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IFAP Pushes Pedido Único 2026 Deadline Past the 15 May Window to 1 June Without the 1%-per-Day Late-Submission Penalty — €1.15 Billion in CAP Envelope and 187,000 Beneficiaries Held Back by Storm-Kristin Recovery Workload

IFAP Pushes Pedido Único 2026 Deadline Past the 15 May Window to 1 June Without the 1%-per-Day Late-Submission Penalty — €1.15 Billion in CAP Envelope and 187,000 Beneficiaries Held Back by Storm-Kristin Recovery Workload

IFAP extended the Pedido Único 2026 filing deadline from 15 May to 1 June without the standard 1%-per-day late penalty after Storm Kristin recovery work crowded the spring filing window. The €1.15 billion CAP envelope covers 187,000 beneficiaries across the Continente and Madeira.
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Portuguese Câmaras Split on 17 May Pride Flag — Porto, Coimbra, Almada, Seixal, Santarém and Funchal Mark IDAHOBIT With the Rainbow Hoist While Lisbon's Right-Wing Majority Keeps the Symbol Off the Paços do Concelho

Portuguese Câmaras Split on 17 May Pride Flag — Porto, Coimbra, Almada, Seixal, Santarém and Funchal Mark IDAHOBIT With the Rainbow Hoist While Lisbon's Right-Wing Majority Keeps the Symbol Off the Paços do Concelho

Six Portuguese câmaras mark 17 May IDAHOBIT with a rainbow flag-raising on Sunday — Porto leads at 17:00 on Praça Humberto Delgado. Lisbon's PSD-CDS-IL-Chega majority blocked a Bloco proposal on 6 May. Activists gather at the Câmara at 11:00.
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Pinto Luz's Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro Lines Up Against AICCOPN's +26% Cement Print While Public Tenders Contract 26% — Portugal's Housing Supply Side Splits Into a Two-Speed Pipeline With Idealista Reading Stock Down 14%

Pinto Luz's Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro Lines Up Against AICCOPN's +26% Cement Print While Public Tenders Contract 26% — Portugal's Housing Supply Side Splits Into a Two-Speed Pipeline With Idealista Reading Stock Down 14%

Four data points from this week describe the same Portuguese housing-supply crisis from four different angles. Idealista's Q1 2026 housing-stock read printed a 14% national contraction in active listings , with Faro -38%, Porto -25% and Lisbon -13%....
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