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Eight Percent of Portuguese Municipalities Now Settle Supplier Invoices Past the 60-Day Statutory Limit — Tábua, Caminha and Melgaço Post 146, 121 and 115-Day Payment Periods in DGAL's Q4 2025 Report

Eight Percent of Portuguese Municipalities Now Settle Supplier Invoices Past the 60-Day Statutory Limit — Tábua, Caminha and Melgaço Post 146, 121 and 115-Day Payment Periods in DGAL's Q4 2025 Report

DGAL Q4 2025 tape shows 8% of Portuguese municipalities now settle supplier invoices past the 60-day legal limit — almost double Q3's 4.8% reading. Tábua, Caminha and Melgaço post the worst PMPs at 146, 121 and 115 days. Government to publish quarterly worst-payer rosters.
The Portugal Brief
Cabinet Hands ANACOM a Spoofing-Blocking Mandate and Pré-Pagos Identification Rule on Friday 29 May — Operators Must Filter Fraudulent SMS Hyperlinks and Wire Up Caller-Identity Checks Before the Assembleia Translation

Cabinet Hands ANACOM a Spoofing-Blocking Mandate and Pré-Pagos Identification Rule on Friday 29 May — Operators Must Filter Fraudulent SMS Hyperlinks and Wire Up Caller-Identity Checks Before the Assembleia Translation

Friday's Conselho de Ministros authorised an Electronic Communications Law rewrite: operators must block spoofed SMS and fraudulent hyperlinks, pré-pagos SIM purchases require ID, and prisons can install signal jammers. The package now heads to the Assembleia.
The Portugal Brief
Parpública's Non-Strategic Carteira Moves Into the Sales Window After Friday's Conselho de Ministros Authorisation — 19 Holdings, Nine 100%-Owned and Minorities in Galp, CTT and NOS Inside the Market-Conditions Disposal Frame

Parpública's Non-Strategic Carteira Moves Into the Sales Window After Friday's Conselho de Ministros Authorisation — 19 Holdings, Nine 100%-Owned and Minorities in Galp, CTT and NOS Inside the Market-Conditions Disposal Frame

Friday's Conselho de Ministros authorised Parpública to sell its non-strategic stakes inside a three-test market frame — 19 holdings, nine 100%-owned (Estamo, INCM, Companhia das Lezírias, Águas de Portugal) and minorities in Galp, CTT, NOS, Cruz Vermelha and Inapa.
The Portugal Brief
Marchas Populares Take Their Second Altice Arena Night on Saturday 30 May — Eight Bairros Including Madragoa, Castelo and São Vicente Carry the 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Theme Toward the 12 June Avenida da Liberdade Parade

Marchas Populares Take Their Second Altice Arena Night on Saturday 30 May — Eight Bairros Including Madragoa, Castelo and São Vicente Carry the 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Theme Toward the 12 June Avenida da Liberdade Parade

Eight Lisbon bairros — Madragoa, Castelo, São Vicente, Alto do Pina, Olivais, Penha de França, Carnide plus the non-competing Mercados — take the second of three Altice Arena nights on Saturday 30 May under EGEAC's 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' theme.
The Portugal Brief
Portugal's 2026 Hotel Pipeline Brings 58 New Properties Into a Receita Curve Already Outrunning Volume — Hyatt Lifts the Lisbon-Algarve-Vilamoura Triangle as Hampton, Debrais and Casa de Sada Test the Pricing Ceiling Ahead of a 17% Summer-Booking Lift

Portugal's 2026 Hotel Pipeline Brings 58 New Properties Into a Receita Curve Already Outrunning Volume — Hyatt Lifts the Lisbon-Algarve-Vilamoura Triangle as Hampton, Debrais and Casa de Sada Test the Pricing Ceiling Ahead of a 17% Summer-Booking Lift

Portugal's 2026 hotel pipeline brings 58 new properties online — Hyatt triples its footprint with Andaz Lisbon, The Standard Lisbon and Hyatt Regency Vilamoura, while Hampton by Hilton, Debrais Porto and Casa de Sada Algarve test the mid-market. Summer-2026 bookings up 17% in the strongest regions.
The Portugal Brief
Lusa's Conselho de Administração Scraps the 2009 Acordo de Empresa and Tables a €70-or-3.2% Annual Raise Path to 2030 — Government Authorises a €5 Million Modernisation Envelope for Tech, Delegations and Fact-Checking

Lusa's Conselho de Administração Scraps the 2009 Acordo de Empresa and Tables a €70-or-3.2% Annual Raise Path to 2030 — Government Authorises a €5 Million Modernisation Envelope for Tech, Delegations and Fact-Checking

Lusa's board denounced the 2009 Acordo de Empresa on 28 May and tabled a new four-year deal worth €70/year or 3.2% raises, whichever is higher. The Government cleared a €5M modernisation envelope on the same day — €3M for technology and €2M for delegations, digital and fact-checking.
The Portugal Brief