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Applying for the State Old-Age Pension in Portugal
Who gets Portugal's state old-age pension, the pension age, the 15-year rule, how the amount is worked out, and how to apply to Segurança Social.
The Portugal Brief
Politics
Portugal Approaches the 7 June 2026 EU Pay-Transparency Directive Deadline Without a Published Lei de Transposição — Diretiva 2023/970 Tilts the Country Into Article 258 TFEU Infringement-Risk Territory
Directive (EU) 2023/970 — the EU Pay-Transparency Directive — must be transposed into Portuguese law by Sunday 7 June 2026. Lisbon has not yet tabled a diploma. ACT is already enforcing on Directive spirit; Article 258 TFEU infringement-risk territory opens on Monday.
Politics
President António José Seguro Warns the 15th National Misericórdias Congress That Demographic Ageing Is Portugal's 'Time Bomb' (Bomba-Relógio) and Names Immigrants as the Social Sector's Load-Bearing Input
President António José Seguro opened the 15th National Misericórdias Congress in Braga on 4 June 2026 by branding Portuguese demographic ageing a 'bomba-relógio' and crediting immigrant workers with holding the 388-strong, 52,000-worker network together.
News
Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Voids the Juízo Local Criminal's July 2025 Acquittal in the PAN Email-Blackout Case and Sends Cristina Rodrigues Back to First Instance With a Fundamentação Order on the Evidence Nullity Question
Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa annulled the July 2025 acquittal of Cristina Rodrigues — now Chega, ex-PAN — over the 2020 PAN email-deletion case. The 4 June 2026 acórdão ruled the first-instance judgment insufficiently reasoned and ordered a retrial alongside co-defendant Sara Fernandes.
News
Kaja Kallas Sends Sofia Moreira de Sousa to Tirana and Francisco André to Brasília in the EEAS's 33-Ambassador Rotation — Two Portuguese Names Anchor the South-East Europe and Brazil Files
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas names Sofia Moreira de Sousa as EU Ambassador to Albania and Francisco André as EU Ambassador to Brazil in a 33-post EEAS rotation announced on 4 June 2026 — Moreira de Sousa moves from the Commission's Lisbon Representation, André transfers from Mexico City.
Sines
Sines Industrial Cluster Closes In on 10% of Portugal's GDP With €20 Billion of Announced Investment
Sines' industrial and digital corridor is approaching 10% of Portugal's GDP, with more than €20 billion in announced projects — CALB batteries, Start Campus data centres, Galp's H2Park, Madoqua green ammonia, Repsol Alba, and a slice of the EU AI gigafactory — but mayor Álvaro Beijinha warns rents n
News
Joaquim Carreira's Lusa Board Ends the 2009 Acordo de Empresa and Pencils a €280 Four-Year Raise — €5 Million Capital Increase Splits 3-2 Across Modernisation and Newsroom Expansion
Lusa's board, led by Joaquim Carreira, terminated the 2009 Acordo de Empresa on 28 May and tabled a €70/month yearly raise (or 3.2%) over four years — conditional on signing the new agreement. The €5M capital increase splits €3M technology, €2M human resources.