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Energy
APREN Logs a 72.7% Renewable Share for Continental Electricity in May as €442 Million in Avoided Gas Imports Anchors the January-May Bill
APREN logs renewables at 72.7% of continental Portugal's May electricity (76.3% YTD). 79 hours ran 100% renewable. €442M in avoided gas imports anchors a €1.08B January-May offset bill as MIBEL averages €44.5/MWh year-to-date.
Economy
Banco de Portugal Trims the External-Account Surplus to €814 Million Through April — Goods Deficit Widens by €968 Million as Maritime-Cargo Imports Dent the Services Balance
BdP's April balance-of-payments cuts the external surplus to €814M through April — €714M below the 2025 comparable. Goods deficit widens €968M, services slip €167M on Red Sea maritime-cargo costs, and primary income improves €468M.
Economy
INE Pegs May Industrial Producer Prices at +5.1% Year-on-Year as the Energia Component's 19.5% Spike Adds 3.0 Points to the Headline
INE's May IPPI prints at 5.1% year-on-year, with the energia component up 19.5% and contributing about 3.0 points to the headline. The ex-energy index sits at 2.4%, lining up with Banco de Portugal's H2 inflation glide path to 2.0%.
Tourism
Diário da República Inscribes the 180.49 km Caminho de Torres as a Certified Caminho de Santiago Route — Sernancelhe-to-Valença Line Threads Alto Douro Vinhateiro, the Guimarães Historic Centre and 15 Municipalities Across Two UNESCO Sites
A portaria published in the Diário da República on 12 June 2026 inscribes the 180.49 km Caminho de Torres into the official Caminho de Santiago network, running from Sernancelhe to Valença across 15 municipalities and two UNESCO sites.
Politics
CGTP Buses Algarve Workers Into Lisbon for the 13:30 São Bento Rally Against Trabalho XXI — 100+ Código do Trabalho Articles Ease Dismissals, Widen Subcontracting and Harden the Strike Minimum-Service Frame Ahead of Friday's Vote
Algarve, Alentejo and Norte locals are busing into Lisbon for CGTP's 13:30 rally outside the Assembleia da República, the last public push before Friday's parliamentary vote on Trabalho XXI — a 100-plus-article rewrite of the Código do Trabalho.
Politics
Nuno Melo Joins the Brussels NATO Defence Ministerial Ahead of the Hague Summit — €6.12 Billion 2025 Spend Lands the 2% GDP Bar Four Years Early as the €5.8 Billion SAFE Loan Application Frames the Frigate-Armour-Satellite-Drone Stack to 2030
Defence Minister Nuno Melo lands in Brussels for the 18 June NATO Defence Ministerial with Portugal's 2025 spending at €6.12 billion (2% of GDP) — four years ahead of schedule — and a €5.8 billion SAFE-loan file covering frigates, armour, satellites and drones through 2030.