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Portugal's Direito ao Esquecimento for Mortgage and Consumer Insurance — Cancer Survivors Beyond 10 Years, Childhood Cases at 5, and the 2-Year Mitigated-Disease Threshold for HIV, Diabetes and Hepatitis C Now Live Under ASF Supervision

Portugal's Direito ao Esquecimento for Mortgage and Consumer Insurance — Cancer Survivors Beyond 10 Years, Childhood Cases at 5, and the 2-Year Mitigated-Disease Threshold for HIV, Diabetes and Hepatitis C Now Live Under ASF Supervision

Portugal's Direito ao Esquecimento (right to be forgotten) bars insurers from collecting or pricing on health histories that meet specific recovery thresholds — 10 years post-treatment for adults, 5 for under-21 cases, 2 years of continuous treatment for mitigated chronic conditions.
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Fundo Ambiental's New €20 Million EV Incentive Round Opens in May or June 2026 — €4,000 to €5,000 per Light Passenger Car, €1,500 Cap on Bicycles, and a December Programme That Sold Out in Hours Sets the Bar

Fundo Ambiental's New €20 Million EV Incentive Round Opens in May or June 2026 — €4,000 to €5,000 per Light Passenger Car, €1,500 Cap on Bicycles, and a December Programme That Sold Out in Hours Sets the Bar

The Government will open a new €20 million Fundo Ambiental incentive round for electric vehicle purchases in May or June 2026 — €4,000 to €5,000 per car at a €38,500 price ceiling, and €500 to €1,500 for bicycles. The December 2025 round sold out the same day.
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Portugal's 2026 Teacher Recruitment Concurso Lands 32,514 External Applications for Just 8,465 Permanent Slots — A 24% Vacancy Cut as Fenprof Warns the Quadro Gap Will 'Continue to Worsen'

Portugal's 2026 Teacher Recruitment Concurso Lands 32,514 External Applications for Just 8,465 Permanent Slots — A 24% Vacancy Cut as Fenprof Warns the Quadro Gap Will 'Continue to Worsen'

The Ministério da Educação's 2026 quadro recruitment round closed with 32,514 admitted external applications for 8,465 permanent slots — 24% fewer vacancies than 2025. Pre-school and 1st-cycle dominate the demand stack while Fenprof says the offer falls short of actual school needs.
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Santos Populares in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Lisbon's Marchas Populares on Avenida da Liberdade, the 12 June Bridge Holiday, Porto's São João, the Sardine and Caldo-Verde Calendar, and the Six-Festa Calendar Through 29 June

Santos Populares in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Lisbon's Marchas Populares on Avenida da Liberdade, the 12 June Bridge Holiday, Porto's São João, the Sardine and Caldo-Verde Calendar, and the Six-Festa Calendar Through 29 June

Santos Populares — the June trinity of Santo António (12-13 June, Lisbon), São João (23-24 June, Porto) and São Pedro (28-29 June) — is Portugal's biggest open-air festival cycle. The full guide to the calendar, the marchas, the sardines, the manjericos and the foreign-resident logistics.
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Government Unveils Its €22.6 Billion Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência Plan With 96 Measures Through 2034 — But DN/DV Finds 65% of the Headline Spend Already Sat Inside the OE2026 Six Months Ago

Government Unveils Its €22.6 Billion Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência Plan With 96 Measures Through 2034 — But DN/DV Finds 65% of the Headline Spend Already Sat Inside the OE2026 Six Months Ago

Luís Montenegro's new PTRR packages €22.6bn through 2034 across three pillars — Recover (€5.33bn), Protect (€14.97bn), Respond (€2.32bn). DN/DV's read of the 96-measure annex finds 65% of the headline spend was already locked into October's OE2026.
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