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Finance Ministry Scraps the 40% Automatic Cativação on Office Supplies in the Tuesday 26 May Diário da República Decree — Centralised Reserve Channels the Freed Spend to Salaries, Social Security and Overdue-Payment Clearance
The Portuguese Finance Ministry has dropped the system of cativações automáticas — the blanket spending freezes that automatically blocked execution above pre-set ceilings inside public administration — and replaced it with a centralised budgetary...
Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination
Portugal has signed a joint letter with 15 other European Union member states — the Amigos da Coesão coalition — pressing the European Commission for a slower repayment schedule on the Next Generation EU borrowing programme and for a new round of...
Portuguese Almond Exports Cross €115.45 Million in 2025 as Shelled Volumes Overtake In-Shell for the First Time at 65% of Value — Sector Targets the Fourth Global Producer Slot Behind the US, Spain and Australia
Portuguese almond exports cross €115.45 million in 2025 on a 12% volume lift to 41,800 tonnes. Shelled almonds overtake in-shell value for the first time at 65% of the export tape; sector targets the fourth global producer slot behind the US, Spain and Australia within five years.
PRR's 53 Agendas Mobilizadoras Approach the 30 June 2026 Execution Wall — €8 Billion of Applied-Research Spend Across 1,247 Entities Targets 18,000 New Jobs and 1,263 Contracted Products, Processes and Services
Portugal's biggest single shot at industrial research funding inside the European recovery cycle is two-thirds through its execution window and one month away from its hardest deadline. The 53 Agendas Mobilizadoras financed by the Plano de...
Bad Bunny Stages a Two-Night Lisboa Debut at Estádio da Luz on Tuesday and Wednesday — 120,000 Concertgoers and 45,000 Foreign Visitors Push a €15-30 Million Media-Equivalent Lift for the City
Bad Bunny opens his first-ever Portuguese run at the Estádio da Luz on Tuesday 26 May, with the second night booked for Wednesday 27 May. The Puerto Rican headliner arrived in Lisbon on Monday and the venue gates open at 17h00, with Spanish indie...
Banco de Portugal Stands Up the Plataforma de Monitorização da Fraude Digital With SIBS, Telecoms and the PJ on Monday 25 May — €6.5 Million of Losses Blocked Since the May 2024 IBAN-Beneficiary Tool as 2025 Complaints Lift 45%
The Banco de Portugal formally stood up the Plataforma de Monitorização da Fraude Digital at a Lisbon conference on Monday 25 May 2026 , with Governor Álvaro Santos Pereira framing the launch as the first integrated national pipe to braid...