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Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Nordic pet-care subsidiary Musti acquired Norway's Petco Retail AS on Tuesday 13 May, taking the Helsinki-based champion into its fourth Nordic country. Portugal's ZU chain — 68 stores and €8.4M in quarterly sales — stays on a separate perimeter inside Sonae MC.
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DGS Publishes Orientação 001/2026 on the MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak on Monday 11 May — Curry Cabral, Dona Estefânia and ULS São João Named as Reference Units, INEM Activated, Risk in Portugal Stays 'Muito Baixo'

DGS Publishes Orientação 001/2026 on the MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak on Monday 11 May — Curry Cabral, Dona Estefânia and ULS São João Named as Reference Units, INEM Activated, Risk in Portugal Stays 'Muito Baixo'

DGS published Orientação n.º 001/2026 on Monday 11 May setting the clinical pathway for any suspected hantavirus case tied to the MV Hondius Antarctic cruise. ULS São José and ULS São João are the reference units; INEM handles transfers; risk in Portugal stays 'muito baixo'.
The Portugal Brief
Uber Walks Portugal Into the Click&Boat Mediterranean Pilot for a Mid-June 2026 Launch — Daily-with-Skipper Boat Hires Land Inside the Uber App Across a 23-City European Footprint, Uber One Members Cash a 10% Booking Credit

Uber Walks Portugal Into the Click&Boat Mediterranean Pilot for a Mid-June 2026 Launch — Daily-with-Skipper Boat Hires Land Inside the Uber App Across a 23-City European Footprint, Uber One Members Cash a 10% Booking Credit

Uber adds Portugal to the mid-June 2026 launch of Uber Boats by Click&Boat — a five-country, 23-city Mediterranean and Atlantic pilot. Bookings sit inside the Uber app, every hire ships with a professional skipper so no licence is required, Uber One members get a 10% credit.
The Portugal Brief
ANAC Moves to Annul the Clece/South Handling Win at Lisbon, Porto and Faro on Wednesday 13 May — Regulator Cites Insurance, Equipment, HR and Safety-Programme Defects, Hands Union South ACE Ten Business Days to Reply Before the 19 May Licence Cliff

ANAC Moves to Annul the Clece/South Handling Win at Lisbon, Porto and Faro on Wednesday 13 May — Regulator Cites Insurance, Equipment, HR and Safety-Programme Defects, Hands Union South ACE Ten Business Days to Reply Before the 19 May Licence Cliff

ANAC notified Union South ACE on Wednesday of its preliminary intention to exclude Clece/South from the seven-year handling tender at Lisbon, Porto and Faro, citing cumulative defects on insurance, equipment, HR, payroll and safety. Ten business days to reply; licences expire 19 May.
The Portugal Brief
Recycling and Household Waste in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Ecoponto Colour Codes, the Biorresíduos Brown Bin, the New Volta Deposit-Return System, and Where to Drop Oil, Batteries, Electronics, Monstros and Textiles

Recycling and Household Waste in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Ecoponto Colour Codes, the Biorresíduos Brown Bin, the New Volta Deposit-Return System, and Where to Drop Oil, Batteries, Electronics, Monstros and Textiles

Recycling and household waste in Portugal in 2026 — the four Ecoponto colour codes (amarelo / azul / verde / castanho), the biorresíduos rollout under DL 102-D/2020, the new Volta deposit-return system, and where to drop oil, batteries, electronics, monstros and textiles.
The Portugal Brief
SIBS Walks Its Administrative Action Against Banco de Portugal Off the TACL Docket on Wednesday 13 May — Dona do Multibanco Drops the EU 751/2015 Payment-Processing-Separation Lawsuit Sixteen Months After Filing It at the Lisbon Administrative Court

SIBS Walks Its Administrative Action Against Banco de Portugal Off the TACL Docket on Wednesday 13 May — Dona do Multibanco Drops the EU 751/2015 Payment-Processing-Separation Lawsuit Sixteen Months After Filing It at the Lisbon Administrative Court

Wednesday 13 May 2026: SIBS-FPS withdraws its TACL administrative action against Banco de Portugal, sixteen months after filing on 15 January 2025. The scheme-vs-processor separation dispute under EU Regulation 751/2015 Article 7 returns to operational supervision with no merits ruling.
The Portugal Brief
Cláudia Reis Duarte Walks the IRC Modelo 22 Filing Deadline From 31 May to 19 June on Wednesday 13 May — Storm-Sequence Rationale Carries the Despacho Across Every Company Subject to IRC, Whether Storm-Affected or Not

Cláudia Reis Duarte Walks the IRC Modelo 22 Filing Deadline From 31 May to 19 June on Wednesday 13 May — Storm-Sequence Rationale Carries the Despacho Across Every Company Subject to IRC, Whether Storm-Affected or Not

Wednesday 13 May 2026: SEAF Cláudia Reis Duarte signs despacho walking Modelo 22 IRC filing deadline from 31 May to 19 June for all entities subject to IRC, with no surcharges. Cited rationale is the anomalous storm sequence's disruption of the accounting-closing cycle for 2025 accounts.
The Portugal Brief