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Council of Ministers Approves a Bill Creating a National Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and Carving Out Non-Punishment for Trafficking Victims — Lisbon Transposes EU Directive 2024/1712 Onto a 355-Registo OTSH Caseload

Council of Ministers Approves a Bill Creating a National Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and Carving Out Non-Punishment for Trafficking Victims — Lisbon Transposes EU Directive 2024/1712 Onto a 355-Registo OTSH Caseload

The Council of Ministers approved a Government bill on Wednesday 3 June 2026 that transposes Directive (UE) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims, sending the...
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Rede Empregar Lines Up Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and BNP Paribas Foundation Behind a Five-Founder NEET Coalition Backing 3,438 Young People Across 43 Projects — Tuesday's Fundação Launch Sets the Frame

Rede Empregar Lines Up Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and BNP Paribas Foundation Behind a Five-Founder NEET Coalition Backing 3,438 Young People Across 43 Projects — Tuesday's Fundação Launch Sets the Frame

Five founders — Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and Fundação BNP Paribas — opened the Rede Empregar coalition on 2 June at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, backing 3,438 NEET young people aged 15-34 across 43 nationally-distributed projects.
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AHP's Summer 2026 Survey Drops the Mercado Nacional Ten Points to 68% of the Top-Three Markets Tape — Brasil Slides to 12%, UK Holds 95% in the Algarve and Half of Hoteleiros See Worse Occupation

AHP's Summer 2026 Survey Drops the Mercado Nacional Ten Points to 68% of the Top-Three Markets Tape — Brasil Slides to 12%, UK Holds 95% in the Algarve and Half of Hoteleiros See Worse Occupation

AHP's 2026 Easter-and-Summer survey of 328 hotel establishments drops the mercado nacional ten percentage points to 68% of hoteleiros' top-three markets, with Brasil falling to 12%, the UK holding 95% in the Algarve and half of hoteleiros pricing in worse summer 2026 occupation.
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Mitsubishi Fuso Notifies IEFP of an Eventual July Lay-Off Covering Up to 400 Tramagal Workers — Diesel Canter Sunset Routes the Plant Toward eCanter-Only European Production for the Daimler Truck Stack

Mitsubishi Fuso Notifies IEFP of an Eventual July Lay-Off Covering Up to 400 Tramagal Workers — Diesel Canter Sunset Routes the Plant Toward eCanter-Only European Production for the Daimler Truck Stack

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe has notified Portugal's IEFP of an eventual lay-off covering up to 400 Tramagal workers in July, per a 15 May Ministério do Trabalho response to a PCP question. The diesel Canter sunset routes the Daimler Truck-owned plant toward eCanter-only European production.
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Council of Ministers Greenlights the Prestação Social Única — 13 Solidarity Supports Fold Into a Single Means Test on 29 May and a Trabalho Social Counterpart Anchors the €500 Million PRR Window for August

Council of Ministers Greenlights the Prestação Social Única — 13 Solidarity Supports Fold Into a Single Means Test on 29 May and a Trabalho Social Counterpart Anchors the €500 Million PRR Window for August

Council of Ministers approves the Prestação Social Única on 29 May 2026: 13 solidarity supports merge under one means test, a trabalho social counterpart hits active-age beneficiaries and the €500M PRR tranche depends on the diploma entering force by end of August.
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