Starting tomorrow, children born to foreign parents, at least one of whom has lived – legally or otherwise – in Portugal for a year will be eligible for Portuguese citizenship at birth. This became clear today as the country’s newly amended nationality law was published in the government gazette, the Diário da República, following President de…
Lisbon has been ranked as the third most innovative city in the world according to a new report by Ambreyewear. Ambreyewear decided to look into where in the world is best for innovative and creative minds. It took into consideration “innovation, creativity, connectivity, education, wellbeing, and employment opportunities”. Innovation is the home of creativity and…
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a most dramatic effect on the hotel business throughout Europe and words like ‘unprecedented’ and ‘unique’ are used liberally to describe the situation. Performance data from STR for the first half of the year compared with 2019 show how dramatic the effect on the hotel…
Recently, there has been a lot of information on the Internet about the changes in the Cyprus Investment Programme. We hereby inform you of the final changes officially published in the Government Gazette on August 17-18, which came into force. For convenience, we present the new terms of the programme in comparison with the previous…
We are now re-entering what is being called the new normal. What does this mean for us as human beings and as global citizens? Does our fundamental value of freedom still exist? How are governments dealing with this situation and will Portugal continue to set the example? I have worked in this industry for over…
Among Portugal’s top attractions, two stand out: growing tech industry and the Golden Visa program. After the global crisis of 2008, Portugal suffered from high unemployment rates. During this period, qualified and unemployed Portuguese citizens leaned towards entrepreneurship. Thanks to government support in recent years, Portugal gave birth to many successful start-ups. The capital Lisbon…
From European classics that crop up on the list of the best countries in the world again and again – Italy, Portugal, Croatia – to further-flung places that keep drawing travellers in – Vietnam, Colombia, Tanzania – these are the best countries it visit according to the readers of Condé Nast Traveller. The scores below…
This distinction, awarded by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), aims to certify destinations that comply with hygiene and safety rules and aims to give confidence to those who travel after restrictions to avoid the spread of covid-19. “This seal aims to recognize destinations that comply with health and hygiene protocols aligned with the…
A new push to relaunch Portugal’s Golden Visa regime – along with the ‘tax break’ NHR programme – has emerged this week, just as interest from residents in Hong Kong is ‘going off the scale’. APPII (the Portuguese property investment association) is calling on the government to ‘supercharge’ the sector with four measures which it…
The Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Unit has announced effective immediately, wide-ranging reductions and other attractive changes to most options under its Citizenship by Investment Program. See program updates below COVID – 19 RELIEF BOND Offer Valid Until 31 December 2020 Investment in Government Bond starts at $250,000.00 (a discount of 50%) The Investment amount…