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Immigration
Polícia Judiciária Searches AIMA's Ponta Delgada Office in Operação Linha Direta — Public Servants Suspected of Selling Appointment Priority and Case-Processing Speed Inside the Loja AIMA dos Açores
PJ executed nine warrants on 29 April in Operação Linha Direta — three residences and three premises including the Loja AIMA in Ponta Delgada. Crimes: abuso de poder, recebimento indevido de vantagem, corrupção. AIMA opened an internal inquiry; STM union responded 2 May.
News
BPCE's €1 Billion Cheque to the Fundo de Resolução Covers Only 15% of the Vehicle's State and Banking-Sector Debt — Novo Banco-Banif Liabilities Still Hang Over the System as Luís Máximo dos Santos Steers Repayment Plan
The €1 billion the Fundo de Resolução netted from the BPCE acquisition of Novo Banco covers only 15% of the vehicle's accumulated debt to the Portuguese state and the bank-sector consortium. Implied residual liability of around €5.5-6 billion, with no disclosed repayment horizon.
News
PCP to Table a €50 Permanent Monthly Pension Increase From July 1 — Communist Bench Pushes a Structural Raise Over the Government's Preferred One-Off Bonus, Montenegro Says 'É cedo' to Decide on Another Supplement
PCP to table a €50 permanent monthly pension increase from 1 July, structured as a base-line uplift rather than a one-off bonus. Montenegro says 'é cedo'. Annualised cost around €2.5-2.6 billion against a Programa de Estabilidade just revised down to a null surplus.
News
INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report Puts Aedes albopictus in 28 Mainland Municipalities — Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra Join the Tiger-Mosquito Footprint as Dengue Serotype 2 Persists in Madeira's Aedes aegypti
INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report puts Aedes albopictus in 28 mainland municipalities, up from 18 in 2024. Six new municipalities added in 2025 — Condeixa-a-Nova, Covilhã, Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra. Dengue serotype 2 again detected in Madeira's Aedes aegypti.
Defence
Saab Walks the Portuguese Defence Industrial Pitch Public — €5 Billion Over 20 Years for the Gripen E, OGMA in Final Assembly, Critical Software Building the Simulator and an RBS15 Naval Add-On Sweetener
Saab walks its Portuguese defence-industrial pitch public: €5 billion over 20 years for the Gripen E, OGMA in Alverca on final-assembly potential, Critical Software on the AI simulator, Thyssenkrupp-Vangest-Kristaltek as suppliers — and the RBS15 anti-ship missile as a Marinha sweetener.
Business
TAP Pushes Toward Its Largest Ever Fleet — Six A320neo, Two A321neo and Two A330neo Land in 2026 to Take the Carrier From 99 to 106 Aircraft as the EU Restructuring Plan Closes
TAP Air Portugal is on track for the largest fleet in its 81-year history. Saturday's Público exclusive: six A320neo, two A321neo and two A330neo arrive in 2026, lifting the carrier from 99 to 106 aircraft as the EU restructuring plan expires 31 December.