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Health Ministry Clarifies 1-Year Incompatibility for SNS Specialists Who Left Before New Tarefeiro Rules — Two-Year Lock-Out Only Applies to Departures After the Diploma Enters Into Force

Health Ministry Clarifies 1-Year Incompatibility for SNS Specialists Who Left Before New Tarefeiro Rules — Two-Year Lock-Out Only Applies to Departures After the Diploma Enters Into Force

Saturday 16 May Ministry of Health note to Lusa confirms specialists who left the SNS before the new diploma enters into force serve a one-year tarefeiro lock-out, not two — saving more than 2,000 doctors from a retroactive ban as the 31 December 2026 transitional window runs.
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Pump Prices Reverse Higher From Monday 18 May — Gasolina 95 Lands at €2.016 per Litre (+4 Cêntimos) and Gasóleo at €1.970 per Litre (+1 Cêntimo) on ANAREC's DGEG-Anchored Friday Forecast as Brent Punches Past $107

Pump Prices Reverse Higher From Monday 18 May — Gasolina 95 Lands at €2.016 per Litre (+4 Cêntimos) and Gasóleo at €1.970 per Litre (+1 Cêntimo) on ANAREC's DGEG-Anchored Friday Forecast as Brent Punches Past $107

ANAREC tells Lusa on Friday 15 May that gasolina simples 95 will average €2.016/L from Monday 18 May (+4 cêntimos) and gasóleo simples €1.970/L (+1 cêntimo). The reversal lands as Brent closes Thursday at $105.72 and pushes past $107 Friday on Hormuz pressure, two weeks after the $99.55 low.
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Brisa Posts €173.4M Net Profit for 2025, 44% Below the €309.5M 2024 Print Despite an EBITDA Lift to €860.9M and 13% Operating-Revenue Growth — €96.2M Financial-Results Swing and 35.8% Operating-Cost Jump Carry the Hit

Brisa Posts €173.4M Net Profit for 2025, 44% Below the €309.5M 2024 Print Despite an EBITDA Lift to €860.9M and 13% Operating-Revenue Growth — €96.2M Financial-Results Swing and 35.8% Operating-Cost Jump Carry the Hit

Brisa closes 2025 at €173.4M net profit, 44% below the €309.5M 2024 print, even as operating revenue lifts 13% to €1,231.6M, EBITDA gains 5.3% to €860.9M and the network handles 267.7M transactions (+3.5%) with Via Verde at 85.1%. €96.2M financial swing and €370.7M costs carry the hit.
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PRR Disburses 65% of the €3.38 Million Allotted to Portugal's Twenty Programas de Reordenamento e Gestão da Paisagem — Castro Almeida's Office Confirms the Diploma That Threads PRGP Into the Plano Diretor Municipal Pipeline

PRR Disburses 65% of the €3.38 Million Allotted to Portugal's Twenty Programas de Reordenamento e Gestão da Paisagem — Castro Almeida's Office Confirms the Diploma That Threads PRGP Into the Plano Diretor Municipal Pipeline

Manuel Castro Almeida's office confirms to Lusa on Friday 15 May that the PRR has already paid 65% of the €3,381,260.46 envelope for the twenty Programas de Reordenamento e Gestão da Paisagem. A new diploma threads the rail into the Plano Diretor Municipal pipeline.
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Lockheed Martin Signals Openness to F-35 Component Production Across 16 Portuguese Industrial Projects and 21 Beneficiaries on Thursday 14 May — Letter of Request Stays the Gating Step Toward a €5.5 Billion, 27-Aircraft Air Force Renewal

Lockheed Martin Signals Openness to F-35 Component Production Across 16 Portuguese Industrial Projects and 21 Beneficiaries on Thursday 14 May — Letter of Request Stays the Gating Step Toward a €5.5 Billion, 27-Aircraft Air Force Renewal

Lockheed Martin tells ECO on Thursday 14 May that 16 candidate industrial projects, 21 Portuguese beneficiaries and 5 universities sit inside the F-35 engagement architecture. Letter of Request from Lisbon is still the gating procedural step toward a €5.5 billion, 27-aircraft Air Force renewal.
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Galp's 2025-2026 Billing System Migration Leaves 2% of the Customer Book Unbilled Eight Months In — Households Receive €400-€800 Accumulated Bundles in May, DECO Reminds Clients of the Six-Month Prescription Rule and the Optional-Payment-Plan Right

Galp's 2025-2026 Billing System Migration Leaves 2% of the Customer Book Unbilled Eight Months In — Households Receive €400-€800 Accumulated Bundles in May, DECO Reminds Clients of the Six-Month Prescription Rule and the Optional-Payment-Plan Right

Galp customers are receiving accumulated electricity-and-gas invoices of €400-€800 in May 2026 after the late-2025 billing-platform migration left roughly 2% of the customer book unbilled. DECO reminds clients the six-month prescription rule and the optional-payment-plan right both apply.
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