Sony Acquires STATSports Group to Bolster Its Sports Data Business with Athletes’ Performance Tracking Technologies

– Creating a foundation for comprehensive athletes tracking technologies to productize sports data for athlete performance analysis – TOKYO and LONDON and NEWRY , UK , Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Corporation (“Sony”) today announced that Sony...

Op-ed: Gen Z’s war on political parties puts Morocco’s democratic legacy at peril

For more than six decades, Morocco stood as a fortress of pluralism in a region where authoritarianism was the rule, not the exception. While Spain endured Franco, Portugal suffered under Salazar, and Algeria drowned in military regimes, Morocco...

We’ve got to believe that we can beat Portugal

Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for next Summer’s FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States are hanging by the thinnest of threads, but we still have to have some sort of belief and hope, even if it is false hope. After taking only one...

Portugal: Almost one in five youths emigrated in 2021 – Bank of Portugal

Almost a fifth of young people born in Portugal between the ages of 25 and 34 were working abroad in 2021, according to the Bank of Portugal, with the most qualified individuals being less represented. The study, included in the economic bulletin...

Portugal: Central bank expects slowdown in employment by 2027

The Bank of Portugal points to a slowdown in employment in the country and a stabilisation of the unemployment rate by 2027. In the October 2025 Economic Bulletin, released on Tuesday, the central bank predicts that, after a 0.7% change in 2024,...

Where is the national economy going? This is what the Bank of Portugal predicts.

The Bank of Portugal (BdP) updated its economic projections for the national economy on Tuesday, which indicate an upward revision of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for 2025 to 1.9%, partly driven by private consumption due to...

Gold reserves of the Bank of Portugal are now worth more than 46,000 million euros.

The rising price of gold has increased the value of the Bank of Portugal’s reserves, now exceeding 46 billion euros, a 47% appreciation since the beginning of the year. The Monetary Policy Implementation Report of last year stated that the gold...

Is it worth buying a house to rent in Portugal? And shops or garages?

Purchasing a home for rental purposes in Portugal yielded a return of 6.9% in the third quarter of 2025, as reported on Tuesday by idealista. The cities of Castelo Branco and Bragança stand out in this regard. “The gross rental return on buying a...

Portugal: Azores Airlines privatisation meeting slated for next Monday

The meeting between the jury, SATA management and the Newtour/MS Aviation consortium to try to reach an understanding on the privatisation of Azores Airlines has been scheduled for next Monday, it was revealed on Tuesday. According to a source...

Appetite for moving to Portugal jumps 32%

Some 250+ attendees are expected at the next show, which takes place at London’s Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel on Thursday 16th October 2025. Interest in leaving the UK and starting over in Portugal has jumped by up to 30% between 2024 and 2025,...

Football: England, Portugal, Norway closing in on 2026 World Cup

England and Portugal are in pole position to win their respective 2026 World Cup qualifying groups with two games to spare, with several other European nations also hoping to secure berths at the finals in the upcoming matches. Norway may also be...

Organon Expands in Portugal with New Tech Hub in Lisbon

A recent example of this trend is the decision of the pharmaceutical company Organon to expand its operations in Lisbon by creating a new Center of Excellence in Business Technology. With 200 employees already established in the country, the...

Portugal sends ampoules for methanol poisoning treatment to Brazil

“Portugal has dispatched, on October 7, 2025, vials of injectable Fomepizole to the Federative Republic of Brazil, a crucial medicine for treating patients affected by methanol poisoning in various regions of the country,” stated the Ministry of...

Portugal in global top 10 for 'clean' electricity

The highlight is the Renewables 2025 report, in which the agency indicates that renewable capacity will more than double by 2030—a growth that is "shaken" by political changes in the United States and falls short of the target set at the United...

Bank of Portugal forecasts employment slowdown

In its October 2025 Economic Bulletin, the central bank forecasts that, after a 0.7% increase in 2024, employment will grow by 1.8% this year, followed by a slowdown, with the increase falling to 0.9% in 2026 and 0.5% in 2027. “A slowdown in...

Portugal receives first modernised UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter

The first of three UH-60L helicopters for the Portuguese Air Force was received on 3 October. (Victor Barreira) The Portuguese Air Force has accepted the first modernised Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk medium-lift helicopter from US-based company Ace...

England, Portugal, Norway closing in on 2026 World Cup

PARIS: England and Portugal are in pole position to win their respective 2026 World Cup qualifying groups with two games to spare, with several other European nations also hoping to secure berths at the finals in the upcoming matches. Norway may...

Bank of Portugal raises 2025 growth forecast to 1.9%

In its October Economic Bulletin, the central bank forecasts a GDP growth of 1.9% in 2025 compared to 2024, an increase from the previous June estimate of 1.6%. However, this figure remains below the 2.3% projection made in March of this year by...

Portugal v Rep of Ireland: Kick-off time, TV details and team news

Ireland will head to Portugal on Saturday for their World Cup qualifier clash against top seeds in Lisbon. Ireland need to target a minimum of two wins from their last four games to salvage entry to the play-offs. Heimir Hallgrímsson believes that...

Bitcoin insurer Meanwhile secures $82M to expand BTC products

Bitcoin life insurance company Meanwhile raised $82 million in a new funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto and Haun Ventures. The company, regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, plans to use the funds to meet “surging demand” for...