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IVDP and AICEP Launch Portugal Wines Go Global — Região do Douro on Tuesday 12 May — Eight In-Person Sessions for Douro and Port Producers Through 2 July as ViniPortugal's €8.07-Million Promotion Budget Eyes the €1.2-Billion 2030 Export Target

IVDP and AICEP Launch Portugal Wines Go Global — Região do Douro on Tuesday 12 May — Eight In-Person Sessions for Douro and Port Producers Through 2 July as ViniPortugal's €8.07-Million Promotion Budget Eyes the €1.2-Billion 2030 Export Target

The IVDP and AICEP kicked off the Douro-region edition of the Portugal Wines Go Global export programme in Porto on Tuesday 12 May 2026 — eight in-person sessions through 2 July, co-financed by Compete 2030, anchored by Symington, Sogrape, Poças and Favaios.
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Nuno Melo Walks Into the Brussels Defence Ministers Meeting on Tuesday 12 May Saying He Is 'Tendentially Against' a European Army — Portugal Lines Up With the NATO-Pillar Camp Against the Spanish Push for an EU Force

Nuno Melo Walks Into the Brussels Defence Ministers Meeting on Tuesday 12 May Saying He Is 'Tendentially Against' a European Army — Portugal Lines Up With the NATO-Pillar Camp Against the Spanish Push for an EU Force

Defence Minister Nuno Melo told reporters at the EU defence ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 12 May 2026 that he is 'tendentially against' a European army, lining Portugal up behind a strengthened NATO European pillar instead of the Spanish push for an autonomous EU force.
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Portugal's Twin EU-Funds Cliff Comes Into View — €14.9 Billion of the PRR Drawn at 61% Execution With 21 May Reprogramming Locked, August Targets Pending and Portugal 2030 Sitting Last in the EU Payment-Monitoring Tape at €4.06 Billion

Portugal's Twin EU-Funds Cliff Comes Into View — €14.9 Billion of the PRR Drawn at 61% Execution With 21 May Reprogramming Locked, August Targets Pending and Portugal 2030 Sitting Last in the EU Payment-Monitoring Tape at €4.06 Billion

Two EU-funds files into a hard summer. PRR at €14.9 billion drawn and 61% execution with deadlines stacked 31 May to 31 December. Portugal 2030 last in EU payment-monitoring at €4.06 billion of €22.6 billion. The combined arc decides Portugal's 2026-27 public-investment cycle.
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Inside the Trabalho XXI Bill That Lands in Parliament This Week — The Banco de Horas Grupal Falls Out, the SME Reintegration Bar Goes Up, Outsourcing After Collective Dismissal Drops to Six Months and the Caducidade Path Gets Wider

Inside the Trabalho XXI Bill That Lands in Parliament This Week — The Banco de Horas Grupal Falls Out, the SME Reintegration Bar Goes Up, Outsourcing After Collective Dismissal Drops to Six Months and the Caducidade Path Gets Wider

The labour-reform bill walks into the Assembleia this week with the banco de horas grupal repealed, fixed-term grounds widened, the SME reintegration bar lifted, post-dismissal outsourcing halved to six months, and the caducidade path widened. CGTP general strike locked for 3 June.
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Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Trabalho XXI walks into Parliament without a Concertação Social signature, the CGTP has locked 3 June for the general strike, private-sector wages are running +6% YoY and the insolvency tape is up 7.8%. The labour-policy summer in Portugal will be busier than the political calendar suggests.
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