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Klepierre

Klépierre Walks the Aqua Portimão Joint-Venture Buyout Across the 7 May Trading Update — Generali Immobiliare's 50% Stake Lands With the French Mall Operator for €59 Million, and the Western-Algarve Anchor Moves to Full Klépierre Ownership

The French shopping-centre operator Klépierre has confirmed that on 16 April 2026 it acquired the remaining 50% stake in Aqua Portimão — the dominant retail anchor of the western Algarve — from joint-venture partner Generali Immobiliare for a total...

Segurança Social

Segurança Social Direta Locks Two-Factor Authentication Into Mandatory Operation on Tuesday 12 May 2026 — NISS-and-Password Logins Now Require an SMS or Email Code, and the Username Migrates From NISS to the Registered Email

The Portuguese Social Security portal — Segurança Social Direta, the single online front-door for almost every benefit, contribution and worker-employer transaction that runs through the Instituto da Segurança Social — switches its authentication...

Husqvarna

Husqvarna Group Walks the Rio de Mouro Sintra Factory Into Its End-of-2026 Closure Window — Stone Diamond Tools Exit Cuts SEK 250 Million of Annual Sales Across Portugal, Belgium and Greece in Glen Instone's Portfolio Cut

The Swedish power-tools group Husqvarna has confirmed that its stone-diamond-tools manufacturing operations in Rio de Mouro, Sintra — alongside companion sites in Belgium and Greece — walk into a closure window that completes by the end of 2026. The...

Housing

INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE reads the Construction Cost Index for new housing at +5.8% year-on-year in March 2026 — labour climbs 8.2%, materials 3.7%, and the headline wedge widens 1.0pp from February. The labour-cost trajectory is the structural read inside Portugal's housing-affordability calculus.

Pharma

Hovione Names António Almeida and Marco Gil Co-CEOs as Jean-Luc Herbeaux Steps Down on 21 May After Three-Year Run — Both Incoming Executives Carry 19-Year Tenures and the Permanent CEO Search Is Already Open

Hovione, Portugal's flagship pharmaceutical contract-development-and-manufacturing group, will replace Jean-Luc Herbeaux with a two-person co-CEO bridge on 21 May 2026. António Almeida (CFO) and Marco Gil (SVP Sales & Marketing) take the top job jointly; both joined Hovione in 2007.