Jim Silver

Bloomberg journalist in New York, on the breaking news team. Previously 13 years in Lisbon bureau. Views are mine.

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

#Spain's prime minister is a master tightrope walker, cobbling together precarious coalitions to stay in power. But the wire underneath him is getting a little wobblier.
https://t.co/fhn65IZeCN

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

I love the details about the food when the Berlusconi siblings meet for lunch with their political guru. I suspect Salvini (known for opposing unconventional foods like cell-cultivated meat and insect-based flour) would object to low-carb Konjac pasta (made from yams).

[Daniele Lepido @danielelepido]

Silvio Berlusconi's children are stepping up their interest in politics and that could be bad news for Giorgia Meloni. A story with @donatopmancini https://t.co/SvWJlSzk4x via @bpolitics

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

A Bloomberg video looks at the rise and (partial) fall of golden visas in Europe, with a focus on #Portugal. And commentary by @halmeida5 (who sits at my old desk in the Lisbon bureau). https://t.co/I7aGv9i8k7

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

To continue the metaphor from my last post, the mouse grabbed a chunk of cheese and escaped. Some of the cats may even have helped! #Spain
https://t.co/80CMHWO0WJ

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

A remarkable cat-and-mouse game going on in Barcelona today, as Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont returns to #Spain despite an arrest warrant.
https://t.co/TtbPdapuB9.

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

#Italy's Meloni finds herself in a tricky spot after failing to stop the European Commission president's re-election. "Meloni's not only been ignored by the center-right but also outmaneuvered by the far-right, which she had been trying to help manage."
https://t.co/Bc0E1AXA4p

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

"Tourists are set for a bad surprise this year due to water shortage," a Greek mayor says. "They will not be able to shower if there's no immediate solution."

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

Europe's most popular holiday destinations are busier than ever. But with anti-tourist sentiment growing fast, local communities are fighting back https://t.co/6SkmEsEhqh

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

These Catalan women using water pistols to protest overtourism in #Barcelona are all over the internet. (Though getting sprayed with water in Spain in the summer doesn't seem like much of a deterrent.)
https://t.co/Ztn3mP5N2y

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

Not only does #Italy's percentage of female CEOs lag European and global levels, it fell by about half just since 2021, Bloomberg's @ssirletti writes. Even as the share of female board members increased to 40% in recent years, helped by a 2011 quota law.
https://t.co/0XJqDG7oUj

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

While in #Barcelona, the mayor announced plans for a citywide ban on all short-term rentals to address the housing crisis. https://t.co/Y24FtwvqsZ

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

Different approaches to short-term rentals on opposite sides of the Iberian peninsula. In #Porto, the mayor says Airbnb can accelerate renovation in some neighborhoods.
https://t.co/MorxrsmzeX

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

“When they paint you as Attila the Hun, you might reassure people simply by being Giorgia Meloni," says Giorgia Meloni. #Italy
https://t.co/lMeDhaZCZ5

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

A consulting firm "estimates that more than 800 high-net-worth individuals with investable wealth of $1 million or more moved to Portugal in 2023, making it one of the top 10 destinations for migrating millionaires."

[Joao Lima @joaomlima1]

Lisbon is becoming attractive for private bankers looking to manage wealth as tax breaks and sun-soaked beaches lure rich foreigners to Portugal https://t.co/EhX13RVdff via @business

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

"Some in Latin America now view Spain as a kind of smug older cousin, someone they used to listen to but now see as pompous and a little overbearing."

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

In the growing international competition for political influence in Latin America, one nation is a clear loser, @JPSpinetto says: the country with the strongest cultural, historical and linguistic ties to the region https://t.co/no9xbg1jRN

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

At what point does King Felipe step in and say "¿Por qué no te callas?" (There's a Wikipedia article on that sentence if you need the background.)

[Bloomberg @business]

What began with a Spanish suggestion that Javier Milei took drugs has rapidly descended into an all-out diplomatic brawl that’s among the worst since the UK ambassador flew out of Buenos Aires over the Falkland Islands more than four decades ago https://t.co/Yj2ddpGwAE

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

The #Portuguese are talking about the past -- a favorite pastime. Reminds me of a line from "A Small Death in Lisbon" (great murder mystery by @RobWilsonwriter): roughly, "A Portuguese never puts anything behind him, except a chair."
https://t.co/TkN63Rk9Ty

[Bloomberg @business]

Portugal picked the location for a new Lisbon airport, a project that successive governments have planned to build as the country attracted a rising number of tourists https://t.co/lXkDJFp4NT

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

The Socialists of #Spain's PM Sanchez finished first in the Catalan regional election, but nowhere close to a majority. Support for pro-independence parties slipped; the separatist bloc lacks a majority, for the first time in four decades. https://t.co/FeXCaabDcG

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

In-depth look at that hostile bid by #Spain's BBVA for Banco de Sabadell. The two chairmen were discussing a deal last month, but a jump in Sabadell shares on strong earnings meant the premium BBVA planned to offer was no longer enticing. https://t.co/gehd7npBbH

[Jim Silver @JimSilver62]

#Portugal's president visits a baby-food company and doesn't just try a spoonful -- he eats an entire bowl. What a good boy! He even tells the staff how as a child he rejected a competing brand in favor of this one.

[Francisco N. Matos @NortonFrancisco]

A seguir ao Fortimel uma Papinha Cerelac !