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SRIJ Charts Q1 2026 Online-Gaming Gross Revenue at €323.7 Million — Casino Vertical Vaults 20.3% Year-on-Year as the Autoexcluídos Roster Swells 23.1% to 380,500 Registered Players

SRIJ Charts Q1 2026 Online-Gaming Gross Revenue at €323.7 Million — Casino Vertical Vaults 20.3% Year-on-Year as the Autoexcluídos Roster Swells 23.1% to 380,500 Registered Players

SRIJ's 1.º Trimestre 2026 bulletin charts €323.7M in regulated-online-gaming gross revenue (+13.7% YoY) as the casino vertical climbs 20.3% and the autoexcluídos roster swells 23.1% to 380,500 players two days before ICAD's first public gambling-addiction clinic opens.

Luís Neves Earmarks the €40 Million Fundo Ambiental Wildfire-Prevention Envelope at Pedrógão Grande Nine Years On

Luís Neves Earmarks the €40 Million Fundo Ambiental Wildfire-Prevention Envelope at Pedrógão Grande Nine Years On

Interior minister Luís Neves marked the ninth anniversary of the Pedrógão Grande wildfires by reaffirming a €40 million Fundo Ambiental (Environmental Fund) prevention envelope at a ceremony in the Leiria sub-region on Tuesday evening, the...

Conselho de Finanças Públicas Flags a 6.9% Despesa Líquida Spike for 2026 — Brussels-Anchored Medium-Term Plan Already Breached on the 5.8% 2025 Read

Conselho de Finanças Públicas Flags a 6.9% Despesa Líquida Spike for 2026 — Brussels-Anchored Medium-Term Plan Already Breached on the 5.8% 2025 Read

The Conselho de Finanças Públicas (CFP, Public Finance Council) — Portugal's independent fiscal watchdog chaired by Nazaré da Costa Cabral — projects net spending (despesa líquida) growth of 6.9% for 2026, a figure that sits roughly 230 basis points...

BTL Lisbon Travel Market Picks Évora as the 2027 Município Convidado — Mayor Bets on a UNESCO Visitor Bounce

BTL Lisbon Travel Market Picks Évora as the 2027 Município Convidado — Mayor Bets on a UNESCO Visitor Bounce

The Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa (BTL) — recently rebranded internationally as the Better Tourism Lisbon Travel Market — has selected Évora as the município convidado (guest municipality) for its 37th edition, the 3-7 March 2027 fair at the Feira...

Mutares Hires JPMorgan to Map an Efacec Exit Between a Trade Sale and a Euronext Lisbon IPO

Mutares Hires JPMorgan to Map an Efacec Exit Between a Trade Sale and a Euronext Lisbon IPO

German turnaround fund Mutares has appointed JPMorgan Chase to advise on the next chapter of its Portuguese engineering portfolio company Efacec, with the bank running parallel options work on a trade sale and a Euronext Lisbon initial public...

Nestlé Portugal Sets 88 Job Reductions for End-2027 Under a 16,000-Strong Global Restructuring

Nestlé Portugal Sets 88 Job Reductions for End-2027 Under a 16,000-Strong Global Restructuring

Nestlé Portugal will eliminate 88 jobs over the next 18 months as the Swiss-headquartered food group folds the Portuguese operation into a worldwide restructuring that targets 16,000 redundancies by end-2027, the company confirmed in a written...

ANA's May Passenger Tally Tops 7 Million as Vinci-Run Portuguese Airports Log a +3% Year-on-Year Lift

ANA's May Passenger Tally Tops 7 Million as Vinci-Run Portuguese Airports Log a +3% Year-on-Year Lift

The ANA Aeroportos de Portugal network handled more than seven million passengers in May 2026, sustaining a +3% year-on-year rise that left the operator running roughly four points ahead of the broader Vinci Airports group, parent Vinci Airports...