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Portugal M&A Tape Skids Through Jan-April 2026 With Deal Count Down 32% and Value Down 28% on TTR Data's Read — €1.3 Billion Across 141 Operations as Tech and Real Estate Tie at 21 Each and Spanish Buyers Lead Cross-Border Inflow

The Portuguese mergers-and-acquisitions tape continued the sharp deceleration that took hold across the first quarter, with TTR Data's Jan-April 2026 reading (released 13 May and updated in the late-May / early-June Iberian-desk follow-ups) putting...

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Sines Gets Its Own Alfândega (Customs Office) on 1 January 2027 as Finance Ministry Pulls It Out of the Setúbal Delegação — 33-Strong Standalone Office Lands at the ZAL With Vehicle-Tax and Tributary Gabinetes

Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento's 9 June visit to Porto de Sines unveiled a standalone Alfândega for the country's biggest maritime gateway — 33 staff, two dedicated gabinetes and a 1 January 2027 start lift Sines out of its delegação status under Setúbal.

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Livre and Bloco de Esquerda File Parallel PSU Alternatives Stripping the Trabalho Social Clause and Pegging the Reference to the Limiar de Pobreza Rather Than the €537.13 IAS — €620 Million PRR Tranche on the End-August Clock

Livre and the Bloco de Esquerda tabled separate alternative texts to the Government's Prestação Social Única (Unified Social Benefit, PSU) at the Assembleia da República (Parliament) on Monday 8 June, with both parties stripping out the trabalho...