General Daily Briefing — Monday, 18 May 2026
The latest Portugal news, analysis, and what it means for expats and residents.
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Nova SBE Breaks Into the Financial Times Global Top 10 for Executive Education in Customised Programmes — Católica Porto Joins as Sixth Portuguese School, Iscte and Universidade do Porto Move Up in Open Enrolment
Nova School of Business and Economics entered the Financial Times global top 10 for executive-education customised programmes in the 2026 ranking the British financial daily published over the weekend of 17-18 May, landing at 9th place worldwide...
Autoridade Tributária Writes Off €12 Billion of 2025 Tax Debt as Incobrável — 41% of the €29.5 Billion Pipeline Sits in the Loss Column With the Conta Geral do Estado Anchoring the Step-Up From 2024
The Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira classified €12 billion of the 2025 coercive-collection pipeline as 'dívida incobrável' — the technical Portuguese tax-administration term for receivables the AT has determined it no longer has the capacity to...
Odair Moniz Trial Enters Closing Arguments on Monday 18 May at Sintra Central Criminal Court — Bruno Pinto's October 2024 Cova Moura Shooting Turns on a Faca Forensic That Could Not Identify the Owner
Closing arguments in the trial of PSP agent Bruno Pinto over the 21 October 2024 fatal shooting of Odair Moniz open at the Tribunal Central Criminal de Sintra on Monday 18 May 2026 , seven months into a proceeding that began on 22 October 2025 and...
European Commission Drafts 'Uma Viagem, Um Bilhete' Cross-Operator Rail Rule on Tuesday 13 May 2026 — €7.78 Billion Passenger Savings by 2050, 2027 Operator Deadline, Five-Month Advance-Sale Window and Single-Refund Pipeline
The European Commission tabled on Tuesday 13 May 2026 a draft regulation that builds a single cross-operator booking-and-refund framework for rail travel inside the European Union, branded 'Uma Viagem, Um Bilhete, Direitos Garantidos' in the...
Government Reinstates Original Labour Reform Draft on Fixed-Term Contracts and Outsourcing After 14 May Council of Ministers Approval — PS Threatens Floor Vote, CIP Counts It 'Modest', UGT Labels It a 'Retrocesso'
The Government's proposta de lei for the revision of the Código do Trabalho was approved by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday 14 May 2026 with key passages restored to the original Outubro 2025 working draft, after nine months of tripartite...
Banco de Portugal Logs 2,577 Fraud-Related Payment Complaints in 2025 — 45% Year-on-Year Jump Pushes Supervisor to Stand Up Internal Working Group and Demand Anti-Spoofing Legislation
The Banco de Portugal registered 2,577 reclamações tied to fraud-affected payment operations across 2025, a 45% year-on-year increase that the supervisor flagged on Sunday 17 May 2026 as one of the principal conduct-risk vectors facing Portuguese...