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Government Pushes the Alojamento Local Municipal-Regulation Deadline Out to 31 December 2026 — Decree-Law Buys Concelhos Above the 1,000-Unit Threshold a Second Window to File Their Schemes

Government Pushes the Alojamento Local Municipal-Regulation Deadline Out to 31 December 2026 — Decree-Law Buys Concelhos Above the 1,000-Unit Threshold a Second Window to File Their Schemes

The Conselho de Ministros (Council of Ministers) approved on Thursday, 11 June, a decree-law that extends to 31 December 2026 the deadline by which municipalities with more than 1,000 registered Alojamento Local (Local Accommodation, AL) units must...

Conselho de Ministros Flips Fuel VAT Liability From Wholesalers Onto Buyers Under a Reverse-Charge Amendment to the Código do IVA — Border-Fraud Trail With Spain Drives the 11 June Decree

Conselho de Ministros Flips Fuel VAT Liability From Wholesalers Onto Buyers Under a Reverse-Charge Amendment to the Código do IVA — Border-Fraud Trail With Spain Drives the 11 June Decree

The Conselho de Ministros (Council of Ministers) approved on Thursday, 11 June, an amendment to the Código do Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado (VAT Code, Código do IVA) that switches the value-added-tax declaration obligation on a slice of the...

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Tables Withdrawal of the 50% School-Meal Discount for Non-ASE Pupils — Moedas Re-focuses the Subsidy Onto Acção Social Tiers as PS and Bloco Line Up Against the Roll-Back

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Tables Withdrawal of the 50% School-Meal Discount for Non-ASE Pupils — Moedas Re-focuses the Subsidy Onto Acção Social Tiers as PS and Bloco Line Up Against the Roll-Back

The Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (Lisbon City Council) is preparing to withdraw the universal 50% discount on school meals it extended in 2024 to pupils outside the Acção Social Escolar (School Social Action, ASE) scheme — a roll-back the...

Médio Tejo Sub-Regional Civil-Protection Command Activates Three Extra Bombeiros Teams and 15 Reinforcements From Tuesday — Storm Kristin Debris Race Targets Early-July Clear-Through Ahead of DECIR Delta

Médio Tejo Sub-Regional Civil-Protection Command Activates Three Extra Bombeiros Teams and 15 Reinforcements From Tuesday — Storm Kristin Debris Race Targets Early-July Clear-Through Ahead of DECIR Delta

The Médio Tejo sub-regional emergency and civil-protection command activates three additional firefighting teams and 15 extra personnel from Tuesday, 16 June, in a stepped-up posture that runs into the DECIR Delta (Dispositivo Especial de Combate a...

Fernando Alexandre Confirms Amália Portuguese Language Model for Public Release by End-June at the Macau Stop — €5 Million PRR Build-Out Closes the Two-Year Cycle

Fernando Alexandre Confirms Amália Portuguese Language Model for Public Release by End-June at the Macau Stop — €5 Million PRR Build-Out Closes the Two-Year Cycle

The Minister for Education, Science and Innovation, Fernando Alexandre, confirmed on Monday from Macau that the Portuguese large language model Amália will be made public “this month” — closing a two-year build cycle the State priced at...

Sarmento Tethers the 2027 IRS-Cut Decision to the Próximos-Meses Macro and Public-Accounts Read at the DN Annual Conference — €40,000 Marginal-Rate Compression and the 2028 Derrama-Estadual Carve-Out on the Forward Calendar

Sarmento Tethers the 2027 IRS-Cut Decision to the Próximos-Meses Macro and Public-Accounts Read at the DN Annual Conference — €40,000 Marginal-Rate Compression and the 2028 Derrama-Estadual Carve-Out on the Forward Calendar

Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento told the DN annual conference on 15 June 2026 that the 2027 IRS-cut decision will depend on the próximos-meses macro and public-accounts read, with the €40,000 marginal-rate compression and the 2028 derrama-estadual carve-out on the calendar.

Chega Pins the Reforma-65 Demand on a Written Compromisso From Montenegro Across the Concertação Social Calendar — Calendarised Pension-Age Reduction or 40-Year Carreira Contributiva as the Non-Negotiable Threshold

Chega Pins the Reforma-65 Demand on a Written Compromisso From Montenegro Across the Concertação Social Calendar — Calendarised Pension-Age Reduction or 40-Year Carreira Contributiva as the Non-Negotiable Threshold

Chega leader André Ventura will demand a written compromisso from PM Luís Montenegro fixing a calendar for lowering the Idade Normal de Acesso à Pensão de Velhice (Normal Retirement Age) to 65 or, alternatively, after a 40-year carreira contributiva (contribution career).