The Câmara Municipal de Lisboa published a juridical opinion on Thursday 14 May defending its handling of three controversial luxury real-estate approvals after the PS municipal group filed a formal complaint with the Ministério Público alleging...
Galp customers are receiving accumulated electricity-and-gas invoices of €400-€800 in May 2026 after the late-2025 billing-platform migration left roughly 2% of the customer book unbilled. DECO reminds clients the six-month prescription rule and the optional-payment-plan right both apply.
Tribunal Constitucional, in an acórdão dated 21 April 2026 made public 14 May, rules Portaria n.º 230/2019 unconstitutional for defining the 'atividades de elevado valor acrescentado' that unlock the RNH 20% IRS rate — reserva de lei tributária forecloses the decree-defined table.
Thursday 14 May 2026: Tribunal de Contas Comissão Permanente parecer brands the Government's TdC reform bill 'verdadeiramente inconstitucional'; the €10 million visto-prévio carve-out halves external control from €10 bn to €5 bn and opens 'zonas de vazio' for corruption. Debate opens 20 May.
Thursday evening 14 May 2026: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa promulgates the Government decree extending the storm-impact credit moratoria by 12 months, locking the BdP-tracked 7,400 clients and €930 million in mortgage and empresa credit through to end-April 2027.
INE's Q1 2026 quarterly LFS lifts unemployment to 6.1% — up 0.3pp on Q4 and the first interruption in a year-long descent. Economy shed 38,700 net jobs in three months, subutilização tipped to 10.2%, 588,000 inside the underutilisation perimeter, youth jobless down to 19.1%, long-term at 35.6%.
