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General Daily Briefing — Monday, 22 June 2026
📋 In This Edition * INE Counts 11,424,031 Residents at the End of 2025 as Foreigners Reach 14% of the Population * Montenegro Floats a State Sovereign Wealth Fund for Energy, Banking, Communications
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Forty-Five Victim-Support Associations Warn of Collapse Across the Domestic-Violence and Human-Trafficking Networks — Roughly 50 Services Face a Funding Cliff Before a Monday Meeting With Minister Margarida Balseiro Lopes
Forty-five organisations warn that Portugal's domestic-violence and anti-trafficking support networks are 'beginning to collapse,' with around 50 services facing a funding cliff ahead of a Monday meeting with the minister.
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UTAO Flags €1.342 Billion in Public-Private Partnership Risk for the State — Motorway Concessions Account for 92.6% of the Bill as Lusoponte, Brisa and Seven Others Lodge €509 Million in Covid Traffic Claims
A report to Parliament's budget unit UTAO puts the state's contingent liabilities from public-private partnerships at EUR1.342 billion, with motorway concessions accounting for 92.6% of the exposure.
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CP Pipes Starlink Satellite Wi-Fi Into an Alfa Pendular Trainset — Low-Orbit Antennas Carry 19% of Onboard Traffic in a Pilot to Plug Mobile-Network Dead Zones
Portugal's national rail operator CP is testing SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet on an Alfa Pendular trainset, with the satellite link already carrying about 19% of onboard traffic where mobile coverage is weak.
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Ordem dos Médicos Presses for a Health-Advertising Law Rewrite to Curb 'Integrative Medicine' Clinics — 54 Centres Market Unrecognised Specialties After a Lone €4,000 ERS Fine and Over €1 Million in EU Funds
The Portuguese Medical Association wants the health-advertising law rewritten after an investigation found 54 clinics marketing unrecognised 'integrative' and 'functional' medicine, drawing over EUR1 million in EU funds.
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Montenegro Floats a State Sovereign Wealth Fund for Energy, Banking, Communications and Airports — IGCP-Run Vehicle Caps Itself at Minority Stakes, Funded by Annual Budget Transfers, With CGD and TAP Left Out
At the close of the PSD congress, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro announced a sovereign wealth fund that would take minority stakes in strategic companies, managed by the IGCP and funded from the State Budget.