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Primark will open two more Portuguese stores next month as part of a €45 million plan to add outlets and create some 300 jobs — including its first street-front shop in Portugal, on Porto's Rua de Santa Catarina.
Defence Minister Nuno Melo is suing Chega leader André Ventura, MP Pedro Frazão and the newspaper 24Horas over claims about Portugal's €3.9 billion purchase of three Italian frigates. The ministry says they 'lied premeditatedly'; Chega calls the lawsuit arrogant.
A Portuguese court has annulled €5.5 million in price-fixing fines tied to the long-running Sogrape case, in which the Competition Authority penalised five supermarket chains and the supplier over an alleged 'hub-and-spoke' scheme. Regulators can still appeal.
Lisbon's Aptoide said its games store returned to Google Play in the US on Monday — the first major rival Android store distributed through Google's own marketplace — more than a decade after Google pushed it out, a shift powered by the EU's Digital Markets Act.
Jerónimo Martins, owner of Pingo Doce, said around 200 of its Ara supermarkets in Colombia closed after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake killed well over 100 people. Ara is now a major part of the Lisbon-listed group, with more than 1,500 stores and €3.2 billion in 2025 sales.
Wild boars have been wandering onto the beaches of the Arrábida Natural Park and into Setúbal, damaging gardens and grabbing food from beachgoers. Residents say the species is out of control; the ICNF says the seasonal surge in sightings is largely expected and managed through periodic culls.
