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Infarmed Pulls 53 FBeauty Cosmetic Lines Off the Market After a Complaint-Triggered Inspection Flags Four EU 1223/2009 Breaches — Circular 059/CD/550.20.001 Suspends Sales as Consumers Are Told to Stop Use

Infarmed Pulls 53 FBeauty Cosmetic Lines Off the Market After a Complaint-Triggered Inspection Flags Four EU 1223/2009 Breaches — Circular 059/CD/550.20.001 Suspends Sales as Consumers Are Told to Stop Use

Infarmed Circular 059/CD/550.20.001 of 5 June 2026 orders the immediate withdrawal of 53 FBeauty cosmetic products after a complaint-triggered inspection flagged four breaches of EU Regulation 1223/2009 — covering GMP, safety assessment, product information file and labelling.
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GNR Hauls 30 Firearms and 2,803 Rounds Out of a Paredes Home on a NIAVE Penafiel Domestic-Violence Warrant — Licensed 45-Year-Old Loses the Stockpile as the Comissão de Proteção de Crianças Picks Up the Two Minors

GNR Hauls 30 Firearms and 2,803 Rounds Out of a Paredes Home on a NIAVE Penafiel Domestic-Violence Warrant — Licensed 45-Year-Old Loses the Stockpile as the Comissão de Proteção de Crianças Picks Up the Two Minors

GNR's NIAVE Penafiel team executed a domestic-violence warrant in Paredes on Friday 12 June 2026 and seized 30 firearms and 2,803 rounds from a 45-year-old licensed holder. The 35-year-old victim had already left with the two minor children, now in CPCJ care.
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APA Tracks the €27 Million Urgent Coastal Push to the Bathing-Season Wire — 86-Site Priority Map Splits €15 Million Pre-Season With €12 Million Year-End Tranche Inside the €111 Million Storm-Damage Envelope

APA Tracks the €27 Million Urgent Coastal Push to the Bathing-Season Wire — 86-Site Priority Map Splits €15 Million Pre-Season With €12 Million Year-End Tranche Inside the €111 Million Storm-Damage Envelope

APA president Pimenta Machado says the €27 million urgent coastal works package is on schedule, with €15 million ahead of the bathing season and €12 million for year-end. The 86-site priority map sits inside a €111 million storm-damage envelope reaching 45 municípios.
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Tribunal de Loures Issues Seven- to Eight-Year Prison Sentences to Four Influencers for 2025 Rape of 16-Year-Old — 27 Crimes de Pornografia de Menores (Child Pornography Counts) and €50,000 Victim Damages Anchor the Verdict

Tribunal de Loures Issues Seven- to Eight-Year Prison Sentences to Four Influencers for 2025 Rape of 16-Year-Old — 27 Crimes de Pornografia de Menores (Child Pornography Counts) and €50,000 Victim Damages Anchor the Verdict

The Tribunal de Loures on Friday handed seven- to eight-year prison sentences to four influencers convicted of raping and filming a 16-year-old in 2025. Two aggravated-rape counts, 27 child-pornography counts and €50,000 damages anchor the verdict.
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Registos e Notariado (Registries and Notaries) Strike Wraps Saturday After 93.41% Friday Adhesion — Citizen-Card, NIF and Casamento Counters Closed Across 14 Districts as STRN Lodges MP Complaint Over IRN Adhesion Disclosures

Registos e Notariado (Registries and Notaries) Strike Wraps Saturday After 93.41% Friday Adhesion — Citizen-Card, NIF and Casamento Counters Closed Across 14 Districts as STRN Lodges MP Complaint Over IRN Adhesion Disclosures

Portugal's six-day registos and notariado sector strike closes Saturday 13 June 2026 after Friday's 93.41% adhesion shut most civil, land, commercial and automobile registry counters across 14 districts. Citizen-card, NIF, deeds and marriage queues now face a two-to-three-week backlog.
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