Portugal

  • Sep 4, 2013
  • 12 min read

Prospects for Europe in the fourth quarter

While the economic outlook for Europe is brightening, a multi-speed recovery is emerging. Some...

Europe
  • Aug 14, 2013
  • 2 min read

Problems defy euro-area's second quarter growth

Quarterly euro-area GDP growth turned positive for the first time since September 2011, expanding...

Europe
  • Jul 25, 2013
  • 7 min read

Global street protests will have lasting consequences

Recent massive street protests in Cairo, Istanbul, Sao Paulo and Santiago raise doubts about...

International
  • Jul 22, 2013
  • 2 min read

Portugal's next rescue shows contagion's limits

President Anibal Cavaco Silva yesterday ruled out calling snap elections two years ahead of...

Portugal
  • Jul 22, 2013
  • 2 min read

Greece's debt mountain is huge if rising more slowly

The government debt/GDP ratio rose across the EU and the euro-area in the first quarter of 2013,...

Greece
  • Jul 15, 2013
  • 2 min read

Portugal has one week to avert bailout collapse

Yesterday the three main political parties agreed on a July 21 deadline for a "national salvation...

Portugal
  • Jul 12, 2013
  • 2 min read

Portugal's political crisis may force new bailout deal

Antonio Jose Seguro, the leader of the main opposition Socialists, today called for new elections...

Portugal
  • Jul 11, 2013
  • 2 min read

Portugal risks snap elections and further bailout aid

Cavaco Silva yesterday ruled out holding a snap election to end Portugal's political crisis on...

Portugal