Three words, Donald: Government Procurement Agreement
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Some thoughts on the legislative proposal amending the Portuguese Audit Court powers
The Portuguese government laid down in Parliament yesterday a proposal for a new law governing the powers and operation of the Portuguese Audit Court. After weeks of discussion in the media and sniping from both the government and the president of the Audit Court, the proposal is now finally on
IAA action attracts China reaction
The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) is barely out as a proposal and it is already creating an impact in China. According to the Financial Times, Beijing is threatening retaliation against the EU for the rules included in the IAA. While I find it deliciously ironic the Chinese commerce ministry is
Portuguese government approves 'new' Public Contracts Code
The Portuguese government approved yesterday a new version of the Public Contracts Code, making good in the promise of reviewing it before the upcoming publication of the Public Procurement Act draft by the European Commission. As there is no official text yet ( we have to wait for the Diario da
Gemma 4 release shows how unfortunate Infraestruturas de Portugal timing on BIA was
Google launched last week a new version of its open source - sorry, open weights - Gemma models. So far they seem to work really well for open weights models and a step up from last year's Gemma 3, as per their report card. They also have nice,