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Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Musti Walks Into Norway With the Petco Retail Acquisition on Tuesday 13 May — Nordic Pet-Care Champion Adds Its Fourth Country, ZU's 68 Portuguese Stores Sit Outside the Deal Perimeter

Sonae's Nordic pet-care subsidiary Musti acquired Norway's Petco Retail AS on Tuesday 13 May, taking the Helsinki-based champion into its fourth Nordic country. Portugal's ZU chain — 68 stores and €8.4M in quarterly sales — stays on a separate perimeter inside Sonae MC.
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DGS Publishes Orientação 001/2026 on the MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak on Monday 11 May — Curry Cabral, Dona Estefânia and ULS São João Named as Reference Units, INEM Activated, Risk in Portugal Stays 'Muito Baixo'

DGS Publishes Orientação 001/2026 on the MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak on Monday 11 May — Curry Cabral, Dona Estefânia and ULS São João Named as Reference Units, INEM Activated, Risk in Portugal Stays 'Muito Baixo'

DGS published Orientação n.º 001/2026 on Monday 11 May setting the clinical pathway for any suspected hantavirus case tied to the MV Hondius Antarctic cruise. ULS São José and ULS São João are the reference units; INEM handles transfers; risk in Portugal stays 'muito baixo'.
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SIBS Walks Its Administrative Action Against Banco de Portugal Off the TACL Docket on Wednesday 13 May — Dona do Multibanco Drops the EU 751/2015 Payment-Processing-Separation Lawsuit Sixteen Months After Filing It at the Lisbon Administrative Court

SIBS Walks Its Administrative Action Against Banco de Portugal Off the TACL Docket on Wednesday 13 May — Dona do Multibanco Drops the EU 751/2015 Payment-Processing-Separation Lawsuit Sixteen Months After Filing It at the Lisbon Administrative Court

Wednesday 13 May 2026: SIBS-FPS withdraws its TACL administrative action against Banco de Portugal, sixteen months after filing on 15 January 2025. The scheme-vs-processor separation dispute under EU Regulation 751/2015 Article 7 returns to operational supervision with no merits ruling.
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Cláudia Reis Duarte Walks the IRC Modelo 22 Filing Deadline From 31 May to 19 June on Wednesday 13 May — Storm-Sequence Rationale Carries the Despacho Across Every Company Subject to IRC, Whether Storm-Affected or Not

Cláudia Reis Duarte Walks the IRC Modelo 22 Filing Deadline From 31 May to 19 June on Wednesday 13 May — Storm-Sequence Rationale Carries the Despacho Across Every Company Subject to IRC, Whether Storm-Affected or Not

Wednesday 13 May 2026: SEAF Cláudia Reis Duarte signs despacho walking Modelo 22 IRC filing deadline from 31 May to 19 June for all entities subject to IRC, with no surcharges. Cited rationale is the anomalous storm sequence's disruption of the accounting-closing cycle for 2025 accounts.
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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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