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Caixa Capital Anchors a €1 Million Portugal Prize as the Startup World Cup 2026 Lands at Unicorn Factory Lisboa Across 17-18 June — 50 Finalists, a 10-Slot Pitch Cut and a $1 Million October San Francisco Run Frame the Pegasus Tech Ventures Track

Portugal's Startup World Cup 2026 opens 17-18 June at Unicorn Factory Lisboa with 50 startups chasing a €1M Caixa Capital cheque and a $1M Pegasus Tech Ventures ticket to the October San Francisco final — Carlos Moedas headlines, Brisa, Galp and Microsoft anchor the speaker bench.

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Luís Neves Rebuffs Super-Esquadra Model at Wednesday's Parliamentary Debate — PSP Reorganisation Frees Roughly 500 Agents for Street Patrol and 360 Airport Reinforcements Hit the Tarmac From 3 July as Rato Torture Probe Accelerates Closure Roadmap

Interior Minister Luís Neves told Parliament on 17 June the PSP reorganisation under review in Lisbon, Porto and Setúbal redeploys ~500 agents to street patrol — no super-esquadras — and 360 extra officers reinforce airports from 3 July as the Rato torture probe accelerates the closure roadmap.

Autoridade Tributária Study Charts Portugal's Gini Coefficient Spike From 42.36 to 45.87 Across 2020-2022 as the IRS Kakwani Progressivity Index Hits a 2017-2022 Series Low at 0.2917

Autoridade Tributária Study Charts Portugal's Gini Coefficient Spike From 42.36 to 45.87 Across 2020-2022 as the IRS Kakwani Progressivity Index Hits a 2017-2022 Series Low at 0.2917

A peer-reviewed study published in the Autoridade Tributária's (Tax Authority — AT) own journal Ciência e Técnica Fiscal has charted a sharp rise in Portuguese income inequality during the closing years of the António Costa-led Socialist...

GNR Padlocks Nine Unlicensed Elderly Residences in Lousada After a 2016-Origin Maus-Tratos Probe — 11 Residents Aged 78-95 Rehoused via Segurança Social and Seven Suspects Face the Penafiel TIC on Wednesday

GNR Padlocks Nine Unlicensed Elderly Residences in Lousada After a 2016-Origin Maus-Tratos Probe — 11 Residents Aged 78-95 Rehoused via Segurança Social and Seven Suspects Face the Penafiel TIC on Wednesday

The Guarda Nacional Republicana (National Republican Guard — GNR) closed nine residences that had been operating illegally as lares de idosos (elderly-care homes) in Lousada, in the Porto district, on Tuesday and detained seven people, the force...

Portugal-DR Congo Bilateral Trade Books a €7.3 Million Goods Surplus on €12.9M in 2024 Exports as Mota-Engil Anchors a €1.1 Billion Pipeline Across the Porto de Banana Container Terminal and the Lobito Corridor Railway Extension

Portugal-DR Congo Bilateral Trade Books a €7.3 Million Goods Surplus on €12.9M in 2024 Exports as Mota-Engil Anchors a €1.1 Billion Pipeline Across the Porto de Banana Container Terminal and the Lobito Corridor Railway Extension

As the Portuguese national football team prepared to open its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign against the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 18:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST) in Houston, the country's bilateral economic relationship with its...

Jerónimo Martins Rolls Out the Cultivar National-Supplier Programme at the Feira Nacional da Agricultura — 115 Pingo Doce Fruit-and-Veg Partners, 315,000 Tonnes in 2025 Purchases and a Three-Pillar Innovation, Optimisation and ESG-Audit Stack

Jerónimo Martins Rolls Out the Cultivar National-Supplier Programme at the Feira Nacional da Agricultura — 115 Pingo Doce Fruit-and-Veg Partners, 315,000 Tonnes in 2025 Purchases and a Three-Pillar Innovation, Optimisation and ESG-Audit Stack

Jerónimo Martins, the Lisbon-listed retail group that owns the Pingo Doce supermarket chain, has launched a new producer-and-supplier programme called Cultivar , presented during the Feira Nacional da Agricultura (National Agriculture Fair) in...