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Recognition of a Foreign Academic Degree in Portugal in 2026 — The Three Routes (Automático, Nível, Específico), the New IES Platform, the €32.20 Fee, and How Foreign-Educated Residents Get Their Diploma Across the Counter

Recognition of a Foreign Academic Degree in Portugal in 2026 — The Three Routes (Automático, Nível, Específico), the New IES Platform, the €32.20 Fee, and How Foreign-Educated Residents Get Their Diploma Across the Counter

Portugal recognises a foreign degree through three routes: Automático (€32.20, 30 days, fixed list), de Nível (90 days, all countries), or Específico (90 days, course-specific). DGES handed the file to the new IES, I.P. in March 2026; the professional orders run a separate inscription on top.
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March Budget Surplus Shrinks to €209 Million as €1.06 Billion in SNS Debt-Regularization Hits the Books — IRC Drops 25.4%, Investment Spending Climbs 53.6%, and the Headline Hides a Real Improvement

March Budget Surplus Shrinks to €209 Million as €1.06 Billion in SNS Debt-Regularization Hits the Books — IRC Drops 25.4%, Investment Spending Climbs 53.6%, and the Headline Hides a Real Improvement

Portugal's March surplus fell €1.4bn YoY to €209M as a €1.06bn SNS debt-regularization payment landed in the month. Strip the one-off and the shortfall narrows to €340M; IRC collections fell 25.4%, investment spending jumped 53.6%, social contributions climbed 7.4%.
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€60 Million for Casa Branca-Beja Electrification, €80 Million for Alentejo Farmers, a 12-Month Credit-Moratorium Rollover and Aqua SA Under Macário Correia — Inside the Beja Council of Ministers Package

€60 Million for Casa Branca-Beja Electrification, €80 Million for Alentejo Farmers, a 12-Month Credit-Moratorium Rollover and Aqua SA Under Macário Correia — Inside the Beja Council of Ministers Package

Thursday's first decentralised Council of Ministers in Beja booked €60M for Casa Branca-Beja electrification, three bi-mode trains for early 2027, €80M for Alentejo farmers, the new Aqua SA water vehicle under Macário Correia, and a twelve-month rollover of the storm-Kristin credit moratorium.
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Carris's Tourism Arm Walks Out for Twelve Hours on 2 and 9 May — STRUP Calls Two Saturday Strikes at Carristur Over Pay, the 35-Hour Week and a Stalled Acordo de Empresa, With Hop-on Hop-off Buses, Historic Trams and Tagus Cruises Exposed

Carris's Tourism Arm Walks Out for Twelve Hours on 2 and 9 May — STRUP Calls Two Saturday Strikes at Carristur Over Pay, the 35-Hour Week and a Stalled Acordo de Empresa, With Hop-on Hop-off Buses, Historic Trams and Tagus Cruises Exposed

STRUP/Fectrans has filed twelve-hour strike notices at Carristur — Carris's wholly owned tourism arm — for Saturday 2 May and Saturday 9 May, 07:30-19:30. Hop-on hop-off buses, historic-tram rentals and Tagus cruises are exposed; regular Carris city services are not covered.
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