Business Banco Português de Fomento Maps Out a €30 Billion 2026-2028 Funding Bazooka and a Sovereign-Style 'Fundo de Fundos' to Fix Portugal's SME Trap — CEO Gonçalo Regalado Targets Hospitals, High-Speed Rail and AI Data Centres 1 May 2026
Economy Diesel to Climb 9.5 Cents and Petrol 6 Cents on Monday 4 May as Brent Tops $110 on Strait of Hormuz Closure — DGEG Forecast Pushes Pump Prices to €2.05/L Diesel and €1.99/L Gasoline 1 May 2026
Energy Decreto-Lei 94/2026 Enters Into Force on 2 May Letting the National Gas System Cover Part of Biomethane Connection Costs — ERSE Has 180 Days to Set Cost-Sharing Criteria 1 May 2026
Business Teixeira Duarte's 2025 Net Profit Almost Doubles to €50 Million on Refinanced Debt and a €1.6 Billion Order Book — Construction Group Joins LusoLAV High-Speed Rail Consortium 1 May 2026
Economy Euribor Climbs in April Even as the ECB Holds — Why Variable-Rate Households Will See May Mortgage Payments Rise Without Any Frankfurt Move 1 May 2026
Economy PRR Monitoring Commission Warns €1.5 Billion at Risk if Four Reforms Are Not Passed Before Parliament's Mid-July Recess — 33% of Investments Now in Critical or Concerning State 1 May 2026
Weather IPMA Calls a Hot, Showery 1.º de Maio Long Weekend With 28°C in Beja and 31°C in Santarém — Bragança, Castelo Branco and Guarda on Yellow Rain Alert as Above-Normal Temperatures Run Through 17 May 1 May 2026
Açores Açores: CIVISA Walks the Faial-Pico Channel Volcanic Alert From V1 Back Down to V0 After a Month of Submarine Tremors at the Cachorro System — Quake Swarm From 1 April Triggered the Alert; Decline Brings Reference Levels Back 1 May 2026
Industry Lufthansa Technik Clears the Environmental Hurdle for Its €309 Million Engine-and-Component MRO Plant in Santa Maria da Feira — Construction Starts in Summer 2026 With 526 Jobs Targeted by 2030 and First Production Slated for 2028 1 May 2026
Transport Metro de Lisboa Cuts the Linha Verde Between Cais do Sodré and Martim Moniz From Saturday 2 May to Tuesday 5 May for Linha Circular Tunnel Works — Carris Reroutes Bus 208, 760, 207 and Tram 15E and 25E to Plug the Gap 1 May 2026
Health SPAIC Lifts a Continental Pollen Alert From Friday Through 7 May — Cypress, Pine, Oak, Birch and Olive on the Tree List, Grasses and Plantain on the Weed List, and Seven Regions Inside the High-Concentration Window 1 May 2026
