Tech Portugal's Tech-Infrastructure Day on 4 May 2026 — Vibrancy Studios Lands a Lisbon Office, Guimarães Hosts a National Advanced-Computing Site and U Lisboa Releases Evaristo.ai for Plain Portuguese 4 May 2026
Energy Portugal's Electricity Consumption Climbs 3.5% Through April 2026 — REN Reads a Demand Story Built on a Cold February, an Industrial Rebound, EV Stock and a Data-Centre Pipeline 4 May 2026
Citizenship President Seguro Signs the New Nationality Law Into Force — Naturalisation for Non-EU Residents Doubles to 10 Years, CPLP and EU Citizens Move to 7, and Birth-Right Citizenship Tightens to a Five-Year Parental Residency Test 4 May 2026
Banking BPI's João Pedro Oliveira e Costa Tells the Bank of Portugal His Youth-Credit Book Is Clean — Lisbon Lender Books €133 Million Q1 Profit, -2% Year-on-Year, as the Supervisor Prepares Tighter Mortgage Rules 4 May 2026
Energy Aviation Kerosene Set to Peak at $211.7 a Barrel in May — S&P Global Sees a 114% Two-Month Jump on Hormuz Disruption as Goldman Warns Europe's Jet-Fuel Stocks Could Drop to a 23-Day Cover and the Government Flags an End-August Shortage Risk 4 May 2026
Economy Portugal's Industrial Production Rebounds 3.2% in March 2026 After Storm-Hit February — But INE's Q1 Read Lands at Zero Growth as Energy Output Falls 4.6% on the Year 4 May 2026
Public Finance Portugal's Public Debt Climbs Back to 91% of GDP in Q1 2026 — BdP Adds €0.5 Billion in March to €283.2 Billion as the CFP Tells Brussels and Parliament the Government's 2% Growth Forecast Is 'Demasiado Otimista' 4 May 2026
Industry Martifer Books a €3 Million Hospital Steel Contract in Angola and Lines Up €30 Million-Plus of Renewables Capex Across Poland and Romania — Oliveira de Frades Group Diversifies as the Viana do Castelo Yard Builds for Japan's Ryobi 4 May 2026
Markets 'Rei dos Frangos' Books a €40 Million Capital Gain on a 9-Year Benfica SAD Bet — €45.2 Million Sale of 16.38% to a Delaware Vehicle Linked to Oak View Group and Acrisure Pushes American Capital Past 21% of the Reds' SAD 4 May 2026
Banking Caixa Económica Montepio Q1 2026 Net Profit Falls 31% to €23.6 Million as Credit-Impairment Reversal Base Effect Bites — Deposits Hit Record €16.3 Billion, NPE Stable at 1.6% 4 May 2026
Economy Portugal's Sardine Campaign Reopens 4 May 2026 After Five-Month Closure — Diário da República's 22 April Despacho Locks a 33,446-Tonne National Quota and Per-Vessel Daily Caps Through the 1 June Step-Up 4 May 2026
