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Tribunal da Relação do Porto Seals Fernando Valente's Acquittal in the Grávida da Murtosa Case — Double-Conformity Rule Closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça Appeal Door Three Years After Mónica Silva's Disappearance

Tribunal da Relação do Porto Seals Fernando Valente's Acquittal in the Grávida da Murtosa Case — Double-Conformity Rule Closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça Appeal Door Three Years After Mónica Silva's Disappearance

Tribunal da Relação do Porto confirms the Aveiro Tribunal do Júri's full acquittal of Fernando Valente in the Mónica Silva (Grávida da Murtosa) case — five criminal counts all dismissed. The Article 400 CPP double-conformity rule closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça appeal route.
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Turismo de Portugal Kicks Off the 'It's Portugal Time' Mundial 2026 Campaign With FPF — '11 Titular' Reveal Concept, Time Out Market Brooklyn Portugal House and a Seven-Market Push Run 17 June Through 19 July Across the Co-Hosted Tournament

Turismo de Portugal Kicks Off the 'It's Portugal Time' Mundial 2026 Campaign With FPF — '11 Titular' Reveal Concept, Time Out Market Brooklyn Portugal House and a Seven-Market Push Run 17 June Through 19 July Across the Co-Hosted Tournament

Turismo de Portugal and FPF roll out 'It's Portugal Time' for Mundial 2026 — '11 Titular' reveals on Selecção match days, a Portugal House on Time Out Market Brooklyn's rooftop from 10 June to 18 July, and a seven-market push across the US, Canada, Brazil, UK, Spain, Germany and France.
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France's Sonepar Snaps Up Grupo LCI From the Carapeta Family — €48 Million Revenue, 200-Worker Montijo Distributor Folds Tanqueluz, Futurluz and Vedrel Into the €33.6 Billion Group's Portuguese Network on a 2 June Sale-and-Purchase Agreement

France's Sonepar Snaps Up Grupo LCI From the Carapeta Family — €48 Million Revenue, 200-Worker Montijo Distributor Folds Tanqueluz, Futurluz and Vedrel Into the €33.6 Billion Group's Portuguese Network on a 2 June Sale-and-Purchase Agreement

France's Sonepar acquires 100% of Montijo-based Grupo LCI from the Carapeta family — Tanqueluz, Futurluz and Vedrel trading names, €48M revenue and 200 employees fold into the €33.6 billion group's Portuguese network. Sale-and-purchase agreement signed 2 June; integration runs through 2026-2027.
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Ministério da Saúde Swaps Out the ULS Santa Maria Primary-Care Clinical Director on Conveniência de Serviço — Rita Molinar Replaces Eunice Carrapiço at the Country's Largest Unidade Local de Saúde With 120,000 Patients Sitting Without a Médico de Família

Ministério da Saúde Swaps Out the ULS Santa Maria Primary-Care Clinical Director on Conveniência de Serviço — Rita Molinar Replaces Eunice Carrapiço at the Country's Largest Unidade Local de Saúde With 120,000 Patients Sitting Without a Médico de Família

Ministério da Saúde dismisses Eunice Carrapiço and appoints Ana Rita Molinar as primary-care clinical director at ULS Santa Maria — the country's largest local health unit, with 120,000 residents without a médico de família. Mechanism: conveniência de serviço; CReSAP cleared the pick.
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Conselho de Ministros Hands the Agência PTRR Presidency to Luís Leite Ramos as the €22.6 Billion Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência Plan Heads Into Its Execution Phase — 96 Measures, 15 Domains and a 2034 Horizon

Conselho de Ministros Hands the Agência PTRR Presidency to Luís Leite Ramos as the €22.6 Billion Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência Plan Heads Into Its Execution Phase — 96 Measures, 15 Domains and a 2034 Horizon

Council of Ministers picks ex-PSD deputy Luís Leite Ramos to chair the new Agência PTRR, the €22.6 billion nine-year Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência plan covering 96 measures across 15 domains and running to 2034. First operational milestone: a 2026-2027 work programme by 31 July.
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AirAdvisor Tape Pegs Portuguese Airline Compensation Bill at €53 Million for January-May 2026 on 4.5 Million Disrupted Passengers — Storm Kristin Carve-Out Trims the Owed Total Below the Same-Period 2025 Mark

AirAdvisor Tape Pegs Portuguese Airline Compensation Bill at €53 Million for January-May 2026 on 4.5 Million Disrupted Passengers — Storm Kristin Carve-Out Trims the Owed Total Below the Same-Period 2025 Mark

AirAdvisor reads out €53 million in compensation owed to passengers on Portuguese-departing flights for January-May 2026 — 4.5 million travellers disrupted, 130,000 holding Regulation 261/2004 entitlements. Storm Kristin's extraordinary-circumstances carve-out trims the bill below 2025.
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Swapping Your Foreign Driving Licence for the Portuguese Carta de Condução in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the IMT Process, the EU/EEA Auto-Conversion Path, the Non-EU 90-Day Examination Window and the Residency-Trigger Calendar

Swapping Your Foreign Driving Licence for the Portuguese Carta de Condução in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the IMT Process, the EU/EEA Auto-Conversion Path, the Non-EU 90-Day Examination Window and the Residency-Trigger Calendar

A foreign driving licence in Portugal carries an expiry-of-recognition clock that starts ticking when residency triggers fire — this practical guide closes the IMT process, the EU/EEA path, the non-EU 90-day examination window and worked profiles for US, UK, French and Brazilian relocators.
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