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TAP Books the Ex-CEO's €5.9 Million Indemnisation Claim Into the 2025 Accounts as a Civil Contingency — Civil Contingency Bucket Up From €28.5M to €34M, Auditor Disclosure With No Provision Set

TAP Books the Ex-CEO's €5.9 Million Indemnisation Claim Into the 2025 Accounts as a Civil Contingency — Civil Contingency Bucket Up From €28.5M to €34M, Auditor Disclosure With No Provision Set

TAP's 2025 accounts list Christine Ourmières-Widener's €5.9 million wrongful-dismissal claim as a civil contingency — recognised in disclosure, with no provision booked. The civil contingency line rises from €28.5M (2024) to €34M (2025), explicitly attributed to the former chief executive's case.
The Portugal Brief
Compete 2030 Reprogramming Lands a One-Third-of-Envelope Tender Wave Worth €1.1 Billion in STEP Concursos and a New Portuguese Financial Instrument for Startups — Alexandra Vilela Says the 10% Co-Financing Uplift Is the Operative Lever

Compete 2030 Reprogramming Lands a One-Third-of-Envelope Tender Wave Worth €1.1 Billion in STEP Concursos and a New Portuguese Financial Instrument for Startups — Alexandra Vilela Says the 10% Co-Financing Uplift Is the Operative Lever

Compete 2030 reprogramming opens five concursos worth ~€1.1bn — four STEP notices plus a €200M industrial-decarbonisation notice. President Alexandra Vilela tells ECO a new Portuguese financial instrument for startups is on the way and 10% co-financing uplift is the lever.
The Portugal Brief
DE-SNS Opens 14-Day Public Consultation on a New Medicina Intensiva Network — 21 Service Units With Installed-but-Inactive Beds, Target of 95% Specialist Cover and a 1-Nurse-Per-1.5-Patient ICU Ratio

DE-SNS Opens 14-Day Public Consultation on a New Medicina Intensiva Network — 21 Service Units With Installed-but-Inactive Beds, Target of 95% Specialist Cover and a 1-Nurse-Per-1.5-Patient ICU Ratio

DE-SNS opens a 14-day public consultation (closing 20 May 2026) on a new Medicina Intensiva network. 21 SMI units have installed but inactive beds; 95% intensivist target; 1 nurse per 1.5 ICU patients; 24.4% of SMI lack rehabilitation nurses. Activation pipeline through 2029.
The Portugal Brief
More Than 200 Inmates of Lisbon's Estabelecimento Prisional Refuse to Return to Cells in Peaceful Protest Against Conditions in Ala B — GISP Intervention Unblocks the Stand-Off as Director António Leitão Promises an Afternoon Hearing

More Than 200 Inmates of Lisbon's Estabelecimento Prisional Refuse to Return to Cells in Peaceful Protest Against Conditions in Ala B — GISP Intervention Unblocks the Stand-Off as Director António Leitão Promises an Afternoon Hearing

Over 200 inmates of Lisbon's EPL Ala B refused to return to cells Monday morning, sitting on the floor and demanding to be received by the prison director. GISP intervention unblocked the situation; director António Leitão promised an afternoon hearing. EPL is scheduled for gradual closure by 2028.
The Portugal Brief
Operação Fundo Perdido Confirms €3.2 Million State Loss as Three Are Arrested for Subsidy Fraud Across Évora, Santarém and Setúbal — Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 Programmes Both Hit, 23 Counts of Subsidy Fraud and a Criminal-Association Indictment

Operação Fundo Perdido Confirms €3.2 Million State Loss as Three Are Arrested for Subsidy Fraud Across Évora, Santarém and Setúbal — Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 Programmes Both Hit, 23 Counts of Subsidy Fraud and a Criminal-Association Indictment

Ministério Público confirms €3.2M State loss in Operação Fundo Perdido. Three arrested across Évora, Santarém, Setúbal — fictitious invoicing and over-invoicing inside Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 reporting. 23 fraud counts plus criminal-association indictment, certified accountant suspended.
The Portugal Brief