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Conselho de Ministros Walks the Trabalho XXI Labour-Reform Bill Out of Concertação Social and Into Parliament on Thursday 14 May — Palma Ramalho's July Draft Anchors the Final Text After Nine Months of Talks Collapse Without UGT Agreement

Conselho de Ministros Walks the Trabalho XXI Labour-Reform Bill Out of Concertação Social and Into Parliament on Thursday 14 May — Palma Ramalho's July Draft Anchors the Final Text After Nine Months of Talks Collapse Without UGT Agreement

The Conselho de Ministros approved on Thursday 14 May 2026 — at the 09:30 weekly meeting at the official residence in Lisbon — the proposta de lei that converts the government's nine-month Trabalho XXI exercise into the bill that now goes to...
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Getting an Atestado de Residência at the Junta de Freguesia in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Lei n.º 7/2001 Document, the Two-Witness Rule, the Online ePortugal Route and What the AT, the Bank, the School and AIMA Actually Want

Getting an Atestado de Residência at the Junta de Freguesia in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Lei n.º 7/2001 Document, the Two-Witness Rule, the Online ePortugal Route and What the AT, the Bank, the School and AIMA Actually Want

The Atestado de Residência is the Junta de Freguesia document under Lei n.º 7/2001 that proves where you live in Portugal. The AT, the bank, the school, AIMA and Segurança Social all ask for it. Here is the practical chain — costs, witnesses, the ePortugal route, failure modes.
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Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Nordic pet-care subsidiary Musti acquired Norway's Petco Retail AS on Tuesday 13 May, taking the Helsinki-based champion into its fourth Nordic country. Portugal's ZU chain — 68 stores and €8.4M in quarterly sales — stays on a separate perimeter inside Sonae MC.
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DGS Publishes Orientação 001/2026 on the MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak on Monday 11 May — Curry Cabral, Dona Estefânia and ULS São João Named as Reference Units, INEM Activated, Risk in Portugal Stays 'Muito Baixo'

DGS Publishes Orientação 001/2026 on the MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak on Monday 11 May — Curry Cabral, Dona Estefânia and ULS São João Named as Reference Units, INEM Activated, Risk in Portugal Stays 'Muito Baixo'

DGS published Orientação n.º 001/2026 on Monday 11 May setting the clinical pathway for any suspected hantavirus case tied to the MV Hondius Antarctic cruise. ULS São José and ULS São João are the reference units; INEM handles transfers; risk in Portugal stays 'muito baixo'.
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Uber Walks Portugal Into the Click&Boat Mediterranean Pilot for a Mid-June 2026 Launch — Daily-with-Skipper Boat Hires Land Inside the Uber App Across a 23-City European Footprint, Uber One Members Cash a 10% Booking Credit

Uber Walks Portugal Into the Click&Boat Mediterranean Pilot for a Mid-June 2026 Launch — Daily-with-Skipper Boat Hires Land Inside the Uber App Across a 23-City European Footprint, Uber One Members Cash a 10% Booking Credit

Uber adds Portugal to the mid-June 2026 launch of Uber Boats by Click&Boat — a five-country, 23-city Mediterranean and Atlantic pilot. Bookings sit inside the Uber app, every hire ships with a professional skipper so no licence is required, Uber One members get a 10% credit.
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ANAC Moves to Annul the Clece/South Handling Win at Lisbon, Porto and Faro on Wednesday 13 May — Regulator Cites Insurance, Equipment, HR and Safety-Programme Defects, Hands Union South ACE Ten Business Days to Reply Before the 19 May Licence Cliff

ANAC Moves to Annul the Clece/South Handling Win at Lisbon, Porto and Faro on Wednesday 13 May — Regulator Cites Insurance, Equipment, HR and Safety-Programme Defects, Hands Union South ACE Ten Business Days to Reply Before the 19 May Licence Cliff

ANAC notified Union South ACE on Wednesday of its preliminary intention to exclude Clece/South from the seven-year handling tender at Lisbon, Porto and Faro, citing cumulative defects on insurance, equipment, HR, payroll and safety. Ten business days to reply; licences expire 19 May.
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Recycling and Household Waste in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Ecoponto Colour Codes, the Biorresíduos Brown Bin, the New Volta Deposit-Return System, and Where to Drop Oil, Batteries, Electronics, Monstros and Textiles

Recycling and Household Waste in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Ecoponto Colour Codes, the Biorresíduos Brown Bin, the New Volta Deposit-Return System, and Where to Drop Oil, Batteries, Electronics, Monstros and Textiles

Recycling and household waste in Portugal in 2026 — the four Ecoponto colour codes (amarelo / azul / verde / castanho), the biorresíduos rollout under DL 102-D/2020, the new Volta deposit-return system, and where to drop oil, batteries, electronics, monstros and textiles.
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