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Tribunal da Relação Validates Strong Indicators of Corruption Against Pedro Calado, Avelino Farinha and Custódio Correia — Central Hospital Procurement and Team Vespas Rally Sponsorships Anchor the 20 May Reformulated Ruling

Tribunal da Relação Validates Strong Indicators of Corruption Against Pedro Calado, Avelino Farinha and Custódio Correia — Central Hospital Procurement and Team Vespas Rally Sponsorships Anchor the 20 May Reformulated Ruling

The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa issued a reformulated acórdão on Wednesday 20 May 2026 concluding there are fortes indícios — strong indicators — of active and passive corruption , recebimento indevido de vantagem (improper receipt of advantage),...
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Certidão Permanente de Registo Predial in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the IRN Predial Online One-Stop, the Multi-Property Batch Request, the Cartão de Cidadão / Chave Móvel Digital Authentication and the Conservatória-Free Issuance

Certidão Permanente de Registo Predial in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the IRN Predial Online One-Stop, the Multi-Property Batch Request, the Cartão de Cidadão / Chave Móvel Digital Authentication and the Conservatória-Free Issuance

The Certidão Permanente de Registo Predial is the single online-issued document that proves who owns a Portuguese property — and from May 2026 the IRN issues it in minutes through a Predial Online flow that handles urban, rural and mixed properties in one batch request.
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SIBS Pilots a Multibanco Social Network Across Roughly Twenty Juntas de Freguesia in the Cash-Desert Interior — 1,200+ Cashless Parishes and a Seventeen-Kilometre Worst-Case Walk Frame the H1 2026 Rollout With Álvaro Santos Pereira

SIBS Pilots a Multibanco Social Network Across Roughly Twenty Juntas de Freguesia in the Cash-Desert Interior — 1,200+ Cashless Parishes and a Seventeen-Kilometre Worst-Case Walk Frame the H1 2026 Rollout With Álvaro Santos Pereira

SIBS is preparing a Multibanco Social pilot that installs cash machines inside roughly twenty juntas de freguesia in the cash-desert interior — the regions where 1,200+ parishes hold no physical cash-out point and where the worst-case walk stretches to seventeen kilometres.
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