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The Porto Brief — Week of 31 May 2026: Serralves em Festa Hits Its 20th Edition, Diogo Costa Renews to 2030 With a €60M Clause, the Câmara Reclaims €12M From Lisbon and IPDT Prints Porto-Norte Tourism at €2.4 Billion VAB

The Porto Brief — Week of 31 May 2026: Serralves em Festa Hits Its 20th Edition, Diogo Costa Renews to 2030 With a €60M Clause, the Câmara Reclaims €12M From Lisbon and IPDT Prints Porto-Norte Tourism at €2.4 Billion VAB

Serralves em Festa marks 20 years with 50 free hours and 650 artists. Diogo Costa renews until 2030 with a €60M clause. The Câmara reclaims €12M from the Government on descentralização. IPDT sizes Porto-and-Norte tourism at €2.4bn VAB and 117,321 jobs.

The Portugal Brief 31 May 2026

CMVM's Luís Laginha Tells the Regulator's 35th Anniversary Conference the Conta Poupança-Investimento Proposal Is in an Advanced Stage — Lisbon Capital-Markets Push Targets the Household-Deposit Tilt the 2024 ISFF Read Pinned at 74.6% of Financial Wealth

CMVM's Luís Laginha Tells the Regulator's 35th Anniversary Conference the Conta Poupança-Investimento Proposal Is in an Advanced Stage — Lisbon Capital-Markets Push Targets the Household-Deposit Tilt the 2024 ISFF Read Pinned at 74.6% of Financial Wealth

CMVM president Luís Laginha says the Conta Poupança-Investimento proposal is in advanced stage, targeting the deposits-heavy household balance sheet (74.6% per BdP ISFF 2024).

The Portugal Brief 31 May 2026

First Two Days of Vinci's Reinforced Lisbon Airport Border Lanes Trim Arrivals Waits to 47 Minutes — Porto Airport Touches a One-Hour Peak on Saturday 30 May as 360 New PSP Officers Wait for the July Activation

First Two Days of Vinci's Reinforced Lisbon Airport Border Lanes Trim Arrivals Waits to 47 Minutes — Porto Airport Touches a One-Hour Peak on Saturday 30 May as 360 New PSP Officers Wait for the July Activation

First two days of Vinci's reinforced Lisbon Airport border lanes cut arrival waits to 47 minutes; Porto airport peaks at 1 hour Saturday 30 May, with 360 new PSP officers due in July.

The Portugal Brief 31 May 2026

Tribunal Arbitral Fixes the 3 June Greve Geral Minimum Services Tape — CP Trains Run at 25% of Normal Frequency, Carris Lisbon Bus Routes Hold 100% on Hospital and School Lines and TAP Operates 34 Flights Across Continental, Açores and Madeira

Tribunal Arbitral Fixes the 3 June Greve Geral Minimum Services Tape — CP Trains Run at 25% of Normal Frequency, Carris Lisbon Bus Routes Hold 100% on Hospital and School Lines and TAP Operates 34 Flights Across Continental, Açores and Madeira

Tribunal arbitral sets 3 June general strike minimum services: CP runs at 25% of normal frequency, Carris keeps hospital-school Lisbon bus routes at 100% in peak hours, TAP operates 34 flights.

The Portugal Brief 31 May 2026

Caixa Geral de Depósitos's Friday AGM Routes a Record €1.25 Billion Dividend to the State on 29 May — Share Capital Vaults From €4.5 Billion to €6 Billion as Paulo Macedo's Bank Pulls €300 Million From Reserves to Top Up the Payout

Caixa Geral de Depósitos's Friday AGM Routes a Record €1.25 Billion Dividend to the State on 29 May — Share Capital Vaults From €4.5 Billion to €6 Billion as Paulo Macedo's Bank Pulls €300 Million From Reserves to Top Up the Payout

CGD's 29 May AGM signs off €1.25 billion dividend to the State drawn from 2025 results plus €300M of reserves, and approves a €1.5B capital increase lifting share capital to €6 billion.

The Portugal Brief 31 May 2026

Banco de Portugal's May 2026 Financial Stability Report Asks Government for Binding Macroprudential Powers — Álvaro Santos Pereira Names a Residential Real Estate Correction as the Main Internal Risk and Lifts the CCyB Releasable Buffer to 0.75%

Banco de Portugal's May 2026 Financial Stability Report Asks Government for Binding Macroprudential Powers — Álvaro Santos Pereira Names a Residential Real Estate Correction as the Main Internal Risk and Lifts the CCyB Releasable Buffer to 0.75%

BdP's May 2026 Financial Stability Report names a residential property correction as the main internal risk, asks for binding macroprudential powers and lifts the CCyB releasable buffer to 0.75%.

The Portugal Brief 31 May 2026

Polícia Judiciária's Operação Imergente Sweeps PS-Linked Autarquias and Detains Duarte Moral, Rute Reimão and Ex-PS Oeiras President — 37 Arguidos, ~€2 Million in Suspect Ajustes Diretos and a 30 May Political Aftermath

Polícia Judiciária's Operação Imergente Sweeps PS-Linked Autarquias and Detains Duarte Moral, Rute Reimão and Ex-PS Oeiras President — 37 Arguidos, ~€2 Million in Suspect Ajustes Diretos and a 30 May Political Aftermath

PJ's Operação Imergente lands on PS-linked câmaras and juntas, detains adviser Duarte Moral, wife Rute Reimão and an ex-PS Oeiras president, with 37 arguidos and €2 million in flagged ajustes diretos under scrutiny.

The Portugal Brief 31 May 2026

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