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Portugal Is Still Chasing 400 Million Euros of Portugal 2020 Money Paid Out for Spending That Did Not Qualify

More than a billion euros in undue payments were registered and 70 percent has come back, the cohesion agency says. Most of the rest is with the tax authority, and not a euro of the Serrão case has been recovered.

The Portugal Brief 28 Sep 2026

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The Azores Put Nine Million Euros Into Applied Research Calls, Most of It for Green Projects Open to Companies of Any Size

Three Açores 2030 calls, announced at Macaronight in Ponta Delgada, fund green research and development, business R&D and proofs of concept, as the regional government tries to bring science and companies together.

The Portugal Brief 27 Sep 2026

Councils Late on Social Housing Can Claim 10 More Points of State Funding if Portugal 2030 Also Backs the Homes

Councils Late on Social Housing Can Claim 10 More Points of State Funding if Portugal 2030 Also Backs the Homes

A Council of Ministers resolution raises 1.º Direito funding to 95, 85 or 75 percent for delayed homes that also win Portugal 2030 money approved from 1 July.

The Portugal Brief 26 Sep 2026

Porto's Metro Gets 421 Million Euros for New Lines to Gondomar and Trofa, With Works Running From 2027 to 2031

Porto's Metro Gets 421 Million Euros for New Lines to Gondomar and Trofa, With Works Running From 2027 to 2031

The Council of Ministers approved 237 million euros for a seven-kilometre line from the Estádio do Dragão to Souto and 184 million for a metro and metrobus link from Maia to Trofa. Coimbra's Mondego metrobus rises to 66 million euros and five more vehicles.

The Portugal Brief 24 Sep 2026

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Portugal's Recovery Plan Runs Out of Calendar on Monday With Execution at 75 Percent and 14.46 Billion Euros Already in Beneficiaries' Hands

Castro Almeida takes stock of the PRR on Friday morning at Campus XXI, three days before the execution deadline. Works on schools, health centres and student residences will carry on past August, and the monitoring commission's chair warns the maintenance bill now lands on the state budget.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

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Brussels Clears Portugal's Ninth PRR Cheque of €2.3 Billion, Lifting Plan Execution to 75%

The European Commission has approved Portugal's ninth PRR payment — €2,321 million, split €1,859m in grants and €462m in loans — pushing the recovery plan's execution from 61% to 75%. Only the final, toughest cheque remains.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

Portugal's €22 Billion Recovery Plan Nears Its 30 June Project Deadline With Mobilising Agendas About 90% Complete

Portugal's €22 Billion Recovery Plan Nears Its 30 June Project Deadline With Mobilising Agendas About 90% Complete

Five years of EU recovery money reach a hard stop on Tuesday. With execution near 90% and a backstop running to year-end, the government insists not a single euro will be lost.

The Portugal Brief 27 Jun 2026

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