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Telecoms

Cabinet Hands ANACOM a Spoofing-Blocking Mandate and Pré-Pagos Identification Rule on Friday 29 May — Operators Must Filter Fraudulent SMS Hyperlinks and Wire Up Caller-Identity Checks Before the Assembleia Translation

Friday's Conselho de Ministros authorised an Electronic Communications Law rewrite: operators must block spoofed SMS and fraudulent hyperlinks, pré-pagos SIM purchases require ID, and prisons can install signal jammers. The package now heads to the Assembleia.

Economy

Parpública's Non-Strategic Carteira Moves Into the Sales Window After Friday's Conselho de Ministros Authorisation — 19 Holdings, Nine 100%-Owned and Minorities in Galp, CTT and NOS Inside the Market-Conditions Disposal Frame

Friday's Conselho de Ministros authorised Parpública to sell its non-strategic stakes inside a three-test market frame — 19 holdings, nine 100%-owned (Estamo, INCM, Companhia das Lezírias, Águas de Portugal) and minorities in Galp, CTT, NOS, Cruz Vermelha and Inapa.

Lisbon

Marchas Populares Take Their Second Altice Arena Night on Saturday 30 May — Eight Bairros Including Madragoa, Castelo and São Vicente Carry the 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Theme Toward the 12 June Avenida da Liberdade Parade

Eight Lisbon bairros — Madragoa, Castelo, São Vicente, Alto do Pina, Olivais, Penha de França, Carnide plus the non-competing Mercados — take the second of three Altice Arena nights on Saturday 30 May under EGEAC's 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' theme.