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Savannah Resources Wins Its Second Administrative Easement at Boticas — Today's Diário da República Clears 24 Plots Inside the C-100 Mining Concession for Geotechnical Drilling, With 2027 Construction and 2028 First Lithium Still on the Calendar

Savannah Resources Wins Its Second Administrative Easement at Boticas — Today's Diário da República Clears 24 Plots Inside the C-100 Mining Concession for Geotechnical Drilling, With 2027 Construction and 2028 First Lithium Still on the Calendar

Today's Diário da República grants Savannah Resources its second administrative easement at Boticas, covering 24 plots inside the C-100 concession. The legal mechanism unlocks immediate access for geotechnical drilling and keeps the 2027 construction, 2028 first-production calendar intact.
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Seven EU Capitals Walk From €74 Billion in Recovery and Resilience Loans — Spain Renounces €60 Billion, Portugal Trims €311 Million as Brussels Locks the 31 May 2026 Reprogramming Deadline

Seven EU Capitals Walk From €74 Billion in Recovery and Resilience Loans — Spain Renounces €60 Billion, Portugal Trims €311 Million as Brussels Locks the 31 May 2026 Reprogramming Deadline

Seven EU states — Spain, Portugal, Poland, Romania and three others — have renounced €74 billion of NextGenerationEU loan envelope, an 11% haircut. Portugal trims €311 million and drops Lisbon Metro expansion plus Hospital Todos os Santos. Bruxelas locks 31 May deadline.
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Montenegro Walks Into the Berlin Wirtschaftstag With a 12.9% Export-Growth Pitch and a Multiannual Financial Framework Ask — Castro Almeida and Inês Domingos in Tow as Merz Closes the Stage at 19:20

Montenegro Walks Into the Berlin Wirtschaftstag With a 12.9% Export-Growth Pitch and a Multiannual Financial Framework Ask — Castro Almeida and Inês Domingos in Tow as Merz Closes the Stage at 19:20

Luís Montenegro spent Tuesday afternoon in Berlin: bilateral with Friedrich Merz at the Chancellery, then the closing block of the Wirtschaftsrat's 62nd Wirtschaftstag. The trip is timed to the next MFF debate — and Lisbon brought the Portugal-Germany trade book with it.
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Miranda Sarmento Confirms a Special Tax on Energy Companies' Extraordinary Profits — Government Will Calibrate the 2022 Contribuição Solidária Temporária Template and Walk a Bill Into Parliament 'A Breve Trecho' as Hormuz Lifts Diesel Past €2/L

Miranda Sarmento Confirms a Special Tax on Energy Companies' Extraordinary Profits — Government Will Calibrate the 2022 Contribuição Solidária Temporária Template and Walk a Bill Into Parliament 'A Breve Trecho' as Hormuz Lifts Diesel Past €2/L

Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento confirmed on Tuesday a special tax on energy companies' extraordinary profits, calibrating the 2022 Contribuição Solidária Temporária template to the Hormuz fuel-price spike. Rate and revenue 'premature'; bill to Parliament 'a breve trecho'.
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