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Energy

ERSE Classes the 28 April 2025 Iberian Blackout as an 'Evento Excecional' and Strips Portuguese Consumers of Automatic Compensation From REN and E-Redes — Three-Year Judicial-Damages Window in Lisbon and Madrid Stays Open

ERSE has formally classed the 28 April 2025 Iberian blackout as an 'evento excecional' originating in Spain — REN and E-Redes are exempted from automatic quality-of-service compensation on consumer bills, but the three-year judicial-damages window remains open in Portuguese and Spanish courts.

26 May 2026

Environment

Portugal's 400,000-Tonne Mobiliário-e-Colchões Waste Stream Heads to a New Entidade Gestora by End-2026 — 25% Selective-Collection Target Lands on Câmaras Already Carrying Bulk-Pickup Duty Since 1 January 2025

APA targets a new entidade gestora for the ~400,000-tonne furniture-and-mattress waste stream by end-2026, with a 25% selective-collection target. Câmaras have carried the duty without a financing model since January 2025.

26 May 2026

Finance

Autoridade Tributária's Informação Vinculativa Subjects CGA Work-Accident Pensions to Full IRS Under the Decreto-Lei 503/99 Carve-Out — Retroactive Public-Service Payouts From 2013 Trigger the Article 74 Splitting Option

AT informação vinculativa confirms CGA work-accident pensions for civil servants are taxed under IRS — the Decreto-Lei 503/99 carve-out blocks the Article 12 exemption, and retroactive lump sums qualify for the Article 74 splitting option.

26 May 2026

Legal

Ministério Público Asks the Supremo Tribunal to Suspend Ricardo Salgado's 10-to-11-Year Cúmulo Jurídico Citing Alzheimer — June 2 Reading Looms as the Defence Already Accepted Effective Prison in Operação Marquês and Caso EDP

MP asks Supremo Tribunal to merge Salgado's Operação Marquês 8-year and Caso EDP 6yr3m sentences into a 10-11 year cúmulo jurídico and suspend execution under Article 50 on Alzheimer grounds. Reading on 2 June 2026.

26 May 2026

Markets Briefing

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Eases 0.31% on Altri Ex-Dividend, Galp Closes Porto–Algarve Ultra-Fast EV Corridor, Nors 2025 Profit Slides 26% to €51M

The latest Portugal news, analysis, and what it means for expats and residents.

26 May 2026

Government

Finance Ministry Scraps the 40% Automatic Cativação on Office Supplies in the Tuesday 26 May Diário da República Decree — Centralised Reserve Channels the Freed Spend to Salaries, Social Security and Overdue-Payment Clearance

The Portuguese Finance Ministry has dropped the system of cativações automáticas — the blanket spending freezes that automatically blocked execution above pre-set ceilings inside public administration — and replaced it with a centralised budgetary...

26 May 2026

Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination

Portugal has signed a joint letter with 15 other European Union member states — the Amigos da Coesão coalition — pressing the European Commission for a slower repayment schedule on the Next Generation EU borrowing programme and for a new round of...

26 May 2026