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Government of Portugal News - Prime Minister Luís Montenegro announced that Portugal and Ukraine have signed an agreement for the joint production of underwater drones and the holding of an economic forum between the two countries. Luís Montenegro was speaking at a joint press conference with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, on December 20th in Kiev.

Aerospace News Europe - Airbus partners with tech company Critical Software to develop Portugal's Aerospace sector. The Joint Venture is established under the name Critical FlyTech, where Airbus owns 51% of the new company.

Social Media News - Social Media bans for minors are becoming legally effective in many countries, including Australia, and existing accounts will be deactivated or removed. To this effect, minors are considered under 18 in the UK and under 16 in Australia.

Startup News Europe – The University of Lisbon led to the creation of startups worth over 18 billion euros, while all startups based in Lisbon are worth 24 billion euros, according to a report just published by Dealroom in November 2025. Here are the Unicorns, Future Unicorns and Rising Stars incubated at the University of Lisbon:

Government of Portugal News – Portugal’s Council of Ministers just enacted a law to strengthen support for innovation, scientific and technological research, and the competitiveness of Portuguese companies, through amendments to the Investment Tax Code, namely the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive SIFIDE II. 

Tech News International – Here are the ranking of the Top 10 AI Customer Service Agents and Co-Pilots by revenue and market share in 2025, according to a report by CB Insights published on November 12th, 2025:

Government of Portugal News - Here are the massive AI investments pouring into Portugal, according to announcements made by Portugal’s Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, on November 12th, 2025:

Government of Portugal News - Here is Portugal's AI strategy presented at the Lisbon Web Summit 2025:

Green Mobility News Europe – Portugal’s Green Railway Pass, that is available on the CP app since September 2024, allows for 100% digital and immediate requests and already accounts for over 25% of new pass requests. This victory capitalizes on the Portuguese adoption of the digital mobile key.  

Tech News Europe – Nscale, that is the Hyperscaler for AI, has signed a multi-billion-dollar agreement with Microsoft to deliver approximately 200,000 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs to data centres in Portugal, UK, Norway and the U.S. Here are the details and the amount of NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs to be provided by Nscale to each data centre in Europe and the US:

The Government of Portugal approved today the draft State Budget for 2026, announced the Minister of the Presidency António Leitão Amaro at the Council of Ministers briefing in Lisbon. The proposal will be delivered in Parliament until Friday 10 October following the presentation of the macroeconomic setting by the Minister of Finance Joaquim Miranda Sarmento to the parties represented in Parliament.

Defence News Europe - Portugal collaborates with NATO for tactical space-based intelligence providing target identification, through a collaboration between ICEYE, CTI Aeroespacial, the Portuguese Air Force, and Geosat. Here is what is the ICEYE ISR Cell for NATO space-based tactical Intelligence:

Tech News Europe - High-tech exports from the EU registered a surplus of 23 billion euros in 2024, with exports reaching 501 billion euros, that is an export growth of 8.1% compared to 2023. Here are the EU’s main export markets for high-tech products and the ranking by type of product, according to Eurostat:  

Investment News Europe – Here are the Top 10 European countries attracting the most foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2024 by number of projects, as well as fastest growing markets in Europe for foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, according to the EY 2025 report:

Cryptocurrency News – Tether.io and US crypto bank Anchorage Digital just launched stablecoin USA₮ in New York with plans for being listed on the Stock Exchange. What is stablecoin USAT?

Billionaires News – Here is the percentage growth of crypto billionaires and millionaires from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, as well as the total market value of cryptocurrencies in 2025, according to the latest report published by Henley&Partners:

Cryptocurrency News - Here are the most crypto-friendly countries in the world in 2025, according to the Henley&Partners report published on September 23rd, 2025:

Tech News Europe – Here is the list of the Top 100 Unicorn companies in Europe in 2025 as well as their valuation and list of investors, and the list of Portuguese Unicorns, according to CBInsights and Portugal Business News:

Startup funding News - Portuguese tech startup Nutrium just raised 10 million euros in a funding round led by Vesalius Biocapital, with participation from Indico Capital Partners, Lince Capital and Beta Capital. This new funding round brings the capital raised by Nutrium to 16.8 million euros.

Tech startup funding news - Portuguese foodtech Brainr just raised 11 million euros seed round, that is Portugal’s largest ever seed round and was led by C2 Capital Partners.

Tech Funding News Europe - French Tech startup Mistral AI just raised 1.7 billion Euros in a Series C funding round led by ASML, with the participation of existing investors DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Bpifrance, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Lightspeed and NVDIA.  

