Portugal Lisbon - Porto: Business, customs and culture
Although the nostalgia sung by the fado, the call of the open sea and the British influence are still the symbols of the land of Vasco da Gama, today's Portugal is above all a country open to the world...
Valencia CAC
With its photogenic curves, impressive volumes and Calatrava's signature, the incredible Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències...
Long live the union
The Brussels seat of the European Parliament remains the symbol of a Belgium with an international vocation, and of a capital that hosts the Union's main bodies. The...
Taksim, Istanbul
Of course, Istanbul is a city where the economic decision-making centres have a strange penchant for dispersion. Of course, the tall buildings...
Belgium The country they call Eden
The grass is always greener in the neighbour's field", as the saying goes. "We're always someone else's tax haven," quips M. D., a lawyer specialising in taxation. And from a tax point of view, Belgium is certainly not the most attractive country; the tax rate on earned income quickly rises to 50 %. And Belgium has one of the highest levels of income tax in the world. But here's the thing... in Belgian tax terminology, the word ISF is absent from dictionaries.
The Cinquantenaire arcades
The Cinquantenaire arcades commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the country's independence (1830). The monument marks the "linguistic frontier" between Wallonia and...
Brussels: beyond the political tumult
"There's strength in numbers": reading the pitiful account of the picrocholitical wars that have been undermining local politics since last June, it's easy to...
Help with prospecting
"Test Brussels for free": that's the attractive slogan under which the Brussels Enterprise Agency (BEA) has launched the Brussels Business Welcome Package, an initiative which aims to give...
The Northern Quarter
The Quartier Nord has undergone massive urbanisation, with the bulk of the development focused on office space, occupied by some 40,000 employees. The latest project to get underway is the Espace Gaucheret...
Kuala Lumpur: Golden triangle
A business guide to the heart of one of the most dynamic economies in the new world.
Return of the Latin American beauties
Immense territories with some of the most populous countries on the planet, such as Brazil and Mexico, and a land infrastructure that is still...
Carolina Garcia Posada, General Manager France Aeromexico
What new products is AeroMexico offering its passengers in France and Europe?
Carolina Garcia Posada - Since 22 September,...
Gilles Le Boulaire, Sales and Marketing Manager France, TAM Brazilian Airlines
TAM took advantage of Varig's financial problems last year to strengthen its network in Europe. Varig's return to France and...
Practical Warsaw
Getting there Air France offers four daily flights between Paris and Warsaw. Tel: 3654 - Internet: www.airfrance.fr The Polish airline...
Moscow City
Moscow City should meet the demand from Russia's new billionaires and alleviate the shortage of commercial premises. A number of major international companies have already...
Lyon: Part-Dieu
France's second-largest business district after La Défense": that's how the Greater Lyon urban community describes the Part-Dieu district, located in the heart of the...
The Oxygène tower
28,000 m2 of office space will soon be added to the Part-Dieu district. And not just any offices, as they will be spread over 28 floors...
Building site of the century
Europe's largest construction and investment project is underway in Moscow. A business district of more than two million metres...
Russia Forum 2007
A business forum as well as a seminar devoted to the main issues of concern to investors in Russia, Encounters with Russia will be held on 19 and 20 November....
Isabelle Haas, Managing Director of CGTT Voyages, a specialist in business travel...
Is it easier to plan a business trip to Russia now than it used to be?
Isabelle Haas: We've been operating in the region for 40 years, and we've been...
