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ANA Files Lisboa-Portela Capacity-Expansion EIA With APA — Humberto Delgado Movement Cap Steps From 38 to 40 per Hour With Works Starting Early 2027 and a Second EIA to 42/Hour Already Queued

ANA Files Lisboa-Portela Capacity-Expansion EIA With APA — Humberto Delgado Movement Cap Steps From 38 to 40 per Hour With Works Starting Early 2027 and a Second EIA to 42/Hour Already Queued

The Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA) concessionaire has filed the Estudo de Impacto Ambiental (EIA, Environmental Impact Study) for the first stage of the Aeroporto Humberto Delgado capacity expansion with the Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (APA,...

The Portugal Brief 06 Jun 2026

Autoridade da Concorrência Levies €13.35 Million on MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture Over the Pay-TV Skippable-Ad Coordination Running From August 2019 to May 2025 — Altice Settles While NOS and Vodafone File Recursos

Autoridade da Concorrência Levies €13.35 Million on MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture Over the Pay-TV Skippable-Ad Coordination Running From August 2019 to May 2025 — Altice Settles While NOS and Vodafone File Recursos

The AdC closed a six-year cartel file on 5 June with €13.35 million in coimas split across the three pay-TV operators and Accenture for coordinating a 30-second non-skippable advert before recorded programmes — Altice paid, NOS and Vodafone are heading to the Tribunal da Concorrência.

The Portugal Brief 06 Jun 2026

Grupo Impresa Anchors Tribeca Festival Lisboa on Avenida da Liberdade Through 2028 — December 9-13 Edition Drops the Beato Industrial Hub for Cinema São Jorge, Tivoli BBVA and Capitólio

Grupo Impresa Anchors Tribeca Festival Lisboa on Avenida da Liberdade Through 2028 — December 9-13 Edition Drops the Beato Industrial Hub for Cinema São Jorge, Tivoli BBVA and Capitólio

Grupo Impresa, Tribeca Enterprises and the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML, Lisbon City Council) announced on Friday 5 June 2026 in New York a three-year extension of the Tribeca Festival Lisboa partnership through 2028. The 2026 edition migrates...

The Portugal Brief 06 Jun 2026

SATA Air Açores Charters a 78-Seat Bombardier Dash Q400 From Luxwing for the 15 June – 15 August Summer Surge — Delayed Delivery of the Carrier's New DH4 Forces an ACMI Lease to Cover Inter-Island Capacity

SATA Air Açores Charters a 78-Seat Bombardier Dash Q400 From Luxwing for the 15 June – 15 August Summer Surge — Delayed Delivery of the Carrier's New DH4 Forces an ACMI Lease to Cover Inter-Island Capacity

SATA Air Açores charters a 78-seat Bombardier Dash Q400 from Maltese operator Luxwing for the 15 June – 15 August summer surge, after a delayed Bombardier OEM delivery left a peak-season gap on the inter-island route grid.

The Portugal Brief 06 Jun 2026

Portugal's Company Formation Pipeline Snaps Its Four-Year Growth Streak — 24,022 New Incorporations in the First Five Months of 2026 Mark a 5.2% Year-on-Year Slide as Insolvencies Climb 3.8%

Portugal's Company Formation Pipeline Snaps Its Four-Year Growth Streak — 24,022 New Incorporations in the First Five Months of 2026 Mark a 5.2% Year-on-Year Slide as Insolvencies Climb 3.8%

New company incorporations in Portugal fell 5.2% to 24,022 in the first five months of 2026, snapping a four-year growth streak — Informa D&B data shows agriculture, transport and accommodation leading declines while construction (+8.4%) and ICT (+4.7%) buck the trend.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Compete Releases €182.5 Million Productive Innovation Tender to SME Pre-Registrants After Eleven-Month Wait — Envelope Trimmed From the €254 Million Initial Frame

Compete Releases €182.5 Million Productive Innovation Tender to SME Pre-Registrants After Eleven-Month Wait — Envelope Trimmed From the €254 Million Initial Frame

Compete 2030, the Portuguese state programme that manages competitiveness funding under the Portugal 2030 (PT2030) European Structural and Investment Funds frame, will publish before the end of this week the long-delayed Sistema de Incentivos à...

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Portugal's MiCA Transition Period Sunsets 1 July 2026 — Crypto-Asset Service Providers Migrate to BdP and CMVM Dual Supervision and the Anti-Money-Laundering Frame Treats Them as Financial Entities

Portugal's MiCA Transition Period Sunsets 1 July 2026 — Crypto-Asset Service Providers Migrate to BdP and CMVM Dual Supervision and the Anti-Money-Laundering Frame Treats Them as Financial Entities

The clock on Portugal's MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) transition window winds down to its final four weeks. From 1 July 2026, crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) that were active in Portugal under the prior Banco de Portugal (BdP)...

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

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