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EDP Renews Its São Paulo Distribution Concession for 30 Years and Books a 5-Billion-Real Investment Plan Through 2030 — Brasília Signing With Lula and Alexandre Silveira Locks Guarulhos, Alto Tietê, Vale do Paraíba and Litoral Norte Through 2058

EDP Renews Its São Paulo Distribution Concession for 30 Years and Books a 5-Billion-Real Investment Plan Through 2030 — Brasília Signing With Lula and Alexandre Silveira Locks Guarulhos, Alto Tietê, Vale do Paraíba and Litoral Norte Through 2058

EDP signed a 30-year renewal of its EDP São Paulo distribution concession on 8 May 2026 with a 5-billion-real (€866M) plan through 2030. Contract covers 28 municipalities and 2.2M clients across Guarulhos, Alto Tietê, Vale do Paraíba and Litoral Norte through 2058 — 30% more than 2019-2024.
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AdC Opens an Article-41 In-Depth Investigation Into the Better Foods–Cerealis Milling Concentration — Nacional, Milaneza and Napolitana Would Land Inside Portugal's Largest Miller Alongside Ceres, Germen, Granel and Carneiro Campos

AdC Opens an Article-41 In-Depth Investigation Into the Better Foods–Cerealis Milling Concentration — Nacional, Milaneza and Napolitana Would Land Inside Portugal's Largest Miller Alongside Ceres, Germen, Granel and Carneiro Campos

The Autoridade da Concorrência on 29 April 2026 escalated the Better Foods–Cerealis Moagens deal to an in-depth Article-41 investigation, citing 'sérias dúvidas' across most relevant markets. The merger would put Nacional, Milaneza and Napolitana inside Portugal's largest miller.
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Mercado do Bolhão's Knife Sharpener Joins Portugal's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — André Fernandes, 37, Becomes the First Amolador Inscribed Under the SIPCI Framework

Mercado do Bolhão's Knife Sharpener Joins Portugal's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — André Fernandes, 37, Becomes the First Amolador Inscribed Under the SIPCI Framework

André Fernandes, the third-generation knife sharpener at Porto's Mercado do Bolhão, has had his candidacy accepted into the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — the first amolador inscribed under the SIPCI framework, with a museum on the long-range plan.
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FIA Reprimands ACP and Fines It a Suspended €15,000 Over the Arganil 2 Tow-Truck Incident at the Vodafone Rally de Portugal — Two Organisation Vehicles Entered the Live Stage Within 35 Minutes

FIA Reprimands ACP and Fines It a Suspended €15,000 Over the Arganil 2 Tow-Truck Incident at the Vodafone Rally de Portugal — Two Organisation Vehicles Entered the Live Stage Within 35 Minutes

FIA Stewards reprimanded the Automóvel Club de Portugal and applied a suspended €15,000 fine after two organisation vehicles entered the live SS7 Arganil 2 stage on Friday. The fine is suspended through 31 December 2027 contingent on no repeat of the same Article 12.2.1.h violation.
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