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Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Tables Withdrawal of the 50% School-Meal Discount for Non-ASE Pupils — Moedas Re-focuses the Subsidy Onto Acção Social Tiers as PS and Bloco Line Up Against the Roll-Back

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Tables Withdrawal of the 50% School-Meal Discount for Non-ASE Pupils — Moedas Re-focuses the Subsidy Onto Acção Social Tiers as PS and Bloco Line Up Against the Roll-Back

The Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (Lisbon City Council) is preparing to withdraw the universal 50% discount on school meals it extended in 2024 to pupils outside the Acção Social Escolar (School Social Action, ASE) scheme — a roll-back the...

Médio Tejo Sub-Regional Civil-Protection Command Activates Three Extra Bombeiros Teams and 15 Reinforcements From Tuesday — Storm Kristin Debris Race Targets Early-July Clear-Through Ahead of DECIR Delta

Médio Tejo Sub-Regional Civil-Protection Command Activates Three Extra Bombeiros Teams and 15 Reinforcements From Tuesday — Storm Kristin Debris Race Targets Early-July Clear-Through Ahead of DECIR Delta

The Médio Tejo sub-regional emergency and civil-protection command activates three additional firefighting teams and 15 extra personnel from Tuesday, 16 June, in a stepped-up posture that runs into the DECIR Delta (Dispositivo Especial de Combate a...

Fernando Alexandre Confirms Amália Portuguese Language Model for Public Release by End-June at the Macau Stop — €5 Million PRR Build-Out Closes the Two-Year Cycle

Fernando Alexandre Confirms Amália Portuguese Language Model for Public Release by End-June at the Macau Stop — €5 Million PRR Build-Out Closes the Two-Year Cycle

The Minister for Education, Science and Innovation, Fernando Alexandre, confirmed on Monday from Macau that the Portuguese large language model Amália will be made public “this month” — closing a two-year build cycle the State priced at...

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026 Pins Portugal at 51% News Trust and the Highest TV-News Reach of 48 Markets — While Online-News Paywall Adoption Slides to 8% and News Avoidance Doubles From 2017

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026 Pins Portugal at 51% News Trust and the Highest TV-News Reach of 48 Markets — While Online-News Paywall Adoption Slides to 8% and News Avoidance Doubles From 2017

Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2026 — authored for Portugal by OberCom / ISCTE — pegs Portuguese news trust at 51%, the highest TV-news reach of 48 markets at 70%, news avoidance at 37% (double 2017), AI-news confidence at 24% and online-news payment at just 8%.

Subscribing to the Passe Navegante in Lisbon in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the €40 Metropolitano Tarifa, the €30 Municipal Tier, the Carris/Metro/CP/Fertagus/Transtejo/SOFLUSA Network and the Navegante Sub-23, +65 and Família Tracks

Subscribing to the Passe Navegante in Lisbon in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the €40 Metropolitano Tarifa, the €30 Municipal Tier, the Carris/Metro/CP/Fertagus/Transtejo/SOFLUSA Network and the Navegante Sub-23, +65 and Família Tracks

Subscribing to the Passe Navegante (Navegante Pass) in Lisbon in 2026 follows the Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa (TML) tarifário — €40/month for the Metropolitano region pass, €30 for a single municipality, plus the Sub-23, Navegante +65 and Família discount tracks.

Sarmento Tethers the 2027 IRS-Cut Decision to the Próximos-Meses Macro and Public-Accounts Read at the DN Annual Conference — €40,000 Marginal-Rate Compression and the 2028 Derrama-Estadual Carve-Out on the Forward Calendar

Sarmento Tethers the 2027 IRS-Cut Decision to the Próximos-Meses Macro and Public-Accounts Read at the DN Annual Conference — €40,000 Marginal-Rate Compression and the 2028 Derrama-Estadual Carve-Out on the Forward Calendar

Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento told the DN annual conference on 15 June 2026 that the 2027 IRS-cut decision will depend on the próximos-meses macro and public-accounts read, with the €40,000 marginal-rate compression and the 2028 derrama-estadual carve-out on the calendar.

Chega Pins the Reforma-65 Demand on a Written Compromisso From Montenegro Across the Concertação Social Calendar — Calendarised Pension-Age Reduction or 40-Year Carreira Contributiva as the Non-Negotiable Threshold

Chega Pins the Reforma-65 Demand on a Written Compromisso From Montenegro Across the Concertação Social Calendar — Calendarised Pension-Age Reduction or 40-Year Carreira Contributiva as the Non-Negotiable Threshold

Chega leader André Ventura will demand a written compromisso from PM Luís Montenegro fixing a calendar for lowering the Idade Normal de Acesso à Pensão de Velhice (Normal Retirement Age) to 65 or, alternatively, after a 40-year carreira contributiva (contribution career).