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Cateringpor Sold to Gate Gourmet as TAP Fulfils Final Restructuring Commitment to Brussels

TAP Air Portugal has completed the sale of its 51 per cent stake in Cateringpor, the airline catering company that prepares meals for flights departing from Lisbon and Porto, to the Swiss group Gate Gourmet for a base price of EUR 9.57 million. Gate...

TAP Bets on Porto as Its Second Hub — EUR 20 Million Maintenance Centre, New Azores and Tel Aviv Routes Announced

TAP Air Portugal is investing EUR 20 million in a new maintenance centre at Porto Airport, launching routes to the Azores, Cape Verde, and Tel Aviv, and making its Boston service year-round — positioning Porto as a genuine second hub ahead of privatisation.

UGT Unanimously Rejects Government Labour Reform — PS Also Refuses to Back Trabalho XXI in Parliament

Portugal's UGT , the country's second-largest and traditionally more moderate trade union confederation, voted unanimously on Wednesday to reject the government's sweeping Trabalho XXI labour reform package — dealing a significant blow to Prime...

Portugal Logged 365,802 Crimes in 2025 — Cybercrime, Arson, and Prison Overcrowding Surge as Violent Crime Falls

Portugal remains one of the safest countries in the world, according to the Relatório Anual de Segurança Interna (RASI) 2025 — the government's annual internal security report presented this week. But behind the headline ranking, the data reveals a...