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Pump Prices Reverse Higher From Monday 18 May — Gasolina 95 Lands at €2.016 per Litre (+4 Cêntimos) and Gasóleo at €1.970 per Litre (+1 Cêntimo) on ANAREC's DGEG-Anchored Friday Forecast as Brent Punches Past $107

Pump Prices Reverse Higher From Monday 18 May — Gasolina 95 Lands at €2.016 per Litre (+4 Cêntimos) and Gasóleo at €1.970 per Litre (+1 Cêntimo) on ANAREC's DGEG-Anchored Friday Forecast as Brent Punches Past $107

ANAREC tells Lusa on Friday 15 May that gasolina simples 95 will average €2.016/L from Monday 18 May (+4 cêntimos) and gasóleo simples €1.970/L (+1 cêntimo). The reversal lands as Brent closes Thursday at $105.72 and pushes past $107 Friday on Hormuz pressure, two weeks after the $99.55 low.
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Brisa Posts €173.4M Net Profit for 2025, 44% Below the €309.5M 2024 Print Despite an EBITDA Lift to €860.9M and 13% Operating-Revenue Growth — €96.2M Financial-Results Swing and 35.8% Operating-Cost Jump Carry the Hit

Brisa Posts €173.4M Net Profit for 2025, 44% Below the €309.5M 2024 Print Despite an EBITDA Lift to €860.9M and 13% Operating-Revenue Growth — €96.2M Financial-Results Swing and 35.8% Operating-Cost Jump Carry the Hit

Brisa closes 2025 at €173.4M net profit, 44% below the €309.5M 2024 print, even as operating revenue lifts 13% to €1,231.6M, EBITDA gains 5.3% to €860.9M and the network handles 267.7M transactions (+3.5%) with Via Verde at 85.1%. €96.2M financial swing and €370.7M costs carry the hit.
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Registering a Birth in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Hospital Notificação, the 20-Working-Day Conservatória do Registo Civil Window, Nationality at Birth Under Lei n.º 37/81 and the Cartão de Cidadão for the Newborn

Registering a Birth in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Hospital Notificação, the 20-Working-Day Conservatória do Registo Civil Window, Nationality at Birth Under Lei n.º 37/81 and the Cartão de Cidadão for the Newborn

Registering a birth in Portugal in 2026 — the hospital notificação under Lei n.º 14/2017, the 20-working-day Conservatória do Registo Civil window, nationality at birth under the post-3-May Lei n.º 37/81, the Cartão de Cidadão for the newborn and the apostille rules for foreign parents.
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PRR Disburses 65% of the €3.38 Million Allotted to Portugal's Twenty Programas de Reordenamento e Gestão da Paisagem — Castro Almeida's Office Confirms the Diploma That Threads PRGP Into the Plano Diretor Municipal Pipeline

PRR Disburses 65% of the €3.38 Million Allotted to Portugal's Twenty Programas de Reordenamento e Gestão da Paisagem — Castro Almeida's Office Confirms the Diploma That Threads PRGP Into the Plano Diretor Municipal Pipeline

Manuel Castro Almeida's office confirms to Lusa on Friday 15 May that the PRR has already paid 65% of the €3,381,260.46 envelope for the twenty Programas de Reordenamento e Gestão da Paisagem. A new diploma threads the rail into the Plano Diretor Municipal pipeline.
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Lockheed Martin Signals Openness to F-35 Component Production Across 16 Portuguese Industrial Projects and 21 Beneficiaries on Thursday 14 May — Letter of Request Stays the Gating Step Toward a €5.5 Billion, 27-Aircraft Air Force Renewal

Lockheed Martin Signals Openness to F-35 Component Production Across 16 Portuguese Industrial Projects and 21 Beneficiaries on Thursday 14 May — Letter of Request Stays the Gating Step Toward a €5.5 Billion, 27-Aircraft Air Force Renewal

Lockheed Martin tells ECO on Thursday 14 May that 16 candidate industrial projects, 21 Portuguese beneficiaries and 5 universities sit inside the F-35 engagement architecture. Letter of Request from Lisbon is still the gating procedural step toward a €5.5 billion, 27-aircraft Air Force renewal.
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Rangel Contradicts Marco Rubio's Fox News 'Said Yes Before We Asked' Praise on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica — MNE Says Pedido Landed After the 28 February Iran Strikes, PS Calls It 'Humilhação à Escala Planetária' and PCP Files CPI on Friday 15 May

Rangel Contradicts Marco Rubio's Fox News 'Said Yes Before We Asked' Praise on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica — MNE Says Pedido Landed After the 28 February Iran Strikes, PS Calls It 'Humilhação à Escala Planetária' and PCP Files CPI on Friday 15 May

Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel rejects Marco Rubio's Fox News claim that Portugal 'said yes before we even asked' on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica. MNE says the formal pedido for equipment transit, including MQ-9 Reapers, only arrived after the 28 February strikes on Iran began.
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Pinto Luz's Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro Lines Up Against AICCOPN's +26% Cement Print While Public Tenders Contract 26% — Portugal's Housing Supply Side Splits Into a Two-Speed Pipeline With Idealista Reading Stock Down 14%

Pinto Luz's Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro Lines Up Against AICCOPN's +26% Cement Print While Public Tenders Contract 26% — Portugal's Housing Supply Side Splits Into a Two-Speed Pipeline With Idealista Reading Stock Down 14%

Four data points from this week describe the same Portuguese housing-supply crisis from four different angles. Idealista's Q1 2026 housing-stock read printed a 14% national contraction in active listings , with Faro -38%, Porto -25% and Lisbon -13%....
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