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The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged 35 defendants, including a company from Vale de Cambra and its main administrators, in a tax fraud case that allegedly caused 1.6 million euros in losses to the State and the European Union. A statement released on the Porto Regional Attorney General's Office website notes that, by an order dated...
The webpage provides access to the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, managed by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. It offers information on funding opportunities, tenders, and projects within the European Union, including resources relevant to Portugal. Users can explore calls for tenders, funding programs, and data related to EU-funded initiatives, with options to apply for grants, loans, and venture capital. The portal also features support services, APIs, and links to related EU funding resources, facilitating access for Portuguese entities seeking EU financial support.
The chair of the Audit and Control Committee for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) admitted on Tuesday in parliament that the body will not be able to verify all the milestones and targets in the latest payment requests. “We can't get everywhere. Up to the eighth payment request, we ensured the verification of ...”
The Government has altered the governance model for European funds, removing the statutory right to appeal decisions by fund managing authorities. The change, approved by the Council of Ministers on 9 January but not yet published in the Diário da República, is presented as a simplification intended to make fund administration clearer and more effective. While the amendment may speed up decision-making and reduce administrative burdens, it eliminates a direct procedural remedy for beneficiaries and stakeholders — including SMEs, NGOs and expat nationals — and raises questions about accountability, transparency and conformity with national and EU administrative-law protections. Key issues to monitor are the final text published in the Official Gazette, any alternative oversight or review mechanisms that are put in place (internal review, ombudsman, monitoring committees or judicial review), and the potential for legal or political challenges that could arise if ordinary remedies are perceived as insufficient.
The European Public Prosecutor's Office in Portugal carried out searches at 20 locations today and detained one person on suspicion of fraud involving European Union (EU) funds and money laundering linked to the COVID-19 support programme.
Searches were carried out at 20 locations, including private residences and company headquarters.
CAP warns that some small businesses may be at risk after several productions were destroyed. Secretary-general Luís Mira calls for the Government to act swiftly to deploy EU community funds.
Jorge Veloso, outgoing president of Anafre, said it is a disappointment to end his term without parishes being able to apply for EU community funds as promised by recent governments. He described the continued exclusion of freguesias from those funding streams as constraining local development projects and municipal budgets, and said it raises questions about the implementation and prioritisation of state policy for local government support.
The State is reclaiming €41.33 million from Manuel Serrão for European funds paid improperly, an amount that has already been 'returned' to Brussels. “The amounts claimed are already reflected in the expenditures submitted by Portugal to the European Commission,” an official source from the Agency for Development and Cohesion told ECO. This means that in ...
The year began with a new update to the Calls Schedule, which lists funding opportunities for the next 12 months under the Portugal 2030 programmes and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) programme. “The calls schedule contains information at two different levels of detail, ...
The European Commission has given a positive preliminary opinion on the payment request submitted last November by the Government.
The European Commission has approved the eighth disbursement under Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), amounting to €1.1 billion.
The European Commission gave a positive assessment of Portugal's payment request for the eighth PRR instalment, amounting to €1.1 billion.
The European Commission has given the green light to the payment of €1.16 billion related to the eighth payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). With this disbursement, the country reaches a 61% implementation rate of the EU recovery package. Portugal submitted the eighth payment request to the European Commission on 14 November.
The government confirms that the statistical separation of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area will only take effect in the next EU funding framework, from 2028.
Only 58% of the funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility have been disbursed, leaving almost €270 billion to be implemented by the end of 2026. The review is carried out by Coface, which warns that the overall impact on European GDP will be lower than expected, but the end of the European 'bazooka' will be partially offset by ...
The Economy Minister acknowledged that there is indeed a risk that Alentejo could lose funds in the next EU support framework, because it is on the threshold of ceasing to be a transition region. But he says this situation results from a change of secretariat and, therefore, Castro Almeida undertakes that, as far as the Government is concerned, ...
Granter was founded to simplify access to European funds using artificial intelligence, significantly reducing the time companies need to complete applications. It won the 2025 edition of Web Summit and is expected to secure €2 million in funding soon.
Compete will open five funding calls in January for large companies, accounting for roughly one third of the programme’s corporate allocation under Portugal 2030, the agency’s president told ECO dos Fundos. The calls come with strengthened support rates aimed at accelerating project implementation and unlocking private investment. For large firms, the tranche presents a concentrated opportunity to secure EU-backed grants that could expedite capital expenditure, support job-creating projects and align corporate investment with Portugal 2030 priorities. The measure also signals an administrative push to deploy funds faster, with potential sectoral and regional impacts depending on application uptake and award conditions.
A former PSD prime minister and president of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva says Portugal should not be giving priority to attracting high amounts of community funds. On the 40th anniversary The post Portugal too dependent on community funds – Cavaco Silva appeared first on Portugal Resident.
After the management of European funds 'cannibalised' the work of these bodies, the Government wants them to regain the momentum to plan 'regional development' with five new deputy positions.
The European Commission on Wednesday approved the Portuguese Government's request to reprogram the PT2030 European funds, as well as the regional operational programmes of the current Community support framework.
Alentejo could lose 600 million euros in European funds in the upcoming community support framework.