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Carris's Tourism Arm Walks Out for Twelve Hours on 2 and 9 May — STRUP Calls Two Saturday Strikes at Carristur Over Pay, the 35-Hour Week and a Stalled Acordo de Empresa, With Hop-on Hop-off Buses, Historic Trams and Tagus Cruises Exposed

Carris's Tourism Arm Walks Out for Twelve Hours on 2 and 9 May — STRUP Calls Two Saturday Strikes at Carristur Over Pay, the 35-Hour Week and a Stalled Acordo de Empresa, With Hop-on Hop-off Buses, Historic Trams and Tagus Cruises Exposed

STRUP/Fectrans has filed twelve-hour strike notices at Carristur — Carris's wholly owned tourism arm — for Saturday 2 May and Saturday 9 May, 07:30-19:30. Hop-on hop-off buses, historic-tram rentals and Tagus cruises are exposed; regular Carris city services are not covered.
The Portugal Brief
CP More Than Doubles Its 2025 Profit to €4.8 Million on a Record 208 Million Passengers — Comboios de Portugal Exits the General Government Sector and Will Gain Procurement Autonomy in 2027

CP More Than Doubles Its 2025 Profit to €4.8 Million on a Record 208 Million Passengers — Comboios de Portugal Exits the General Government Sector and Will Gain Procurement Autonomy in 2027

Comboios de Portugal closed 2025 with a €4.8M profit — up 166% — on 208M passengers, helped by the €20 Passe Ferroviário Verde. INE has now removed CP from the general government institutional sector register, which from 2027 will hand the operator full management and procurement autonomy.
The Portugal Brief
TVDE Drivers and Operators March on Lisbon Wednesday — A Thousand-Strong Convoy from Campo Pequeno to Uber and Bolt Headquarters as Sector Demands Tariff Hike, Fuel Support and Rejection of Taxis Inside the Régime

TVDE Drivers and Operators March on Lisbon Wednesday — A Thousand-Strong Convoy from Campo Pequeno to Uber and Bolt Headquarters as Sector Demands Tariff Hike, Fuel Support and Rejection of Taxis Inside the Régime

TVDE drivers and operators converged on Lisbon Wednesday for a thousand-strong protest, demanding higher platform tariffs, opposing taxis entering the TVDE regime, and pressing for a fuel-support mechanism as Lei n.º 45/2018 goes through its first revision.
The Portugal Brief