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CTT's Wednesday AGM Hands the Keys to Guy Pacheco — Outgoing CEO João Bento Walks Straight Into Lisnave's Chair on 1 May and Altri's a Few Days After That

CTT's Wednesday AGM Hands the Keys to Guy Pacheco — Outgoing CEO João Bento Walks Straight Into Lisnave's Chair on 1 May and Altri's a Few Days After That

The annual general meeting CTT — Correios de Portugal calls for the morning of Wednesday 30 April 2026 at the company's Restelo headquarters is, on paper, a routine election of the 2026-28 board of directors. In practice it closes one of the...

The Portugal Brief 28 Apr 2026

Storm Kristin Credit Moratorium Lapses 28 April — BdP's Five-Business-Day Rule, the PARI Default-Prevention Framework, and Where 7,400 Borrowers Stand on €930 Million of Suspended Credit

Storm Kristin Credit Moratorium Lapses 28 April — BdP's Five-Business-Day Rule, the PARI Default-Prevention Framework, and Where 7,400 Borrowers Stand on €930 Million of Suspended Credit

The emergency credit moratorium opened in late January for households and companies in the municipalities placed under a state of calamity after Storm Kristin — and extended to cover the subsequent storms Leonardo and Marta — runs out at midnight on...

The Portugal Brief 28 Apr 2026

Filipa Lima Confirms 13 Solidarity Benefits Will Merge Into a Single Cheque Under the Prestação Social Única — Diploma Must Clear the August PRR Window

Filipa Lima Confirms 13 Solidarity Benefits Will Merge Into a Single Cheque Under the Prestação Social Única — Diploma Must Clear the August PRR Window

Filipa Lima told the labour commission the Prestação Social Única will fold 13 solidarity benefits — RSI included — into a single cheque with a work-incentive taper. CSI stays out. Diploma must reach São Bento before the August PRR deadline or €500M is forfeit.

The Portugal Brief 27 Apr 2026

Cruise Tourism Pushed €940 Million Into the Portuguese Economy in 2025 — CLIA's Numbers Show 9,800 Jobs, an €174 Million Buy-Local Bill, and Eight New Multifuel Ships Sailing in 2026

Cruise Tourism Pushed €940 Million Into the Portuguese Economy in 2025 — CLIA's Numbers Show 9,800 Jobs, an €174 Million Buy-Local Bill, and Eight New Multifuel Ships Sailing in 2026

CLIA's 2026 State of the Cruise Industry report puts Portugal at €940M in cruise-driven economic activity for 2025 — €410M GDP, 9,800 jobs, €174M cruise-line on-shore spend, and 80,000 Portuguese passengers (+7.3%). Eight new multifuel ships enter service in 2026 on $6.6B of capex.

The Portugal Brief 27 Apr 2026

Portugal Fresh Books a Record €2.7 Million for International Promotion Through 2027 — Sixteen-Year-Old Fruit-and-Veg Trade Body Steps Up Pace as Sector Closes 2024 at €2.5 Billion in Exports

Portugal Fresh Books a Record €2.7 Million for International Promotion Through 2027 — Sixteen-Year-Old Fruit-and-Veg Trade Body Steps Up Pace as Sector Closes 2024 at €2.5 Billion in Exports

Portugal Fresh, the trade body for fruit, vegetable and flower exporters, has approved a €2.7 million plan through 2027 — its largest in 16 years. The push lands on a sector that closed 2024 at €2.5 billion in exports, up 7.5%, with Spain taking 37.6%.

The Portugal Brief 27 Apr 2026

SITESE Calls a 24-Hour Walkout at APED Member Companies for May 1 — UGT-Affiliated Distribution Union Targets 220 Retailers Including the Sixty Biggest Food Chains, Pre-Strike Notice Already Lodged

SITESE Calls a 24-Hour Walkout at APED Member Companies for May 1 — UGT-Affiliated Distribution Union Targets 220 Retailers Including the Sixty Biggest Food Chains, Pre-Strike Notice Already Lodged

SITESE, the UGT-affiliated commerce union, has lodged a pre-strike notice for a 24-hour stoppage on Friday, 1 May across the entire APED perimeter — 220 retailers including the sixty biggest food chains. Demands: a 35-hour week, an end to precarity.

The Portugal Brief 27 Apr 2026

Cegid Bills €85 Million in Portugal in Its First Full Year After Buying PHC — Lyon-Based Group's Iberian Bet Now Anchors a 700-Person Lisbon Operation Targeting 10% Growth in 2026

Cegid Bills €85 Million in Portugal in Its First Full Year After Buying PHC — Lyon-Based Group's Iberian Bet Now Anchors a 700-Person Lisbon Operation Targeting 10% Growth in 2026

Lyon-based Cegid Group closed 2025 — the year it absorbed Portuguese software house PHC — with €85 million in Portuguese revenue and a forecast 10% increase for 2026. GM Paulo Carvalho says the integration is complete and AI is now the priority.

The Portugal Brief 27 Apr 2026

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