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Mirandela Administrative Court Halts Savannah Barroso Lithium Geotechnical Work on 9 June in Third Providência Cautelar — Baldio de Covas and UDCB Filings Test Minister Carvalho's 'Praga' Framing as the EU Strategic Project Awaits Merit Hearing

Mirandela Administrative Court Halts Savannah Barroso Lithium Geotechnical Work on 9 June in Third Providência Cautelar — Baldio de Covas and UDCB Filings Test Minister Carvalho's 'Praga' Framing as the EU Strategic Project Awaits Merit Hearing

The Mirandela Administrative and Tax Court issued a third providência cautelar against Savannah Resources' Mina do Barroso on 9 June, halting geotechnical work after a joint Baldio de Covas do Barroso and UDCB filing — a test of Minister Carvalho's 'praga' framing.
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Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Voids the Juízo Local Criminal's July 2025 Acquittal in the PAN Email-Blackout Case and Sends Cristina Rodrigues Back to First Instance With a Fundamentação Order on the Evidence Nullity Question

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Voids the Juízo Local Criminal's July 2025 Acquittal in the PAN Email-Blackout Case and Sends Cristina Rodrigues Back to First Instance With a Fundamentação Order on the Evidence Nullity Question

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa annulled the July 2025 acquittal of Cristina Rodrigues — now Chega, ex-PAN — over the 2020 PAN email-deletion case. The 4 June 2026 acórdão ruled the first-instance judgment insufficiently reasoned and ordered a retrial alongside co-defendant Sara Fernandes.
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Supremo Tribunal Administrativo Confirms the Extinction of the Fundação Berardo in a Unanimous 21 May Ruling — BCP, CGD and Novobanco Unlock the Path to Recover €980 Million in Loans After a 19-Year Cycle Around Joe Berardo's Investment Vehicle

Supremo Tribunal Administrativo Confirms the Extinction of the Fundação Berardo in a Unanimous 21 May Ruling — BCP, CGD and Novobanco Unlock the Path to Recover €980 Million in Loans After a 19-Year Cycle Around Joe Berardo's Investment Vehicle

The Supremo Tribunal Administrativo (STA) confirmed the extinction of the Fundação Berardo in a unanimous ruling dated Thursday 21 May 2026 , an outcome that the foundation's executive board contested all the way up the appellate ladder after the...
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Tribunal Administrativo de Círculo de Lisboa Books a 45-Fold Climb in AIMA Deportation-Order Challenges From 11 Cases in January 2025 to 496 in April 2026 — 2,271 Pending Cases as the New Return Law Beds In

Tribunal Administrativo de Círculo de Lisboa Books a 45-Fold Climb in AIMA Deportation-Order Challenges From 11 Cases in January 2025 to 496 in April 2026 — 2,271 Pending Cases as the New Return Law Beds In

The Tribunal Administrativo de Círculo de Lisboa logged 496 new legal challenges against AIMA deportation, voluntary-departure and residence-denial orders in April 2026 — 45 times the 11 cases filed in January 2025 — and carries 2,271 pending cases as the new Return Law beds in.
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Évora's Tribunal da Relação Strikes the Terrorism Convictions From the Tancos Paiol File for Paulino, Pais and Hugo Santos — Sentences Trimmed for Seven Defendants and the First-Instance Pacto-de-Silêncio Finding Reversed

Évora's Tribunal da Relação Strikes the Terrorism Convictions From the Tancos Paiol File for Paulino, Pais and Hugo Santos — Sentences Trimmed for Seven Defendants and the First-Instance Pacto-de-Silêncio Finding Reversed

Évora's Tribunal da Relação on Tuesday struck the terrorism convictions of Paulino, Pais and Hugo Santos in the Tancos paiol file, trimmed sentences across seven defendants, reversed the first-instance pacto-de-silêncio finding and cut Major Vasco Brazão from 5 to 3.5 years suspended.
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Operação Fundo Perdido Confirms €3.2 Million State Loss as Three Are Arrested for Subsidy Fraud Across Évora, Santarém and Setúbal — Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 Programmes Both Hit, 23 Counts of Subsidy Fraud and a Criminal-Association Indictment

Operação Fundo Perdido Confirms €3.2 Million State Loss as Three Are Arrested for Subsidy Fraud Across Évora, Santarém and Setúbal — Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 Programmes Both Hit, 23 Counts of Subsidy Fraud and a Criminal-Association Indictment

Ministério Público confirms €3.2M State loss in Operação Fundo Perdido. Three arrested across Évora, Santarém, Setúbal — fictitious invoicing and over-invoicing inside Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 reporting. 23 fraud counts plus criminal-association indictment, certified accountant suspended.
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