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Saab Walks the Portuguese Defence Industrial Pitch Public — €5 Billion Over 20 Years for the Gripen E, OGMA in Final Assembly, Critical Software Building the Simulator and an RBS15 Naval Add-On Sweetener

Saab Walks the Portuguese Defence Industrial Pitch Public — €5 Billion Over 20 Years for the Gripen E, OGMA in Final Assembly, Critical Software Building the Simulator and an RBS15 Naval Add-On Sweetener

Saab walks its Portuguese defence-industrial pitch public: €5 billion over 20 years for the Gripen E, OGMA in Alverca on final-assembly potential, Critical Software on the AI simulator, Thyssenkrupp-Vangest-Kristaltek as suppliers — and the RBS15 anti-ship missile as a Marinha sweetener.
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DCIAP Loses 12 of Its 44 Prosecutors in Under Three Years and an Inspection Finds One in Five Did Not Meet Basic Requirements — The Ministério Público's Top Investigative Unit Heads Into 2026 Short-Staffed and Censured

DCIAP Loses 12 of Its 44 Prosecutors in Under Three Years and an Inspection Finds One in Five Did Not Meet Basic Requirements — The Ministério Público's Top Investigative Unit Heads Into 2026 Short-Staffed and Censured

DCIAP, the Ministério Público's top investigative unit, has lost 12 of 44 prosecutors in under three years. An inspection finds one in five did not meet basic qualification requirements and that justice-officer staffing is 'manifestly insufficient' in five of seven sections.
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Pordata Posts Portugal Fourth in the EU on Youth Precarious Work — 60% of Under-24s and 40% of Workers Under 30 on Temporary Contracts as Frederico Cantante Says Personnel Records Show Even Higher Numbers

Pordata Posts Portugal Fourth in the EU on Youth Precarious Work — 60% of Under-24s and 40% of Workers Under 30 on Temporary Contracts as Frederico Cantante Says Personnel Records Show Even Higher Numbers

Pordata's 1 May data drop puts Portugal fourth in the EU on youth precarious work — roughly 60% of workers under 24 and 40% of workers under 30 are on temporary contracts. CoLABOR sociologist Frederico Cantante says administrative records make the picture even worse.
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