[Portuguese, Portugal] The world became slightly less peaceful in 2016, Portugal, which built on gains last year to rise nine places to fifth globally. Europe was the region that suffered most from terrorism compared with last year, with Turkey, France and Belgium among the most affected.
It now accounts for six of the top seven places in the global rankings. The highest-ranking countries in the world remain unchanged from 2015: Iceland, Denmark and Austria. The largest improvement in the region was recorded by Portugal, which built on gains last year to rise nine places to fifth globally. This reflects continuing improvements in the context of the country’s gradual return to political normality following its EU/ IMF economic and financial adjustment process. Notwithstanding the difficulties faced by the left-of-centre government elected in 2015, Portugal has recorded a second year of improvements across numerous dimensions, notably the likelihood of violent demonstrations, but also the Political Terror Scale and political instability. Among the other Eurozone countries to have exited similar bailout arrangements, there were only minor movements: Ireland roughly maintained its score while Spain and Cyprus saw slight deteriorations, Greece, slipped back …
A cidade de Lisboa tem feito um óptimo trabalho no apoio ao crescimento dos negócios próprios e em atrair empreendedores de todo o mundo. ” A mudança tem sido enorme. Assistimos ao maior recorde de investimento em Imobiliário, Turismo e Empreendedorismo em 2015.”
Lisboa é uma cidade multicultural, sem duvida fruto do seu passado imperial . Também oferece uma boa qualidade de vida, (a praia situa-se a 10 minutos do centro da cidade), e o custo de vida é bastante menor que outras capitais europeias. Está em curso um apoio de um programa de projectos empresariais inovadores.
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The world keeps talking about what’s happening in Lisbon. How can the underdog of startup hubs get so much attention? Forbes says Lisbon discovered its spirit of entrepreneurial adventure, the Financial Times compares Lisbon to San Francisco, Mike Butcher from TechCrunch has just been to Lisbon to get to know the startup scene and select startups for TechCrunch Disrupt, Tech.eu highlights a new generation of entrepreneurs in the Portuguese capital, the EU awarded Lisbon with the Entrepreneurial Region for 2015, while many foreign investors and entrepreneurs keep calling Lisbon, the new Berlin.
http://startupship.org/7-reasons-why-the-web-summit-2016-should-be-in-lisbon/
Specialized Economics TV channel gives a view about Lisbon lifestyle… go surfing before work.
