rest of the world”, stressing that the country is “the shortest distance from all other continents”.

About two dozen heads of state and government have already confirmed that they will be in Lisbon at the UN Ocean Conference.

At New York City’s Nolita Wine Merchants, the selection of wines from Portugal tends to feature easy-drinking Alvarinhos alongside established Port producers like Niepoort. But the shop’s buyers recently introduced a couple of new bottles of a variety that’s recently started to gain traction among Portuguese winemakers and global wine enthusiasts: Avesso.

The Sino-Portuguese International Cooperation and Investment Center (CCIICSP) opens on Wednesday and aims to promote investment and trade projects between Portugal, Portuguese-speaking countries and the Greater Bay Area region.

​No mês de Abril de 2022, as exportações de Cabo Verde totalizaram 489 mil contos, correspondendo a um decréscimo de 34 mil contos (-6,6%), face ao mês homólogo, de acordo com os dados provisórios do Comércio Externo divulgados hoje, 30, pelo Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas (INE).

O reconhecimento oficial pelo Governo como de entidade de utilidade pública das câmaras do Luxemburgo está "muito bem encaminhado", segundo afirma Armando Abreu, vice-presidente da Comissão Executiva da Rede das Câmaras de Comércio Portuguesas.

O sócio-fundador do escritório Sanchez & Sanchez Sociedade de Advogados, Dr. Jorge Sanchez, teve um encontro institucional nesta quinta-feira (26/05), em São Paulo na sede da Câmara Portuguesa, com o Secretário de Estado da Internacionalização de Portugal:  Bernardo Ivo Cruz.

Em São Paulo, o secretário de Estado da Internacionalização de Portugal, Bernardo Ivo Cruz, em sua primeira visita oficial ao Brasil desde sua posse no cargo, teve agenda cheia em várias regiões. De 23 a 27 de maio, o secretário português esteve em Fortaleza no Ceará, seguindo depois para Brasília, e encerrando sua passagem pelo país em São Paulo.

Portuguese supermarket chain Pingo Doce has received a national distinction for its efforts to combat food waste.

The Director-General of Investment Promotion of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Stephen Phillips, today (May 29) started his duty visit to Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Kuwait in the Middle East, and Amsterdam, Lisbon and Madrid in Europe as part of the latest efforts of Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) to promote Hong Kong's business attractions.

O Secretário de Estado da Internacionalização (SEI), Bernardo Ivo Cruz, participa na Hannover Messe’22, a maior feira de indústria do mundo, da qual Portugal é, este ano, país parceiro.

The new office will help Ardanis’ international growth strategy, as the company plans to grow its team to 72 by the end of 2023.

Mercadona iniciará a partir de verano su extensión al centro y al sur de Portugal, donde ahora solo tiene presencia en la zona norte, y prevé alcanzar la cifra de 150 tiendas a largo plazo. Estas aperturas se realizarán "con calma y de forma sostenible", a un ritmo de unas diez inauguraciones anuales.

Nos últimos dias, uma polêmica se instaurou em relação às encomendas da Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) para o jato de transporte militar KC-390, fabricado pela Embraer, com a possibilidade de redução do pedido da FAB para apenas 15 aviões.

Thailand’s SCG Chemicals plans to expand the capacity of its Portugal-based subsidiary Sirplaste by 25%, in response to strong demand for recycled plastics in Europe.

Una bodega del Duoro que ha causado impacto hasta con el crítico más duro del mundo enológico.

La Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (Aladi) eligió hoy a Cuba como sede de la décima edición de ExpoLADI 2023.

Fortaleza foi sede da IX Reunião Anual de Câmaras de Comércio Portuguesas e reuniu representantes nacionais e internacionais.

De 271 compañías identificadas en el estudio dentro de la región, 145 se expandieron a México; mientras que 80 llegaron a Colombia; 74 a Brasil; 52 a Perú; 51 a Chile y 49 se expandieron a Argentina. En todos los países contemplados por el estudio, México es el principal destino de las startups.

Researchers across the United States, Portugal, and the United Kingdom predicted that the solution to the hefty performance requirements of ray-tracing might be a combination of older ray-tracing algorithms mixed with quantum computing.

The Ireland Portugal Business Network (IPBN), the independent business network set up to facilitate collaboration between companies in Ireland and Portugal, will host its first in-person event in Dublin for two years next month.

Es un gran acierto que la triple hélice del estado se vincule cada vez más y mejor con Europa.

Alrededor de 300 expositores participan en una nueva edición del Salón Inmobiliario de Madrid (SIMA), el evento más importante de de la industria española de la vivienda, que mañana abre sus puertas en Ifema. El sector 'proptech' será el invitado especial de este año.