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Seven EU Capitals Walk From €74 Billion in Recovery and Resilience Loans — Spain Renounces €60 Billion, Portugal Trims €311 Million as Brussels Locks the 31 May 2026 Reprogramming Deadline

Seven EU Capitals Walk From €74 Billion in Recovery and Resilience Loans — Spain Renounces €60 Billion, Portugal Trims €311 Million as Brussels Locks the 31 May 2026 Reprogramming Deadline

Seven EU states — Spain, Portugal, Poland, Romania and three others — have renounced €74 billion of NextGenerationEU loan envelope, an 11% haircut. Portugal trims €311 million and drops Lisbon Metro expansion plus Hospital Todos os Santos. Bruxelas locks 31 May deadline.
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Anacom Returns to Profitability with €38 Million Net Result for 2025 — Telecom Regulator Bounces Back Despite an 18% Revenue Drop and a €112 Million Refund Programme to Operators

Anacom Returns to Profitability with €38 Million Net Result for 2025 — Telecom Regulator Bounces Back Despite an 18% Revenue Drop and a €112 Million Refund Programme to Operators

Sandra Maximiano's Anacom posts €38 million net profit for 2025 in the regulator's annual Relatório de Atividades, returning to the black after the €10.75 million 2023 trough and the provision-driven volatility — even as revenues drop 18% and the refund cycle to operators continues.
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Hiking in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Rota Vicentina Fishermen's Trail, the Caminho Português de Santiago, Serra da Estrela's Long Trail, Madeira's Levadas, the Açores Trilhos, and the FCMP Markings System (PR/GR/E)

Hiking in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Rota Vicentina Fishermen's Trail, the Caminho Português de Santiago, Serra da Estrela's Long Trail, Madeira's Levadas, the Açores Trilhos, and the FCMP Markings System (PR/GR/E)

Portugal's hiking stack runs from the Rota Vicentina Fishermen's Trail (226 km) and the Caminho Português de Santiago to Serra da Estrela's GR50, Madeira's levadas, and the Açores trilhos — all marked under the FCMP system. A 2026 guide for foreign residents to routes, season, gear and federation.
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Farminveste's 2025 Net Profit Quintuples to €58.7 Million on the Alloga Logifarma Divestment — €908.6 Million Revenue, €51.6 Million EBITDA as the ANF-Controlled Holding Reweights Around Glintt, CUF and HMR International

Farminveste's 2025 Net Profit Quintuples to €58.7 Million on the Alloga Logifarma Divestment — €908.6 Million Revenue, €51.6 Million EBITDA as the ANF-Controlled Holding Reweights Around Glintt, CUF and HMR International

Farminveste's 2025 net profit hit €58.7M, nearly quintupling 2024's €11.2M, on the May-2025 sale of 51% of Alliance Healthcare (Alloga Logifarma). Volume of business €908.6M (+7.6%); EBITDA €51.6M (+10%); continuing ops €26M; discontinued ops €73.8M from the divestment.
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