From 1 September the Banco Português de Fomento sells export credit insurance and issues State guarantees under a new brand, Fomento Trade, ending fifty-seven years in which COSEC held the mandate. The change was ordered in June 2022 and postponed twice.
A despacho signed by the DGRSP's director-general bars food supplements in powder, granulate or tablet form from every Portuguese jail, arriving by visit, parcel or any other route. The stated reason is that gatehouse equipment cannot distinguish them from narcotics.
Resolução do Conselho de Ministros 176/2026, gazetted on Monday and in force from Tuesday, adds Fronteira, Manteigas, Marvão, Nelas and Santa Comba Dão to the Territórios Resilientes annex and lifts the ceiling by 3,493,000 euros to 80,088,647 euros.
A body built for ten was running with five. President Daniela Bento cites two years of constant redirection, a changed funding structure and a political context needing more energy than the board had left. Staff stay; the volunteer leadership goes.
ANAC suspended Lusofly Academy on 20 August: no classes, no flight instruction, no simulator. Four years, 36 fee-paying students and not one licensed pilot, with no serviceable aircraft and too few instructors. Six months to fix it or lose the certificate.
Three days before the first anniversary of the derailment that killed sixteen people, Carris set out five principles for the replacement. It is legally a new installation, not a repair. Tender in the first quarter of 2027, opening in the first half of 2029.
