CGD mandated banks Wednesday 13 May for a €500M 6NC5 senior preferred green bond at ~3.95-4% (≈100-105 bps over the six-year mid-swap at 2.95%). Proceeds fund green mortgages on A/A+ certified properties and renewables. Third green issuance, expected S&P 'A'.
Altice International executed a €2.5 billion capital increase in kind at Meo Portugal S.A. on 8 May 2026, converting intragroup debt into share capital and lifting the operator's registered share capital from roughly €17 million to €2.535 billion in...
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The 70th edition of the Festival Eurovisão da Canção opened in Vienna on Tuesday 12 May 2026 with the first of two semifinals at the Wiener Stadthalle, and Portugal's representative — the Beja-anchored, cante alentejano-pop fusion group Bandidos do...
The president of the Açores regional government, José Manuel Bolieiro, walked into the first Conferência de Regiões in Ponta Delgada on Monday 12 May 2026 and answered the obvious question that has hung over the Lajes file since the United States...
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro walked out of an extraordinarily-scheduled meeting at São Bento on Monday 12 May 2026 with the Câmaras of Lisbon and Porto and announced that 400 new agents of the Polícia de Segurança Pública will be assigned to the...
Eurostat's 2025 enforcement-of-immigration-legislation file lands with a Portuguese print that breaks neatly from the broader EU pattern. Portugal refused entry to 2,135 third-country nationals at its external borders during 2025 — 1.6% of the...
