Latest

Business

BA Glass Closes Its First North African Deal — Vila Nova de Gaia Group Takes 41% of Tunisia's Sotuver Through Its Dutch Holding, Adding a 650-Worker Plant Outside Tunis to a 13-Factory European-and-Mexican Footprint

Vila Nova de Gaia's BA Glass has closed its first North African deal — 41% of Tunisia's Sotuver via Dutch holding BA Glass B.V. Tunis CMF cleared the transfer on 2 April, after Commerce Ministry approval 4 March. The 650-worker Khelidia plant joins a 13-factory €1.5bn footprint.

3 May 2026

Health

284,000 Portuguese Workers Have Now Exhausted the Annual Self-Declaration Cap as the SNS 24 Autobaixa Turns Three — Q1 2026 Pace Climbs to 1,790 a Day and 5,921 Filed on January 2 Alone

By end-March 2026, 284,000 Portuguese workers had exhausted their annual two-a-year SNS 24 self-declaration cap, per SPMS data via ECO. Q1 2026 ran at 1,790 declarations a day; 2 January alone hit 5,921. Cumulative since the May 2023 launch: 1.5 million visits diverted from primary care.

3 May 2026

Energy

Brussels Refers Portugal to the Court of Justice for Failing to Transpose the RED III Renewables Directive — Lisbon Joins Athens and Valletta on the Defendants' Bench Almost a Year Past the 21 May 2025 Deadline

EC referred Portugal, Greece and Malta to the CJEU on Wednesday for failing to transpose RED III by the 21 May 2025 deadline. Lisbon faces Article-260(3) TFEU lump-sum and daily penalty exposure as the renewables-licensing reform sits stuck inside the Assembleia mid-July PRR recess deadline.

2 May 2026

Economy

Government Lifts the ISP Fuel-Tax Discount Again Ahead of Monday's Pump-Price Reset — Diesel Support Climbs to €75.48 per 1,000 Litres and Gasoline to €51.97 as ANAREC Forecasts +10 Cents/L Diesel and +6.5 Cents/L Gasoline

Finance Ministry lifted the weekly ISP discount Saturday — diesel support to €75.48 per 1,000 litres, gasoline to €51.97 — narrowing Monday's ANAREC pump-rise forecast of +10 c/L diesel and +6.5 c/L gasoline. Cumulative climb from March now runs near 42 c diesel, 28 c gasoline.

2 May 2026

Economy

Complemento Solidário Para Idosos Climbs to 239,771 Beneficiaries in March 2026 — 11% Year-on-Year Growth as the Reference Value Marches Toward €870 by 2029

The Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (GEP) at the Ministério do Trabalho, Solidariedade e Segurança Social published its monthly read on Portugal's headline anti-poverty transfer for older residents on Friday: 239,771 people drew the Complemento...

2 May 2026