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Banco de Portugal Walks the Folheto de Comissões Out of Its Two-Decade-Old Labyrinth — Supervisor Opens a Multi-Year Reformulation of Bank Fee Disclosures and the Comparador de Comissões Targeting Cross-Bank Comparability Through 2028

Banco de Portugal Walks the Folheto de Comissões Out of Its Two-Decade-Old Labyrinth — Supervisor Opens a Multi-Year Reformulation of Bank Fee Disclosures and the Comparador de Comissões Targeting Cross-Bank Comparability Through 2028

Tuesday 12 May: Banco de Portugal opens a multi-year reformulation of the Folheto de Comissões — two-decade-old rules under Aviso 8/2009 produced a labyrinth of dozens-of-page documents. Supervisor targets simpler templates, cross-bank comparability and Comparador-de-Comissões expansion by 2028.
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Seguro Promulgates the Pacote Fiscal Habitação on Monday Evening 12 May — IVA on Moderate-Price Construction Drops to 6%, IRS on Moderate Rents Falls From 25% to 10% Through 2029, Non-Resident IMT on Habitação Locks Fixed at 7.5% Without Isenções

Seguro Promulgates the Pacote Fiscal Habitação on Monday Evening 12 May — IVA on Moderate-Price Construction Drops to 6%, IRS on Moderate Rents Falls From 25% to 10% Through 2029, Non-Resident IMT on Habitação Locks Fixed at 7.5% Without Isenções

Monday evening 12 May: President Seguro promulgates the Pacote Fiscal Habitação — IVA on moderate-price construction drops to 6%, IRS on moderate rents falls 25%→10% through 2029, non-resident IMT locks fixed at 7.5%, tenant deduction rises to €900 in 2026 and €1,000 from 2027.
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Lusa Workers Walk a 24-Hour National Strike on Wednesday 20 May 2026 — SJ, SITESE and SITE CSRA Concentrate at São Bento as Parliament Debates the Estatuto Revision, the Move-to-RTP-Campus File and the Governmentalisation Risk

Lusa Workers Walk a 24-Hour National Strike on Wednesday 20 May 2026 — SJ, SITESE and SITE CSRA Concentrate at São Bento as Parliament Debates the Estatuto Revision, the Move-to-RTP-Campus File and the Governmentalisation Risk

Lusa workers approve a 24-hour national strike for Wednesday 20 May 2026 with a concentration at São Bento — timed to the parliamentary Estatuto-revision debate. SJ, SITESE and SITE CSRA flag governmentalisation risk and the possible relocation of Lusa's headquarters to the RTP campus.
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Fundo Ambiental Walks the Floresta Azul Programme Into Its 2026 Disbursement Phase — €1 Million Drops on Marine-Meadow Restoration for the Ria Formosa, the Sado Estuary and the Natura-2000 Coastal Tape

Fundo Ambiental Walks the Floresta Azul Programme Into Its 2026 Disbursement Phase — €1 Million Drops on Marine-Meadow Restoration for the Ria Formosa, the Sado Estuary and the Natura-2000 Coastal Tape

Tuesday 12 May: Fundo Ambiental drops €1 million on the first 2026 tranche of the €2M Floresta Azul programme — marine-meadow restoration across the Ria Formosa, Sado estuary and Natura-2000 coastal sites. Portugal's first dedicated blue-carbon line, the pilot under the EU Nature Restoration Law.
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Conselho de Ministros Approves Three SNS Doctor Decree-Laws on 7 May — Tarefeiro Contracts Made 'Excecional', Urgência Bonus Reaches 80.5% Above the 250-Hour Cap, INEM Reorganised as a Special-Regime Institute

Conselho de Ministros Approves Three SNS Doctor Decree-Laws on 7 May — Tarefeiro Contracts Made 'Excecional', Urgência Bonus Reaches 80.5% Above the 250-Hour Cap, INEM Reorganised as a Special-Regime Institute

The 7 May Council of Ministers approved a three-decree-law SNS package: prestação de serviços becomes excecional, the urgência bonus reaches up to 80.5% of base pay above the 250-hour annual cap in 48-hour blocks, and INEM is reorganised as a regime-especial institute.
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Farminveste's 2025 Net Profit Quintuples to €58.7 Million on the Alloga Logifarma Divestment — €908.6 Million Revenue, €51.6 Million EBITDA as the ANF-Controlled Holding Reweights Around Glintt, CUF and HMR International

Farminveste's 2025 Net Profit Quintuples to €58.7 Million on the Alloga Logifarma Divestment — €908.6 Million Revenue, €51.6 Million EBITDA as the ANF-Controlled Holding Reweights Around Glintt, CUF and HMR International

Farminveste's 2025 net profit hit €58.7M, nearly quintupling 2024's €11.2M, on the May-2025 sale of 51% of Alliance Healthcare (Alloga Logifarma). Volume of business €908.6M (+7.6%); EBITDA €51.6M (+10%); continuing ops €26M; discontinued ops €73.8M from the divestment.
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