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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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President Seguro Hands Adalberto Campos Fernandes the Strategic Pact for Health — Coordination Team Begins Work Monday With a One-Year Mandate to Build Cross-Party Consensus on SNS Reform

President Seguro Hands Adalberto Campos Fernandes the Strategic Pact for Health — Coordination Team Begins Work Monday With a One-Year Mandate to Build Cross-Party Consensus on SNS Reform

President António José Seguro has placed healthcare 'a tempo e horas' at the top of his mandate. The Strategic Pact for Health, coordinated by former Health Minister Adalberto Campos Fernandes, begins work on Monday 5 May with a one-year horizon to build cross-party consensus on SNS reform.
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Ministry of Environment Lists 671 Bathing Waters for the 2026 Season — Down From 673 After Winter Storms Knock Five Beaches Off the Map and Santo André, Cerejal and Ilhéu de Vila Franca Join

Ministry of Environment Lists 671 Bathing Waters for the 2026 Season — Down From 673 After Winter Storms Knock Five Beaches Off the Map and Santo André, Cerejal and Ilhéu de Vila Franca Join

The Ministry of Environment and Energy has fixed Portugal's 2026 bathing-water register at 671 sites — 512 coastal and transitional, 159 inland — down two from 2025 after the 2025/2026 winter storm season knocked five beaches off the list. Two new beaches and one Azorean re-entry join.
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Government Blocks Eutanásia Implementation Three Years After Law 22/2023 Citing Acórdão 307/2025 Constitutional Court Ruling — Portuguese Sign-Ups With Switzerland's Dignitas Climb to 80

Government Blocks Eutanásia Implementation Three Years After Law 22/2023 Citing Acórdão 307/2025 Constitutional Court Ruling — Portuguese Sign-Ups With Switzerland's Dignitas Climb to 80

The Ministry of Health says it cannot move on assisted-dying regulation without 'segurança jurídica' after the Constitutional Court's Acórdão 307/2025 struck down core provisions of Law 22/2023. The number of Portuguese registered with Switzerland's Dignitas has now reached 80.
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Hospital Dona Estefânia Suspends Its External Pediatric Surgery Emergency Until Sunday 20:00 — Anaesthesiology Staff Shortage Strips Lisbon's Main Children's Hospital of Operating-Room Cover Through the May Day Long Weekend

Hospital Dona Estefânia Suspends Its External Pediatric Surgery Emergency Until Sunday 20:00 — Anaesthesiology Staff Shortage Strips Lisbon's Main Children's Hospital of Operating-Room Cover Through the May Day Long Weekend

Hospital Dona Estefânia has suspended its external paediatric-surgery emergency until Sunday 3 May at 20:00, citing an anaesthesiology staff shortage. The general paediatric ER stays open. SNS 24 (808 24 24 24) handles the redirect to other paediatric-surgery centres.
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Chega Files a Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday — Ventura Wants António Costa and His Former Ministers Summoned After a New PJ Wiretap on the Sines Data Centre

Chega Files a Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday — Ventura Wants António Costa and His Former Ministers Summoned After a New PJ Wiretap on the Sines Data Centre

Chega tables a comissão parlamentar de inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday 5 May. Ventura wants ex-PM Costa and his ministers summoned after a new PJ wiretap of a Christmas Eve 2022 call on the Sines data centre. Chega's 60 seats clear the one-fifth potestative threshold.
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