Portugal Economy Facts
Economical overview Portugal experienced stable economic growth from the EU accession in 1986 until a budget crisis emerged in the early 2000s. The global financial crisis of 2008 hit the country hard and the...
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Types of Tourism in Portugal
BEACH REST. Algarve. The Algarve is a region in the south of Portugal, located 300 km from Lisbon. You can get from Lisbon by domestic airlines, or by a toll highway, opened in 2002...
What to See in Europe for the New Year
Winter holidays always create a special atmosphere: a fairy tale becomes real for a moment, and faith in miracles warms you with pleasant warmth. You can celebrate the New Year and Christmas with your...
Portugal History – The Inquisition and the Jesuits
Portugal and Spain. New attempts at joining the two crowns. – John II, still being a prince, had urged his father to marry Joan of Castile, meditating on the union of the two crowns. As...
Portugal Demographics 1940
Population. – At the time of the census of 12 December 1940, the population of the republic, including the Azores and Madeira islands, amounted to 7,722,152 residents, Of which 7,185,143 in the continent (present...
Euro Countries – Meager Public Finances Part II
5: A euro crisis Euro co-operation consists of 17 EU member states , which have the euro as their common means of payment. The European Central Bank (ECB) is responsible for monetary policy for...
The Financial Crisis 2009 Part IV
Tighter regulations require – to varying degrees – international cooperation to be fully effective. Without such cooperation, banks may threaten to move to where they receive the most favorable terms. We can have what...
The Financial Crisis 2009 Part III
For such a system to work, banks that take greater risks than the usual “useful” banks must actually be able to go bankrupt. The idea is that the more speculative investment banks and other...
The Financial Crisis 2009 Part II
The distribution between the government spending the money itself and handing it over to households in the form of tax breaks varied between countries. One rule seems to be that the more social democratic...
The Financial Crisis 2009 Part I
In March 2009, it looked really dark for the world economy. Everything pointed downwards. Since then, stock markets around the world have risen significantly, and the fall in world trade has stopped. It may...
Portugal Literature Overview
LITERATURE: THE ORIGINS The most ancient poetic texts are the cantigas de amor, with a Provençal influence, the cantigas de amigo, with an amorous theme, and those de escarnho and de maldizer, with a polemic and satirical...