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Autoridade Tributária Study Charts Portugal's Gini Coefficient Spike From 42.36 to 45.87 Across 2020-2022 as the IRS Kakwani Progressivity Index Hits a 2017-2022 Series Low at 0.2917

Autoridade Tributária Study Charts Portugal's Gini Coefficient Spike From 42.36 to 45.87 Across 2020-2022 as the IRS Kakwani Progressivity Index Hits a 2017-2022 Series Low at 0.2917

A peer-reviewed study published in the Autoridade Tributária's (Tax Authority — AT) own journal Ciência e Técnica Fiscal has charted a sharp rise in Portuguese income inequality during the closing years of the António Costa-led Socialist...

GNR Padlocks Nine Unlicensed Elderly Residences in Lousada After a 2016-Origin Maus-Tratos Probe — 11 Residents Aged 78-95 Rehoused via Segurança Social and Seven Suspects Face the Penafiel TIC on Wednesday

GNR Padlocks Nine Unlicensed Elderly Residences in Lousada After a 2016-Origin Maus-Tratos Probe — 11 Residents Aged 78-95 Rehoused via Segurança Social and Seven Suspects Face the Penafiel TIC on Wednesday

The Guarda Nacional Republicana (National Republican Guard — GNR) closed nine residences that had been operating illegally as lares de idosos (elderly-care homes) in Lousada, in the Porto district, on Tuesday and detained seven people, the force...

Portugal-DR Congo Bilateral Trade Books a €7.3 Million Goods Surplus on €12.9M in 2024 Exports as Mota-Engil Anchors a €1.1 Billion Pipeline Across the Porto de Banana Container Terminal and the Lobito Corridor Railway Extension

Portugal-DR Congo Bilateral Trade Books a €7.3 Million Goods Surplus on €12.9M in 2024 Exports as Mota-Engil Anchors a €1.1 Billion Pipeline Across the Porto de Banana Container Terminal and the Lobito Corridor Railway Extension

As the Portuguese national football team prepared to open its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign against the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 18:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST) in Houston, the country's bilateral economic relationship with its...

Jerónimo Martins Rolls Out the Cultivar National-Supplier Programme at the Feira Nacional da Agricultura — 115 Pingo Doce Fruit-and-Veg Partners, 315,000 Tonnes in 2025 Purchases and a Three-Pillar Innovation, Optimisation and ESG-Audit Stack

Jerónimo Martins Rolls Out the Cultivar National-Supplier Programme at the Feira Nacional da Agricultura — 115 Pingo Doce Fruit-and-Veg Partners, 315,000 Tonnes in 2025 Purchases and a Three-Pillar Innovation, Optimisation and ESG-Audit Stack

Jerónimo Martins, the Lisbon-listed retail group that owns the Pingo Doce supermarket chain, has launched a new producer-and-supplier programme called Cultivar , presented during the Feira Nacional da Agricultura (National Agriculture Fair) in...

Chinese Group Chint Files the Environmental Scoping for the 1,300 MW Cluster Alqueva — São Gião, Tapada Branca and Monte Santos Bundle Solar, Battery Storage and Two Wind Parks Across Portel and Vidigueira in the Baixo Alentejo

Chinese Group Chint Files the Environmental Scoping for the 1,300 MW Cluster Alqueva — São Gião, Tapada Branca and Monte Santos Bundle Solar, Battery Storage and Two Wind Parks Across Portel and Vidigueira in the Baixo Alentejo

The Chinese-owned Chint group has filed the proposta de definição de âmbito (scoping proposal) for the environmental impact assessment of three solar projects and one hybrid solar-plus-wind installation packaged together as the Cluster...

Banco de Portugal Floats a National Black-List of Bank Accounts Used in Payment Fraud Inside the 2030 Retail-Payments Strategy — 28 July Consultation Window and a Parallel Digital-Fraud Monitoring Platform Frame the Security Pillar

Banco de Portugal Floats a National Black-List of Bank Accounts Used in Payment Fraud Inside the 2030 Retail-Payments Strategy — 28 July Consultation Window and a Parallel Digital-Fraud Monitoring Platform Frame the Security Pillar

The Banco de Portugal (Bank of Portugal — BdP) has opened a public consultation on a new Estratégia Nacional para os Pagamentos (National Payments Strategy) running through 2030, and the document floats one headline tool that will reshape how the...

European Union flags at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels

Brussels Inks the EU261 Air Passenger Rights Overhaul After 12 Years of Deadlock — €250/€400/€600 Compensation Grid Holds at the 3-Hour Threshold, Cabin-Baggage Carve-Out and 96-Hour Claim Window Reset the TAP, Ryanair and easyJet Operating Read

EU Parliament and Council seal provisional EU261 air passenger rights revision after 12 years. 3-hour compensation trigger held at €250/€400/€600, cabin baggage rule, 96-hour electronic claim notice. Applies mid-2027.