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Port Wine Cuts the 2025 Vintage Authorisation to 75,000 Pipas in a 28% Two-Year Step-Down — €365 Million Business Volume, 65.7 Million Litres Sold and a Driest-Since-1931 Summer Frame the Structural Question

Port Wine Cuts the 2025 Vintage Authorisation to 75,000 Pipas in a 28% Two-Year Step-Down — €365 Million Business Volume, 65.7 Million Litres Sold and a Driest-Since-1931 Summer Frame the Structural Question

IVDP authorised 75,000 pipas for 2025, a 28% cut from 2023. Port sales at 65.7M litres, business volume €365M (-2%), Brazil exports -29%. IPMA marks 2025 as Portugal's driest and hottest summer since 1931.

The Portugal Brief 17 May 2026

Portugal's RNCCI Waiting List Stretches to 134 Days in the Algarve as the 65+ Cohort Tops 24.3% — €245 Million OE2026 Envelope Lands Behind a 3,000-Bed PRR Target Already Slipping

Portugal's RNCCI Waiting List Stretches to 134 Days in the Algarve as the 65+ Cohort Tops 24.3% — €245 Million OE2026 Envelope Lands Behind a 3,000-Bed PRR Target Already Slipping

ERS data shows median ULDM wait at 56 days nationally, 134 days in the Algarve. INE puts 65+ at 24.3% of residents and dependency ratio rising 39 to 73 per 100 working-age. PRR's 3,000-bed target is slipping; OE2026 lines €245M.

The Portugal Brief 17 May 2026

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Bolsa Shut at 9,033 Into Monday Reopen, BCP CEO Maya Backs Bank of Portugal's DSTI-Cut for Housing Credit, Mota-Engil €110M Bond Closes Tuesday at 4.60%, Sonae SGPS Q1 Tuesday Pre-market

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Bolsa Shut at 9,033 Into Monday Reopen, BCP CEO Maya Backs Bank of Portugal's DSTI-Cut for Housing Credit, Mota-Engil €110M Bond Closes Tuesday at 4.60%, Sonae SGPS Q1 Tuesday Pre-market

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The Portugal Brief 17 May 2026

Académico de Viseu Climbs Back to the Primeira Liga After a 37-Year Wait — Sérgio Fonseca's Side Holds Sporting B to 0-0 at the Fontelo to Pip Torreense on Goal Difference

Académico de Viseu Climbs Back to the Primeira Liga After a 37-Year Wait — Sérgio Fonseca's Side Holds Sporting B to 0-0 at the Fontelo to Pip Torreense on Goal Difference

Académico de Viseu's 0-0 draw with Sporting B at the Fontelo on Saturday 16 May locks in second place on goal difference over Torreense, ending a 37-year exile from the Primeira Liga and giving Sérgio Fonseca's hometown side a fourth top-flight promotion.

The Portugal Brief 17 May 2026

Banco de Portugal Forces Lenders to Refund €8.91 Million to Clients in 2025 as Cobranças Indevidas Drop From the €22 Million 2024 Outlier — Commissions Carry €8.24 Million of the Restitution

Banco de Portugal Forces Lenders to Refund €8.91 Million to Clients in 2025 as Cobranças Indevidas Drop From the €22 Million 2024 Outlier — Commissions Carry €8.24 Million of the Restitution

BdP's 2025 Behavioural Supervision Report shows banks returned €8.91M to clients — €8.24M in commissions and €670k in interest — after pricing, suitability and late-payment breaches surfaced. Complaints over account closures jumped 55% and fraud disputes 45%.

The Portugal Brief 17 May 2026

Rui Rocha Maps Out €550 Million Firefighter Modernisation Plan Over the Next Decade — PTRR Envelope Anchors Vehicles, Quartéis, Asbestos Removal and Aerial-Ladder Wishlist

Rui Rocha Maps Out €550 Million Firefighter Modernisation Plan Over the Next Decade — PTRR Envelope Anchors Vehicles, Quartéis, Asbestos Removal and Aerial-Ladder Wishlist

Rui Rocha tells Jornal de Notícias the Civil Protection Authority's audit puts the firefighter modernisation gap at €550 million over 10 years — vehicles, quartéis, asbestos removal and aerial ladders sit at the top, funded through the PTRR envelope.

The Portugal Brief 17 May 2026

STEPH Calls 21 May Vigil at the Ministry of Health Against the Approved INEM Lei Orgânica — Four Ex-Presidents Join the Critique of VMER Inter-Hospital Return and AEM Transfer to Local Health Units

STEPH Calls 21 May Vigil at the Ministry of Health Against the Approved INEM Lei Orgânica — Four Ex-Presidents Join the Critique of VMER Inter-Hospital Return and AEM Transfer to Local Health Units

Pre-hospital emergency technicians have called a 21 May 10h vigil at the Ministry of Health in Lisbon against the INEM Lei Orgânica approved by the Council of Ministers on 8 May. Four ex-presidents and the Workers' Committee back the critique — VMER, AEM and SIV transfers under fire.

The Portugal Brief 17 May 2026

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