A national outage of the IT systems that underpin the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (National Health Service, SNS) started shortly before 09:00 on Friday 12 June 2026 and was still degrading hospitals, primary-care centres and pharmacies five hours...
Portugal's Selecção flies to Houston on FIFA deadline day with Roberto Martínez's 26-man squad — Cristiano Ronaldo captains a sixth and final World Cup, with Diogo Jota retained as honorary '+1'. Group K kicks off 17 June vs DR Congo, with RTP1, SIC and TVI co-broadcasting free-to-air.
EGEAC opens the 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa at 21:00 Friday on Avenida da Liberdade with 20 competing bairros and a 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' banner saluting the 40th anniversary of Portugal's 1986 EEC accession — 3,820 bleacher seats and six giant screens carry the parade.
IPMA upgrades seven mainland districts from orange to red for Sunday 14 June — Lisboa, Setúbal, Santarém, Évora, Beja, Castelo Branco and Portalegre face 40°C+ as Saturday already prints 42.7°C in Alvega and 42.6°C in Amareleja, with 80-plus municipalities at maximum rural-fire risk.
Carlos Vicens, Pep Guardiola's adjunto at Manchester City, takes the SC Braga dugout on a three-year deal and is unveiled 16 June. The MetroBus Linha Vermelha is on countdown to a São João opening. UMinho hosts 265 researchers across 41 countries. IPMA pushes Braga to 39°C.
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Tribunal da Relação do Porto confirms the Aveiro Tribunal do Júri's full acquittal of Fernando Valente in the Mónica Silva (Grávida da Murtosa) case — five criminal counts all dismissed. The Article 400 CPP double-conformity rule closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça appeal route.
