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CFP Flags the Pension Update Formula as Working in Only 10 of the Last 17 Years — €1.355 Billion in Extraordinary 2025 Top-Ups Underline the Drift From the Legal Mechanism

CFP Flags the Pension Update Formula as Working in Only 10 of the Last 17 Years — €1.355 Billion in Extraordinary 2025 Top-Ups Underline the Drift From the Legal Mechanism

The Conselho das Finanças Públicas (CFP) flags that Portugal's pension-update formula has been applied as the law sets out in only 10 of the past 17 years, with €1.355 billion in extraordinary measures layered on in 2025 alone. The drift is now a structural feature of the pension envelope.
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Lactogal Pencils In a €100 Million Annual Capex Run to Double the Faturação by 2030 — The Mimosa Owner Lines Up Iberian Acquisitions and Industrial Modernisation on the Trabalho XXI Backdrop

Lactogal Pencils In a €100 Million Annual Capex Run to Double the Faturação by 2030 — The Mimosa Owner Lines Up Iberian Acquisitions and Industrial Modernisation on the Trabalho XXI Backdrop

Lactogal — the cooperative-owned dairy group behind Mimosa, Matinal, Agros and Vigor — has set a €100 million annual capex envelope through 2030 with the objective of doubling faturação over the cycle, ECO reported Friday 29 May. Iberian M&A, plant modernisation and new launches frame the plan.
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Enrolling Your Child in a Portuguese Public School for 2026/2027 — A Practical Guide to the Portal das Matrículas, the Pré-Escolar and 1.º Ano Window Closing 1 June, the Documentary Chain and the Equivalência de Estudos Track for Foreign Records

Enrolling Your Child in a Portuguese Public School for 2026/2027 — A Practical Guide to the Portal das Matrículas, the Pré-Escolar and 1.º Ano Window Closing 1 June, the Documentary Chain and the Equivalência de Estudos Track for Foreign Records

Practical 2026 guide to enrolling a child in Portuguese public school for 2026/2027 — Portal das Matrículas, pré-escolar/1.º ano window closing 1 June, 6.º-9.º/11.º 16-29 June, 2.º-5.º 1-13 July, 10.º/12.º 15-22 July, documentary chain, PLNM and equivalência-de-estudos for foreign records.
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Min. Agricultura Bumps the Limpeza de Terrenos Deadline to 30 June Nationwide on Thursday 28 May — José Manuel Fernandes Cites Spring Rainfall as Coimas Sit at €150-€10,000 for Singulares and Up to €25,000 for Pessoas Coletivas

Min. Agricultura Bumps the Limpeza de Terrenos Deadline to 30 June Nationwide on Thursday 28 May — José Manuel Fernandes Cites Spring Rainfall as Coimas Sit at €150-€10,000 for Singulares and Up to €25,000 for Pessoas Coletivas

The Ministério da Agricultura on Thursday 28 May 2026 extended the limpeza de terrenos deadline from 31 May to 30 June nationwide, citing spring rainfall and the 142% surge in contractor demand. Coimas for singulares run €150-€1,500 (€10,000 in specific cases); pessoas coletivas up to €25,000.
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INE Posts Portugal's 2023-2025 Esperança de Vida à Nascença at 81.75 Years — Women at 84.21, Men at 78.99 and the At-65 Reading Hits 20.19 as Falling Mortality in the 60+ Bracket Carries the Triennium Step Up

INE Posts Portugal's 2023-2025 Esperança de Vida à Nascença at 81.75 Years — Women at 84.21, Men at 78.99 and the At-65 Reading Hits 20.19 as Falling Mortality in the 60+ Bracket Carries the Triennium Step Up

INE's 28 May 2026 Tábua de Mortalidade prints Portuguese esperança de vida à nascença at 81.75 years for 2023-2025 — women at 84.21, men at 78.99, and the at-65 figure at 20.19 years (women 21.55, men 18.43), with falling mortality in the 60+ bracket driving the triennium step up.
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