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The SNS Explained: Registering With a Centro de Saúde, Finding a Family Doctor, Emergency Rooms, Prescriptions, and Private Alternatives

Portugal's public healthcare system — the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) — is universal, tax-funded, and ranks among the better systems in southern Europe. But for newcomers, the gap between what the SNS promises on paper and what it delivers...

Freight Companies Get Three-Month Social Security Holiday and Direct Cash Injection as Diesel Bills Soar

Prime Minister Luís Montenegro announced a EUR 40 million emergency package for the transport sector on Wednesday, alongside a three-month deferral of social security contributions for freight companies, as the knock-on effects of the Hormuz Strait...

EasyJet Warns It May Pull Out of Madeira as Parliament Scraps Fare Caps on Island Flights

EasyJet has warned the Portuguese government that it may cut capacity on flights to Madeira and abandon plans to resume service to the Azores after Parliament approved a reform of the islands' mobility subsidy that removes the fare caps airlines...