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FFMS Walks the Ensino Superior Cost-Benefit Study Into Lisbon on Thursday 14 May — Each €1 Invested in Higher Education Returns €13.7 in Salary Gains, but Portuguese Families Carry 30% of the Bill, Double the EU Average

FFMS Walks the Ensino Superior Cost-Benefit Study Into Lisbon on Thursday 14 May — Each €1 Invested in Higher Education Returns €13.7 in Salary Gains, but Portuguese Families Carry 30% of the Bill, Double the EU Average

The Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos released on Thursday 14 May 2026 the latest of its Estado da Educação series of monographs — a cost-benefit study of higher education in Portugal that lands two contradictory headline numbers in the same...
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CGTP Walks Its 12.ª Greve Geral Pré-Aviso Into the Ministério do Trabalho — UGT Stays Off the Picket Line as Tiago Oliveira Targets 3 June 2026 for the First Public-and-Private-Sector Walkout Since the December Joint Action

CGTP Walks Its 12.ª Greve Geral Pré-Aviso Into the Ministério do Trabalho — UGT Stays Off the Picket Line as Tiago Oliveira Targets 3 June 2026 for the First Public-and-Private-Sector Walkout Since the December Joint Action

The Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses delivered the formal pré-aviso for its 12.ª greve geral to the Ministério do Trabalho on Monday 11 May 2026, with Wednesday 3 June 2026 set as the date of the strike. The notice, signed by...
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Tribunal Administrativo de Lisboa Walks José Sócrates's €50,000 Marquês Indemnização Action Into Open Court on Thursday 14 May — Nine-Year-Old 2017 Civil Filing Finally Reaches Final Hearing After ECHR Files Two Question Sets to the Portuguese State

Tribunal Administrativo de Lisboa Walks José Sócrates's €50,000 Marquês Indemnização Action Into Open Court on Thursday 14 May — Nine-Year-Old 2017 Civil Filing Finally Reaches Final Hearing After ECHR Files Two Question Sets to the Portuguese State

The Tribunal Administrativo de Círculo de Lisboa opened the final hearing on Thursday 14 May 2026 in the civil-indemnification action that former Prime Minister José Sócrates filed against the Portuguese State in 2017 — a procedural first for the...
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MAI Luís Neves Walks the PSP Esquadra Closure Plan Onto Grande Entrevista on Thursday 14 May — 30-Agente Threshold Per Station Becomes the Reorganisation Trigger as Lisbon and Porto Reset the Urban Policing Map

MAI Luís Neves Walks the PSP Esquadra Closure Plan Onto Grande Entrevista on Thursday 14 May — 30-Agente Threshold Per Station Becomes the Reorganisation Trigger as Lisbon and Porto Reset the Urban Policing Map

Internal Administration Minister Luís Neves used the Thursday 14 May 2026 edition of RTP3's Grande Entrevista to confirm — for the first time on the record — that the Polícia de Segurança Pública will close esquadras in Lisbon and other major urban...
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Cavaco Silva Walks Onto Renascença on Wednesday Evening 13 May Defending a European Defence Identity Separate From the NATO Umbrella — Former President Calls Trump 'Super Errático' and Says Europe Should 'Não Deve Acobardar-se' Before the White House

Cavaco Silva Walks Onto Renascença on Wednesday Evening 13 May Defending a European Defence Identity Separate From the NATO Umbrella — Former President Calls Trump 'Super Errático' and Says Europe Should 'Não Deve Acobardar-se' Before the White House

Former President of the Republic Aníbal Cavaco Silva used a long-form interview broadcast by Renascença on Wednesday evening 13 May 2026 — and amplified across the Portuguese press on Thursday morning 14 May — to argue for the construction of an...
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