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Universidade Nova's Rector Election Collapses for the Second Week Running — Quorum Failure Drags Lisbon's Top Business School Into Open Institutional Crisis

Universidade Nova's Rector Election Collapses for the Second Week Running — Quorum Failure Drags Lisbon's Top Business School Into Open Institutional Crisis

Universidade Nova's General Council failed to muster quorum for a rector vote on 30 April — the second consecutive collapse in seven days. The standoff between Nova SBE and the rest of the university is no longer about scheduling.

The Portugal Brief 30 Apr 2026

Galp's 41% Q1 Profit Jump Rides the Iran Oil Shock — But the Real Bet Is the Moeve Merger Closing by Mid-2026

Galp's 41% Q1 Profit Jump Rides the Iran Oil Shock — But the Real Bet Is the Moeve Merger Closing by Mid-2026

Galp's Q1 net profit climbed 41% to €272M on a brutal upstream beat — but management's mid-2026 Moeve merger timeline is the real read on where Portuguese energy is heading.

The Portugal Brief 30 Apr 2026

Certificados de Aforro Yields Climb to a One-Year High of 2.195% for May Subscriptions — Series F Pulls Decisively Ahead of Bank Deposits as Euribor Crawl Filters Through to Retail Savers

Certificados de Aforro Yields Climb to a One-Year High of 2.195% for May Subscriptions — Series F Pulls Decisively Ahead of Bank Deposits as Euribor Crawl Filters Through to Retail Savers

IGCP confirmed Certificados de Aforro Série F subscriptions opened in May 2026 will yield 2.195%, the highest base rate in twelve months and well ahead of the 1.37% average bank-deposit rate Banco de Portugal logged in February.

The Portugal Brief 29 Apr 2026

Portuguese Goods Exports Tumble 6.4% in the First Quarter as Imports Climb 2.6% — INE's Wednesday Release Catches a Worsening External Balance With the TTE Adjustment Hiding the Real Trend

Portuguese Goods Exports Tumble 6.4% in the First Quarter as Imports Climb 2.6% — INE's Wednesday Release Catches a Worsening External Balance With the TTE Adjustment Hiding the Real Trend

INE's first-quarter international-trade release on Wednesday catches Portuguese goods exports falling 6.4% year-on-year while imports climb 2.6%, widening the trade deficit and confirming a more serious external slide than Q4 showed.

The Portugal Brief 29 Apr 2026

EU Council Signs Off on Social-Security Coordination Reform on Wednesday — Cross-Border Unemployment, Long-Term Care and Posted-Worker Notifications Land After a Decade of Negotiations

EU Council Signs Off on Social-Security Coordination Reform on Wednesday — Cross-Border Unemployment, Long-Term Care and Posted-Worker Notifications Land After a Decade of Negotiations

The Council of the European Union confirmed a provisional agreement on the modernised social-security coordination rulebook on Wednesday, ending nearly a decade of negotiations on cross-border unemployment, long-term care and posted-worker rules.

The Portugal Brief 29 Apr 2026

Benfica SAD's €65M Subscription Closes With 4,800+ Savers In the Book — 4.65% Coupon Rolls the 2023 Maturity and Sets a New Benchmark for Football Paper in Lisbon

Benfica SAD's €65M Subscription Closes With 4,800+ Savers In the Book — 4.65% Coupon Rolls the 2023 Maturity and Sets a New Benchmark for Football Paper in Lisbon

The Obrigações Benfica SAD 2026-2031 issue closed Friday with the offer pulled up from €40M to €65M and oversubscribed by retail investors. The 4.65% coupon, the 1.36x book and the 4,800 names on the subscription list re-anchor what Portuguese savers will pay to stand in front of football risk.</p>

The Portugal Brief 27 Apr 2026

End-of-July Sign-Off, and Every Conversation 'Focused on Supply Security' — João Diogo Marques da Silva Frames the Galp-Moeve Closing Stretch

End-of-July Sign-Off, and Every Conversation 'Focused on Supply Security' — João Diogo Marques da Silva Frames the Galp-Moeve Closing Stretch

Galp's co-CEO told ECO on 27 April that the binding deal with Mubadala-and-Carlyle-owned Moeve must close before August. The political price of that timeline is a supply-security undertaking that runs through every working group meeting at the Ministry of Economy.

The Portugal Brief 27 Apr 2026

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