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Helena Borges Hands Parliament an Audit of 31 Benefícios Fiscais Covering 77% of Despesa Fiscal — U-TAX Queues ICE and Ten Expiring Incentives Inside the 540-Benefit Universe Holding at 5-7% of GDP Since 2019

Helena Borges Hands Parliament an Audit of 31 Benefícios Fiscais Covering 77% of Despesa Fiscal — U-TAX Queues ICE and Ten Expiring Incentives Inside the 540-Benefit Universe Holding at 5-7% of GDP Since 2019

The Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Tax and Customs Authority, AT) closed a longer arc of its post-Brussels tax-expenditure-reform mandate on Thursday as director-general Helena Borges tabled a structured audit of 31 benefícios fiscais (fiscal...

The Portugal Brief 18 Jun 2026

Sword Health Threads AI Physiotherapy Into the SNS — Virgílio Bento's Unicórnio Carries the Free-to-Patient Programme at Hospital de Santa Maria on a 97% Wait-Time Cut and 45% State Saving for Back, Knee and Shoulder Pain

Sword Health Threads AI Physiotherapy Into the SNS — Virgílio Bento's Unicórnio Carries the Free-to-Patient Programme at Hospital de Santa Maria on a 97% Wait-Time Cut and 45% State Saving for Back, Knee and Shoulder Pain

The Serviço Nacional de Saúde (National Health Service, SNS) crossed a digital-health threshold on Thursday afternoon as Sword Health — the Porto-founded musculoskeletal-care unicórnio that Virgílio Bento and Márcio Colunas built in 2015 — locked in...

The Portugal Brief 18 Jun 2026

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Slips 0.55%, Mota-Engil Worst, Brent Drops 3%

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Slips 0.55%, Mota-Engil Worst, Brent Drops 3%

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The Portugal Brief 18 Jun 2026

APREN Logs a 72.7% Renewable Share for Continental Electricity in May as €442 Million in Avoided Gas Imports Anchors the January-May Bill

APREN Logs a 72.7% Renewable Share for Continental Electricity in May as €442 Million in Avoided Gas Imports Anchors the January-May Bill

APREN logs renewables at 72.7% of continental Portugal's May electricity (76.3% YTD). 79 hours ran 100% renewable. €442M in avoided gas imports anchors a €1.08B January-May offset bill as MIBEL averages €44.5/MWh year-to-date.

The Portugal Brief 18 Jun 2026

Banco de Portugal Trims the External-Account Surplus to €814 Million Through April — Goods Deficit Widens by €968 Million as Maritime-Cargo Imports Dent the Services Balance

Banco de Portugal Trims the External-Account Surplus to €814 Million Through April — Goods Deficit Widens by €968 Million as Maritime-Cargo Imports Dent the Services Balance

BdP's April balance-of-payments cuts the external surplus to €814M through April — €714M below the 2025 comparable. Goods deficit widens €968M, services slip €167M on Red Sea maritime-cargo costs, and primary income improves €468M.

The Portugal Brief 18 Jun 2026

INE Pegs May Industrial Producer Prices at +5.1% Year-on-Year as the Energia Component's 19.5% Spike Adds 3.0 Points to the Headline

INE Pegs May Industrial Producer Prices at +5.1% Year-on-Year as the Energia Component's 19.5% Spike Adds 3.0 Points to the Headline

INE's May IPPI prints at 5.1% year-on-year, with the energia component up 19.5% and contributing about 3.0 points to the headline. The ex-energy index sits at 2.4%, lining up with Banco de Portugal's H2 inflation glide path to 2.0%.

The Portugal Brief 18 Jun 2026

Diário da República Inscribes the 180.49 km Caminho de Torres as a Certified Caminho de Santiago Route — Sernancelhe-to-Valença Line Threads Alto Douro Vinhateiro, the Guimarães Historic Centre and 15 Municipalities Across Two UNESCO Sites

Diário da República Inscribes the 180.49 km Caminho de Torres as a Certified Caminho de Santiago Route — Sernancelhe-to-Valença Line Threads Alto Douro Vinhateiro, the Guimarães Historic Centre and 15 Municipalities Across Two UNESCO Sites

A portaria published in the Diário da República on 12 June 2026 inscribes the 180.49 km Caminho de Torres into the official Caminho de Santiago network, running from Sernancelhe to Valença across 15 municipalities and two UNESCO sites.

The Portugal Brief 18 Jun 2026

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