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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...

Wide-body airliner taxiing on the apron in front of an airport terminal — illustrative of EasyJet's fifth-anniversary Faro base milestone.

EasyJet Notches Five Years at the Faro Base With a +3% Summer Capacity Lift to 1.7 Million Seats Across 18 Routes — €8 Billion Algarve Economic Print Since the 2021 Launch Frames the Five-Aircraft Step-Up

EasyJet has marked the fifth anniversary of its Faro Airport base with a 3% summer capacity lift to 1.7 million seats, 18 routes and five Airbus A320 family aircraft on the ramp. The carrier has counted €8 billion of regional economic contribution since the 2021 launch.

Portugal national football team lined up in red home kit before the national anthem, illustrative of the Seleção's World Cup 2026 campaign.

Portugal Books a 1-1 Stalemate Against DR Congo at the World Cup 2026 Opener in Houston — João Neves Heads the Fifth-Minute Lift, Yoane Wissa Equalises on the Stroke of Half-Time and Ronaldo's Major-Tournament Goal Drought Stretches to Ten Games

Portugal opened the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 1-1 draw against the Democratic Republic of Congo at NRG Stadium in Houston. João Neves headed home after five minutes, Yoane Wissa equalised on the stroke of half-time, and a João Cancelo strike was ruled offside in the second half.