AIMA received 643 complaints from immigrants between January and April 2026, up 8.4% year-on-year — with 41.3% citing slow residence-permit processing, 37.8% concentrated in Lisbon, only 15.4% of cases resolved and just 14.7% receiving any AIMA response.
Chega leader André Ventura confirmed on 8 June that the party could let the Prestação Social Única pass at generalidade if PSD accepts a five-year contributory wall on immigrant access — and announced a 'final meeting' with PM Montenegro on the labour-reform package on Thursday 11 June.
The Ministério da Saúde opened a €50 million programme on 8 June letting SNS ULS apply through 8 July for urgência refits — buildings and equipment at up to 100% of eligible cost — with psychiatric urgências flagged as particular priority on a window running to 2027.
Former Interior Minister Maria Lúcia Amaral, in her first post-resignation interview on RTP Antena 1's Ponto de Interrogação podcast aired 9 June, says she stepped down after losing the authority to govern when the 2025 wildfires and Tempestade Kristin 'escaped' her.
The Tempestade Perfeita defence-procurement corruption trial opens at Lisbon's Tribunal Central Criminal on 9 June 2026 with 73 arguidos — 43 individuals and 30 companies — running through 25 November on corruption, embezzlement and money-laundering charges centred on the DGRDN.
Who qualifies for unemployment benefit in Portugal, how much you get and for how long, how to apply within 90 days, and your duties while you claim.
The MSC's 2026 Fishing for the Future report makes the Iberian sardine its cover rebuild case study: adult population off the Portuguese-Spanish Atlantic has quadrupled since the 2015 trough, validating the joint Portugal-Spain management plan.
