The Portugal Brief

Health

EY-Parthenon Report Lands the Private-Health-Coverage Saving for the SNS at €1.945 Billion in 2023 — 9 Million Procedures Channelled, Surgeries Carry €846 Million and APHP-APS Press for Inter-System Fiscal Parity

EY-Parthenon report commissioned by APHP and APS reads private-health second-coverage savings to the SNS at €1.945 billion in 2023, with 9 million procedures channelled — €846m on surgeries, €688m on consultations. Galamba de Oliveira and Hermano Rodrigues press for inter-system fiscal parity.

18 May 2026

Guides

Using a Notary and Certifying Documents in Portugal

Who can recognise a signature, certify a copy, or authenticate a contract in Portugal, when only a notary will do, what each act costs, and what to bring.

17 May 2026

Economy

Eurostat Reads About a Quarter of Portugal's PRR Grants as Current Spending Through 2025 — €13.1 Billion of Execution Stands Between Lisbon and the 1.2%-of-GDP Cliff in 2027

Eurostat MRR data classifies ~25% of Portugal's PRR grants as current spending, on par with Spain. Lisbon must execute €13.1bn more in 2026 — the final PRR year — before the funding cliff opens a 1.2%-of-GDP structural gap in 2027 that CFP, Católica and NECEP all flag.

17 May 2026

The Portugal Brief

EY-Parthenon Report Lands the Private-Health-Coverage Saving for the SNS at €1.945 Billion in 2023 — 9 Million Procedures Channelled, Surgeries Carry €846 Million and APHP-APS Press for Inter-System Fiscal Parity

DGS Rules Out Secondary Transmission After Hantavirus-Positive Passenger Flew With a Portuguese Crew on the 10 May Tenerife-to-Canada Repatriation

Using a Notary and Certifying Documents in Portugal

Justice Minister Rita Alarcão Júdice Pledges 'Tolerância Zero' on Prison Deaths After Families Hand In a 15 May Letter — DGRSP Logged 64 In-Custody Deaths Across 2025 With 14 Suicides as Sobrelotação Returns at 12,981 Reclusos

Nicolás Otamendi Says Goodbye to Benfica After Six Seasons — Argentine Captain Closes the Luz Run on a 3-1 Win Over Estoril, River Plate Lines Up Post-2026 World Cup

Eurostat Reads About a Quarter of Portugal's PRR Grants as Current Spending Through 2025 — €13.1 Billion of Execution Stands Between Lisbon and the 1.2%-of-GDP Cliff in 2027

TGV Lisboa-Porto Slips Its First Stations Into Q3 2026 After APA Rejects the AVAN Norte Project — €1.6 Billion Lote 2 Reopens, 2030 Target Officially Held With a 2032 Full-Operation Read