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The project has been in the works since 1995 and has already secured an agreement to benefit from European funds. However, no progress has been made.
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 European Commission suggested that Portugal trigger the European Union Solidarity Fund or use cohesion funds to deal with the damage caused by Storm Kristin, while the country still has the European Civil Protection Mechanism available, which the Government is ruling out using for now. What they are and how they work...
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.
With the election campaign constrained by the devastating effects of Storm Kristin, António José Seguro has been visiting—albeit without journalists—some of the municipalities most affected, particularly in the districts of Leiria and Santarém, and has also taken the opportunity to offer suggestions to the Government and to criticise the lack of assistance to the affected communities.
Presidential candidate António José Seguro suggests the Government should ask Brussels to obtain an extension of the deadline for completing some works financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). “I would like to make a suggestion to the Government: in the context of the PRR negotiation, if the European Union could grant an extension ...”
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.
The Polícia Judiciária carried out around 20 searches at residences and company premises in Lisbon at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving European grants and money laundering in projects related to pandemic prevention. One suspect was detained and will be presented to ...
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 Portuguese Government on Monday unveiled the Digital Company Wallet, a project in which Portugal is a European pioneer and which will, in a later phase, allow companies to be created through the app, access European funds or take part in public procurement. Although it is free in an initial phase, more advanced features may ...
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.
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, ...
Portugal's representative to the European Union argues that Portugal receives, but also contributes significantly to the European project.
European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius conducted his first official visit to Portugal, meeting Defence Minister Nuno Melo and Education Minister Fernando Alexandre to discuss defence and space policy. He signalled that SAFE funds could reach the Portuguese government in the coming weeks or months, prompting analytical questions about budget timing, allocation between defence and civil space programmes, and coordination between national ministries and EU institutions. The visit underlined the need for clear planning to integrate incoming EU funding with Portugal’s defence and space policy priorities.
The funding was provided to support TUI's operations between the Netherlands and the island of Pico, which carried out only 16 flights. The European Union is demanding repayment in full.
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.
