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Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

The cerimónia oficial of the Dia da Europa lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto on Saturday 9 May 2026 for Portugal's 40 years in the EU. Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho lead the 11:00 session; the noon flag-raising and the free Aliados concert open the public day.
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Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

IP awarded Mota-Engil the €113.5M Contumil-Ermesinde quadruplication on the Linha do Minho on 8 May 2026 — 24% below the €150M base price, Q1 2030 completion, ~€40M Portugal 2030 EU cofinancing inside a €226M envelope. First concrete piece of the Porto-Vigo high-speed link.
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Walking the Caminho Português de Santiago in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Central, Coastal and Senda Litoral Routes From Porto, the Pontevedra Variante Espiritual, the 613-km Lisbon Start and the Credencial and Albergue Mechanics

Walking the Caminho Português de Santiago in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Central, Coastal and Senda Litoral Routes From Porto, the Pontevedra Variante Espiritual, the 613-km Lisbon Start and the Credencial and Albergue Mechanics

The Caminho Português is the second-busiest Camino de Santiago and the only one that crosses Portugal — 243.5 km of inland Central Route, 274 km of mixed Coastal Way, 280 km of seafront Senda Litoral and the Pontevedra Variante Espiritual all converging on the Praza do Obradoiro.
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Public Transport Passes in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Lisbon Navegante, the Porto Andante, the Passe Ferroviário Verde, the Free Sub-23 and Sub-18 Tariffs, the +65 Tier and the Regional Networks of Coimbra, Braga, Aveiro and Faro

Public Transport Passes in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Lisbon Navegante, the Porto Andante, the Passe Ferroviário Verde, the Free Sub-23 and Sub-18 Tariffs, the +65 Tier and the Regional Networks of Coimbra, Braga, Aveiro and Faro

Portugal's transport-pass stack runs from the €40 Navegante (Lisbon) and Andante (Porto) metropolitan caps, through the €20 Passe Ferroviário Verde for inter-regional rail, to the free Sub-23 / Sub-18 regime — frozen for the seventh consecutive year in 2026.
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Primark Books €45 Million Into Portugal for Four New Stores and 300 Jobs — Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Vila Nova de Gaia and a First Street-Level Store on Porto's Rua Santa Catarina

Primark Books €45 Million Into Portugal for Four New Stores and 300 Jobs — Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Vila Nova de Gaia and a First Street-Level Store on Porto's Rua Santa Catarina

Primark Iberia commits €45M to Portugal for FY2026-27, opening in Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto — its first stand-alone street-level store in the country. 300 new jobs lift Portuguese headcount above 2,100; the Iberian envelope reaches €85M with €40M for Spain.
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