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Livre and Bloco de Esquerda File Parallel PSU Alternatives Stripping the Trabalho Social Clause and Pegging the Reference to the Limiar de Pobreza Rather Than the €537.13 IAS — €620 Million PRR Tranche on the End-August Clock

Livre and Bloco de Esquerda File Parallel PSU Alternatives Stripping the Trabalho Social Clause and Pegging the Reference to the Limiar de Pobreza Rather Than the €537.13 IAS — €620 Million PRR Tranche on the End-August Clock

Livre and the Bloco de Esquerda tabled separate alternative texts to the Government's Prestação Social Única (Unified Social Benefit, PSU) at the Assembleia da República (Parliament) on Monday 8 June, with both parties stripping out the trabalho...
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Ministério da Saúde Signs 10 June Despacho Authorising Hospitals to Pay Tarefeiros (Locum Doctors) Up to 50% Above Career-Staff Hourly Rates — Retroactive to 1 January, 4,600 Hires Carried €250M of 2025 SNS Spend

Ministério da Saúde Signs 10 June Despacho Authorising Hospitals to Pay Tarefeiros (Locum Doctors) Up to 50% Above Career-Staff Hourly Rates — Retroactive to 1 January, 4,600 Hires Carried €250M of 2025 SNS Spend

The Ministério da Saúde (Ministry of Health) signed on Wednesday 10 June a despacho (executive order) authorising the National Health Service's Unidades Locais de Saúde (Local Health Units, ULS) to pay tarefeiros — independent doctors contracted on...
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Monção-Melgaço Alvarinho Producers Draw €6+ Million in Vineyard Investment as Anselmo Mendes Books €5.5M Revenue, Soalheiro Ships 480,000 Bottles to 55 Markets and Grape Prices Hit €1.20/kg

Monção-Melgaço Alvarinho Producers Draw €6+ Million in Vineyard Investment as Anselmo Mendes Books €5.5M Revenue, Soalheiro Ships 480,000 Bottles to 55 Markets and Grape Prices Hit €1.20/kg

The Alvarinho boom in Monção-Melgaço delivered 12 million litres of 2025 wine across 1,514 hectares. Anselmo Mendes' €2M Quinta da Torre, Soalheiro's €1M press hall and the Quinta do Louridal €3M enoturismo project anchor a producer wave with grape prices at €1.20/kg.
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