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António Costa Opens an Unofficial Kremlin Back Channel as European Council President — Top Adviser Logs Two Calls With a Putin-Linked Russian Official as EU Leaders Split Over the Surprise Outreach

António Costa Opens an Unofficial Kremlin Back Channel as European Council President — Top Adviser Logs Two Calls With a Putin-Linked Russian Official as EU Leaders Split Over the Surprise Outreach

Portugal's former prime minister António Costa, now in his second year as president of the European Council, has spent the last week handling the most significant foreign-policy storm of his Brussels mandate. Bloomberg reported on 17 June 2026 that...

Surgical team in scrubs and masks viewed from below an operating-room light — 2026 guide to the Cartão Europeu de Seguro de Doença (EHIC) from Segurança Social.

Requesting the Cartão Europeu de Seguro de Doença (European Health Insurance Card) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Segurança Social Issuance, the Three-Year Validity and Reciprocal SNS Cover Across the EU/EEA/Switzerland

Practical 2026 guide to the Cartão Europeu de Seguro de Doença — the free 3-year card the Segurança Social issues for medically necessary public-sector care across the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the UK. The Segurança Social Direta online flow, the CPS backstop and what the card does not cover.

Neoclassical pediment and Ionic columns of a grand government building — AdC on 19 June 2026 endorsed the Liga Portugal + FPF centralised TV-rights model for 2028/29.

Autoridade da Concorrência Endorses the Liga Portugal and FPF Centralised TV-Rights Model for the 2028/29 Season — €250 Million Pot Splits 57.5% Sporting Merit, 20% Equal Shares, 17.5% Audience-and-Attendance and 5% Facilities

AdC on 19 June endorsed the Liga Portugal + FPF centralised TV-rights model for the 2028/29 season — an ~€250M annual pot split 57.5% sporting merit, 20% equal shares, 17.5% audience-and-attendance, 5% facilities. The clearance comes subject to multi-operator lot structures.

Reader holding a Business newspaper with markets, currencies and commodities tape — CGD settles a €1.25 billion dividend to the State on 26 June 2026.

Paulo Macedo's CGD Delivers a €1.25 Billion Dividend to the Portuguese State on 26 June — €952.2 Million From the €1.98 Billion 2025 Profit, €297.8 Million From Reserves and a Capital Lift From €4.525 Billion to €6 Billion

CGD pays the Portuguese State €1.25 billion on 26 June 2026 — €952.2M from the €1.98B 2025 net profit and €297.8M from reserves — the largest single-bank distribution in Portuguese history. The 29 May AGM also lifted social capital from €4.525B to €6B via reserves incorporation.

Keys resting beside a small model house — illustration of the keys-handover stage of a Portuguese residential lease, the moment at which the caução and Imposto do Selo clear and the property

Signing a Rental Lease in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the NRAU, the Caução, the Fiador, the Imposto do Selo, the Recibo de Renda Eletrónico and the INE Annual Rent-Update Coefficient

Practical 2026 guide to signing a residential lease in Portugal — the NRAU rulebook, caução and fiador conventions, 10% Imposto do Selo, the AT lease registration, the recibo de renda eletrónico, the €502 IRS rental deduction cap and the INE annual rent-update coefficient.

Palácio de São Bento, seat of the Assembleia da República in Lisbon, where Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho defended the Prestação Social Única reform before the parliamentary Labour Committee.

Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho Pulls the Código das Prestações Sociais From the PRR Reform Track — €5.193 Billion Final Tranche Now Pivots on the 13-Benefit Prestação Social Única Alone

The Ministry of Labour has dropped the Código das Prestações Sociais from the PRR's Social Security milestone, leaving the Prestação Social Única as the sole gate to the €5.193 billion final tranche — Palma Ramalho cited a 63-month RSI duration before parliament on Friday.

Modern luxury villa with infinity pool — illustration of the high-end hospitality and branded-residences inventory at the centre of the Fasano Cascais rebuild on the Quinta da Marinha estate.

Fortitude and BTG Pactual Pour €200 Million+ Into a Fasano-Branded Rebuild of The Oitavos in Cascais — 90 Rooms, 40 Branded Residences and a Q4 2028 Opening on the Champalimaud-Era Quinta da Marinha Estate

Fortitude Capital and BTG Pactual have wrapped JHSF's Fasano brand around the former The Oitavos in Cascais — a €200 million-plus rebuild on the Champalimaud-built Quinta da Marinha estate, framed as 90 hotel rooms and 40 branded residences with a Q4 2028 opening.