Morning roundup of the top Portuguese news stories.
Seguro closes Madrid debut with Spanish backing for UN Security Council bid. Government pushes 'concurso contínuo' for teachers over union objections. Portugal's fishing fleet sees 43% sales collapse in January — €3.5M Mar2030 package opens.
Sócrates' €50,000 damages action against the State finally goes to trial after nine years. Secondary-school completion rate drops 10.7 points, squeezing university admissions. BES insolvency hole tops €11 billion twelve years after the bank's collapse.
In today's briefing: SC Braga face Freiburg in Europa League semi-finals • PS elects new leadership on 53rd birthday • Five hospitals face PPP decision • Sporting vs Benfica title-race derby today at 18h00 • Freedom Day one week away
In today's briefing: • US Wine Orders Freeze as 15% Tariff Bites — Industry Warns of 20%+ Market Loss • France-Portugal Treaty of Porto Enters Force • Flight Bookings to Portugal Jump 21% • IAG Walks Away From TAP Sale • Porto's Babell Festival Brings Rushdie, Atwood, and Tokarczuk
Portugal 2030 execution crawls to 16.8%. PSD blocks parliament from questioning Centeno on €192M Entrecampos HQ. Tourism programme gets deadline extension.
In today's briefing: • PSP Forces Emergency Halt to Biometric Checks at Airport Departures • Portugal Among Europe's Most Exposed to Jet Kerosene Shortfall • Fuel Prices to Drop From Monday as DGEG Forecasts Six-Cent Decline in Diesel • Socialist Cost-of-Living Resolution Voted Down in Parliament...
In today's briefing: • Portugal's Economy Expected to Shrink in Q1 as Forum for Competitiveness Warns of Mounting Headwinds • Canadian Firm HyOrc Secures Site for Green Methanol Plant in Portugal • Portugal Ends Postal Visa Applications for Brazilians — In-Person Filing From April 17 • Gas Bottle...
