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Tribunal Central de Instrução Criminal Sends Miguel Arruda and His Wife Ana Luísa to Trial Over the Lisbon Airport Luggage-Theft Case — Ex-Chega Deputy Faces 21 Counts of Qualified Theft, Wife Charged With Recetação for Wearing the Vinted Spoils

Tribunal Central de Instrução Criminal Sends Miguel Arruda and His Wife Ana Luísa to Trial Over the Lisbon Airport Luggage-Theft Case — Ex-Chega Deputy Faces 21 Counts of Qualified Theft, Wife Charged With Recetação for Wearing the Vinted Spoils

Judge Nuno Dias Costa sent Miguel Arruda and his wife Ana Luísa to trial on 8 May. Ex-Chega deputy faces 21 counts of qualified theft from Humberto Delgado non-Schengen carousels, with Vinted resale; one bag carried €5,500 of luxury items.
The Portugal Brief
Mobility & Transport Fund Loads €14.8 Million Across Eight Buckets for Late-May Launch — Bilhética Nacional, Mobilidade Escolar and Taxi Decarbonisation Lead the 2026 Envelope, Up €4.2 Million on 2025

Mobility & Transport Fund Loads €14.8 Million Across Eight Buckets for Late-May Launch — Bilhética Nacional, Mobilidade Escolar and Taxi Decarbonisation Lead the 2026 Envelope, Up €4.2 Million on 2025

Miguel Pinto Luz has approved €14.8 million across eight Fundo para a Mobilidade e Transportes lines for 2026 — €2.7M for bilhética nacional, €3M for stop reconstruction outside Lisbon and Porto, and €700,000 for taxi decarbonisation, with avisos opening late May.
The Portugal Brief
More Than 500 Golden Visa Holders Prepare a Collective Lawsuit Against the Portuguese State Over the New Nationality Law — Liberty Legal, Fresh Portugal and Prime Legal Argue Breach of Legitimate Expectations as the Five-Year Path Doubles to Ten

More Than 500 Golden Visa Holders Prepare a Collective Lawsuit Against the Portuguese State Over the New Nationality Law — Liberty Legal, Fresh Portugal and Prime Legal Argue Breach of Legitimate Expectations as the Five-Year Path Doubles to Ten

More than 500 ARI holders, most of them North American, are coordinating a class action against the Portuguese State after the new Nationality Law pushed the citizenship clock from a five-year submission count to a ten-year residence-card count. Liberty Legal, Fresh Portugal and Prime Legal lead.
The Portugal Brief