Digital Nomad News – Here are the Top 10 Best Cities in the World for Digital Nomads in 2025, according to the latest Savills report:  

Financial News - What are the Wholesale Digital Gold and Pooled Gold Interests that are launched by the World Gold Council on September 3rd, 2025?

Tech funding news - Portuguese VC Bright Pixel Capital leads a $10 million funding round in US cybersecurity startup Tidal Cyber.

Tech funding News Europe - Polish Unicorn InPost enters the capital of Portuguese Bloq.it, a leader in the Parcel Locker networks sector, through a minority stake in the company.

Financial News – Here is the ranking of the Top 10 Investors globally that generate Unicorns from Seed in 2025, according to Dealroom.

Digital Nomad News – Here is the ranking of the Top 10 best cities in the world to work remotely as well as the best cities in Europe to work as a digital nomad in 2025:

Tech News Europe - Deutsche Telekom just launched an AI smartphone with Perplexity on August 14th, 2025. The new AI phone adds the following benefits to your regular smartphone:

Tech Startup Investment News - AI startup Keychain raises USD 30 million Series B funding.

Tech News Europe - Cybersecurity company ESET is joining Europol's Cyber Intelligence Extension Programme (CIEP). This is how ESET will contribute to Europol's Cyber Intelligence Extension Programme:

Cybersecurity News - The largest cybersecurity event GISEC GLOBAL 2026 will be held in Dubai on 5-7 May 2026. Get a free Visitor Pass here:

Space News Europe - Portugal just granted its first license to a operate a spaceport to the Portuguese Atlantic Spaceport Consortium (ASC). Portugal’s spaceport will operate from the island of Santa Maria in the Azores.

AI News – Here are the Top 15 websites where AI gets its information, according to an August 6th, 2025, report by Statista.

News Jobs Europe – This is the ranking of the highest-paying entry-level AI jobs in the UK, according to Forbes.

Tech News Europe – Here is the ranking of the Top 10 free Apple iPhone Apps in 2025 in Portugal:

Tech News Europe – Here is the ranking of the Top 10 free Apple iPhone Apps in 2025 in the UK:

Investment News Europe – Portuguese startup Bling Energy raises funding of 15 million euros from BlueCrow Capital.

Tech Startup News Europe – Portuguese Startup Reckon.ai just raised 5.1 million euros in a new funding round that leads to a total investment of 8.5 million euros since 2017. 

Startup News Europe – Here are Europe’s Top startup ecosystems by value in 2024, as well as the number of unicorns per city, the salary of a software engineer per city, and who are the investors, according to the latest report by Startup Genome dated July 22nd, 2025:

Tech News Europe – Here are the new European Unicorns in 2025 and the number per country, according to Dealroom.

Defence News Europe - Portuguese Unicorn Tekever confirms the acquisition of a British airport through the acquisition of the airport infrastructure of West Wales Airport.

EU Tech News - The EU is investing 11 billion euros in Quantum Internet, where quantum computers, simulators and sensors are interconnected via quantum communication networks. Here is what is the EU’s Quantum Internet project, the main advantages of Quantum Internet, and the types of quantum computers provided by companies in different countries in Europe:

Defence News Europe - Portuguese drone manufacturer Tekever buys Cocoon Experience, a leading UX and service design company.

Startup News - Two Portuguese founders share their Silicon Valley Success Stories: while Silicon Valley continues to dominate startup headlines, some of the most innovative companies are being built thousands of miles away by founders who've mastered the art of global thinking with local execution.

Startup News Europe - Here are 8 inspiring stories describing turning points in the lives of Portuguese business founders when they met unexpected adversity and managed to reinvent themselves to achieve success as well as recognition with the 2025 SME Heroes Award by Heróis PME:  

Travel and Tourism News Europe - What are the EES changes to travel to the Schengen area in 2025? The European Entry/Exit System (EES) will be launched in October 2025 and the ETIAS in 2026, here is all you need to know about traveling to the Schengen area:

Tech News Europe – Sword Health just raised 40 million dollars in a funding round led by General Catalyst, with the participation of Khosla Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Lince Capital, Oxy Capital, Armilar, Indico Capital and Shilling, raising the valuation of Portuguese Unicorn Sword Health to 4 billion dollars.

Defence News Europe - The BEAST (Boosting European Advanced Missile System Technologie) is a European missile system that is being developed with an EU investment of 34,940,299.21 euros and includes a consortium of 12 countries as per the list of companies below: