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Ministério Público Closes All Six DIAP Inquiries Into Deaths During the November 2024 INEM Strike — Pombal Court Reads 'No Robust Indications' Linking the Response Delay to a 53-Year-Old's Heart Attack in Ansião

Ministério Público Closes All Six DIAP Inquiries Into Deaths During the November 2024 INEM Strike — Pombal Court Reads 'No Robust Indications' Linking the Response Delay to a 53-Year-Old's Heart Attack in Ansião

The PGR confirmed today that the Ministério Público archived all six DIAP inquiries into deaths during the November 2024 INEM strike — Bragança (×2), Pombal/Ansião, Tondela, Almada and Vendas Novas — closing the criminal channel even after IGAS linked three of those deaths to response delays.
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AdC Blocks Boluda's Acquisition of Remolcanosa Portugal — Sines Tug and Mooring Market Saved From Collapsing Into a Monopoly After a December 2025 Phase-2 Probe and Two Rejected Remedy Packages

AdC Blocks Boluda's Acquisition of Remolcanosa Portugal — Sines Tug and Mooring Market Saved From Collapsing Into a Monopoly After a December 2025 Phase-2 Probe and Two Rejected Remedy Packages

The Autoridade da Concorrência today blocked Spain's Boluda from acquiring Remolcanosa Portugal — Serviços Marítimos. The deal would have collapsed the Port of Sines tug-and-mooring market into a monopoly. Two remedy packages were filed and both were rejected as insufficient.
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Council of Ministers Approves the INEM Refoundation Diploma — Public Institute of Special Regime, Clinical and Nursing Directors Locked Into the Top Cadre, Doctor No Longer Required at the Presidency

Council of Ministers Approves the INEM Refoundation Diploma — Public Institute of Special Regime, Clinical and Nursing Directors Locked Into the Top Cadre, Doctor No Longer Required at the Presidency

The Council of Ministers today approved the new organic law for INEM. The Portuguese emergency-medical institute is converted into a Public Institute of Special Regime, gains a Clinical Director and Nursing Director on the top cadre, and the presidency no longer requires a medical degree.
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