Portugal's first attempt to mark its 300,000 national secondary exams digitally has been hit by platform crashes, mis-scanned papers and a security flaw, forcing grading deadlines back and delaying results to 17 July. Minister Fernando Alexandre dismisses 'alarmism' as a petition and opposition part
Almada is prohibiting all public and private garden watering to refill reservoirs drained by weeks of supply failures and record summer demand. Mayor Ines de Medeiros says two new boreholes and a ban on irrigation should restore breathing room within two to three weeks; regulators are probing illici
Sonae Sierra has bought nine Mercadona supermarkets across six Spanish regions from the Israeli fund MDSR, adding about 15,000 square metres of let-and-leased retail space to its Hahn Sierra Food Retail Fund. The vehicle, set up with Germany's Hahn Gruppe, is targeting €600 million in supermarket pr
📘 New Guide Published Non-Compete and Stay Clauses in Portuguese Employment Contracts in 2026 Portugal's rules on restrictive employment clauses, explained: the Pacto de Não Concorrência (non-compete pact), the two- and
The central bank wants to oblige every business to accept at least one digital payment method alongside cash, as part of its 2025 retail-payments strategy.
President Seguro's signature turns INEM into a special-regime institute with AI-assisted 112 triage and a board no longer required to be led by a doctor.
Diesel railcars retire on 19 July as the Algarve Line goes fully electric, bringing about 40% more seats, 18% more services and the first direct Lagos–Vila Real trains.
