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Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination

Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination

Portugal has signed a joint letter with 15 other European Union member states — the Amigos da Coesão coalition — pressing the European Commission for a slower repayment schedule on the Next Generation EU borrowing programme and for a new round of...
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Seguro Signs the Subsídio Social de Mobilidade Reform on Tuesday 26 May But Warns That Removing the Eligible-Fare Ceiling Demands Careful Regulation — Açores and Madeira Drop Contributory Status and Receipt-Submission From the Parliamentary Amendments

Seguro Signs the Subsídio Social de Mobilidade Reform on Tuesday 26 May But Warns That Removing the Eligible-Fare Ceiling Demands Careful Regulation — Açores and Madeira Drop Contributory Status and Receipt-Submission From the Parliamentary Amendments

President António José Seguro promulgated on Tuesday 26 May 2026 the Assembleia da República decree that overhauls Portugal's Subsídio Social de Mobilidade (SSM) — the airfare subsidy scheme that underwrites travel between the mainland and the...
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Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Reclassifies Former SEF Border Director's Sentence to Abuso de Poder and Trims the Term to One Year and Ten Months — Ihor Homeniuk Case File Reopens the Justice Conversation on Lisbon Airport Detention

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Reclassifies Former SEF Border Director's Sentence to Abuso de Poder and Trims the Term to One Year and Ten Months — Ihor Homeniuk Case File Reopens the Justice Conversation on Lisbon Airport Detention

The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa has reclassified former SEF Borders director António Sérgio Henriques's conviction from denegação de justiça to abuso de poder, trimming his sentence from 2.5 years suspended to one year and ten months — the latest Ihor Homeniuk case footnote in the SEF-AIMA reset.
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Fundo Ambiental Reopens the €20 Million Veículos de Emissões Nulas Cheque Window Between Late May and Early June — €4,000 to €5,000 Per Light Passenger EV, €1,500 Ceiling for Cargo Bikes, Mopeds and Electric Quadricycles

Fundo Ambiental Reopens the €20 Million Veículos de Emissões Nulas Cheque Window Between Late May and Early June — €4,000 to €5,000 Per Light Passenger EV, €1,500 Ceiling for Cargo Bikes, Mopeds and Electric Quadricycles

The Fundo Ambiental will reopen the EV purchase cheque between late May and early June 2026 with a €20M envelope — €4,000–€5,000 per light passenger car, €1,500 ceiling for cargo bikes, mopeds and quadricycles. December 2025's €8.8M round exhausted in hours.
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State Auctions Eight Vacant Lisbon Office Buildings That Could Have Held 450 Public Homes — Avenida Visconde Valmor Closes at €15.7 Million as Resale Tickets Run Below the Per-Metre Cost the Government Pays Private Landlords

State Auctions Eight Vacant Lisbon Office Buildings That Could Have Held 450 Public Homes — Avenida Visconde Valmor Closes at €15.7 Million as Resale Tickets Run Below the Per-Metre Cost the Government Pays Private Landlords

Eight vacant Lisbon office buildings worth roughly 450 public-housing dwellings are being auctioned by the State, with the Avenida Visconde Valmor lot closing at €15.7M — below open-market references the same government pays private landlords for the public-housing pipeline.
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Pitta Ferraz Takes the Chair and Paulo Carmona Steps Into the Infraestruturas de Portugal CEO Seat in May — Mandate Frames the Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid Lines and the Third Tagus Crossing

Pitta Ferraz Takes the Chair and Paulo Carmona Steps Into the Infraestruturas de Portugal CEO Seat in May — Mandate Frames the Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid Lines and the Third Tagus Crossing

IP opens a new mandate in May with Duarte Pitta Ferraz as chairman and Paulo Carmona stepping out of the DGEG to take the CEO seat — replacing Miguel Cruz after his end-2024 term. Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid and the Third Tagus Crossing top the pipeline.
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