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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
Parliament approved a bill creating the Single Social Benefit (Prestacao Social Unica), merging non-contributory subsidies and unlocking a request for €620 million in EU recovery funds.
