The 96th Feira do Livro de Lisboa opens at Parque Eduardo VII on 27 May for a 19-day run to 14 June 2026 — 350 pavilhões, 900 chancelas, more than 2,200 events, five new APEL entrants and immersive add-ons including cinema ao ar livre and silent-reading sessions.
Esri Portugal's ArcGIS platform sits behind the Autoridade Tributária's geospatial digitalisation of IMI calculations — €14 million 2025 revenue, a 20% 2026 growth target, 400 decentralised products, and satellite cross-referencing that flags undeclared buildings escaping the property-tax base.
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The Portuguese Autoridade Tributária's Unidade dos Grandes Contribuintes now monitors 4,012 entities on the 2026 list — 950 more names than the prior cycle, a 31% lift. Banks, insurers, investment funds and large economic groups dominate the additions.
Abrantes mayor Manuel Jorge Valamatos has tallied €1 million in central-government transfers received so far against €16 million of identified storm damage from Kristin — four months after the 28 January floods. The mayor contests the housing-only damage criteria.
Portugal's fully digital ModA national tests open across the country on Wednesday 27 May 2026, with Grade-4 Educação Artística as the first paper to sit. The Provas de Aferição have been retired; the new monitoring format runs through 9 June and does not weigh on student grades.
Former Energy Secretary João Galamba and former ADENE chief Nelson Lage have emerged as the two names in line to take over the APREN presidency from Pedro Amaral Jorge, who is moving to the OMIE Iberian electricity market operator.
