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CUF Locks In a €32 Million Dividend Distribution via the Tuesday 26 May CMVM Filing — €51.2 Million 2025 Consolidated Net Profit Lifts 18.1% and €12.4 Million Employee Bonus Pool Lands Alongside

CUF Locks In a €32 Million Dividend Distribution via the Tuesday 26 May CMVM Filing — €51.2 Million 2025 Consolidated Net Profit Lifts 18.1% and €12.4 Million Employee Bonus Pool Lands Alongside

CUF disclosed a €32 million dividend distribution via a Tuesday 26 May CMVM filing — 2025 consolidated net profit reached €51.2 million (+18.1% YoY), José de Mello Capital (65.85%), Farminveste (30%) and the Fundação Amélia da Silva de Mello (4.15%) take their shares of the payout.
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Geneva and Viège Tribunals Freeze Patrick Drahi's Cologny Residence, Zermatt Real Estate and Swiss-Company Credits to Cover Armando Pereira's CHF 1.2 Billion Civil Claim — Operação Picoas Crosses the Border

Geneva and Viège Tribunals Freeze Patrick Drahi's Cologny Residence, Zermatt Real Estate and Swiss-Company Credits to Cover Armando Pereira's CHF 1.2 Billion Civil Claim — Operação Picoas Crosses the Border

Geneva and Viège tribunals froze Patrick Drahi's Cologny residence, Zermatt real estate and Swiss-company credits to cover Armando Pereira's CHF 1.2 billion (€1.3 billion) civil claim — Operação Picoas crosses the border on the eve of the Altice founder's empire sale.
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Getting Your Certificado do Registo Criminal in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the €5 Online Pedido, the €7 Counter Fee, the 90-Day Validade, the Multilingual European Model and the Apostila Route for Non-EU Use

Getting Your Certificado do Registo Criminal in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the €5 Online Pedido, the €7 Counter Fee, the 90-Day Validade, the Multilingual European Model and the Apostila Route for Non-EU Use

Getting a Portuguese Certificado do Registo Criminal in 2026 runs through the Ministério da Justiça portal at €5 online or €7 at a counter, valid for 90 days, with a European multilingual model available for EU use and the PGR apostila for non-EU jurisdictions.
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ERSE Classes the 28 April 2025 Iberian Blackout as an 'Evento Excecional' and Strips Portuguese Consumers of Automatic Compensation From REN and E-Redes — Three-Year Judicial-Damages Window in Lisbon and Madrid Stays Open

ERSE Classes the 28 April 2025 Iberian Blackout as an 'Evento Excecional' and Strips Portuguese Consumers of Automatic Compensation From REN and E-Redes — Three-Year Judicial-Damages Window in Lisbon and Madrid Stays Open

ERSE has formally classed the 28 April 2025 Iberian blackout as an 'evento excecional' originating in Spain — REN and E-Redes are exempted from automatic quality-of-service compensation on consumer bills, but the three-year judicial-damages window remains open in Portuguese and Spanish courts.
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Autoridade Tributária's Informação Vinculativa Subjects CGA Work-Accident Pensions to Full IRS Under the Decreto-Lei 503/99 Carve-Out — Retroactive Public-Service Payouts From 2013 Trigger the Article 74 Splitting Option

Autoridade Tributária's Informação Vinculativa Subjects CGA Work-Accident Pensions to Full IRS Under the Decreto-Lei 503/99 Carve-Out — Retroactive Public-Service Payouts From 2013 Trigger the Article 74 Splitting Option

AT informação vinculativa confirms CGA work-accident pensions for civil servants are taxed under IRS — the Decreto-Lei 503/99 carve-out blocks the Article 12 exemption, and retroactive lump sums qualify for the Article 74 splitting option.
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