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Polícia Judiciária Searches AIMA's Ponta Delgada Office in Operação Linha Direta — Public Servants Suspected of Selling Appointment Priority and Case-Processing Speed Inside the Loja AIMA dos Açores

Polícia Judiciária Searches AIMA's Ponta Delgada Office in Operação Linha Direta — Public Servants Suspected of Selling Appointment Priority and Case-Processing Speed Inside the Loja AIMA dos Açores

PJ executed nine warrants on 29 April in Operação Linha Direta — three residences and three premises including the Loja AIMA in Ponta Delgada. Crimes: abuso de poder, recebimento indevido de vantagem, corrupção. AIMA opened an internal inquiry; STM union responded 2 May.
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BPCE's €1 Billion Cheque to the Fundo de Resolução Covers Only 15% of the Vehicle's State and Banking-Sector Debt — Novo Banco-Banif Liabilities Still Hang Over the System as Luís Máximo dos Santos Steers Repayment Plan

BPCE's €1 Billion Cheque to the Fundo de Resolução Covers Only 15% of the Vehicle's State and Banking-Sector Debt — Novo Banco-Banif Liabilities Still Hang Over the System as Luís Máximo dos Santos Steers Repayment Plan

The €1 billion the Fundo de Resolução netted from the BPCE acquisition of Novo Banco covers only 15% of the vehicle's accumulated debt to the Portuguese state and the bank-sector consortium. Implied residual liability of around €5.5-6 billion, with no disclosed repayment horizon.
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PCP to Table a €50 Permanent Monthly Pension Increase From July 1 — Communist Bench Pushes a Structural Raise Over the Government's Preferred One-Off Bonus, Montenegro Says 'É cedo' to Decide on Another Supplement

PCP to Table a €50 Permanent Monthly Pension Increase From July 1 — Communist Bench Pushes a Structural Raise Over the Government's Preferred One-Off Bonus, Montenegro Says 'É cedo' to Decide on Another Supplement

PCP to table a €50 permanent monthly pension increase from 1 July, structured as a base-line uplift rather than a one-off bonus. Montenegro says 'é cedo'. Annualised cost around €2.5-2.6 billion against a Programa de Estabilidade just revised down to a null surplus.
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INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report Puts Aedes albopictus in 28 Mainland Municipalities — Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra Join the Tiger-Mosquito Footprint as Dengue Serotype 2 Persists in Madeira's Aedes aegypti

INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report Puts Aedes albopictus in 28 Mainland Municipalities — Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra Join the Tiger-Mosquito Footprint as Dengue Serotype 2 Persists in Madeira's Aedes aegypti

INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report puts Aedes albopictus in 28 mainland municipalities, up from 18 in 2024. Six new municipalities added in 2025 — Condeixa-a-Nova, Covilhã, Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra. Dengue serotype 2 again detected in Madeira's Aedes aegypti.
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