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Nationwide SNS IT Outage Sends Hospitals and Health Centres Back to Paper Prescriptions — SPMS Blames Morning Power Failure as Pharmacies Lose Access to the Receituário Database and SIM Calls Patient Risk 'Intolerable'

Nationwide SNS IT Outage Sends Hospitals and Health Centres Back to Paper Prescriptions — SPMS Blames Morning Power Failure as Pharmacies Lose Access to the Receituário Database and SIM Calls Patient Risk 'Intolerable'

A national outage of the IT systems that underpin the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (National Health Service, SNS) started shortly before 09:00 on Friday 12 June 2026 and was still degrading hospitals, primary-care centres and pharmacies five hours...
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Portugal's Selecção Boards FIFA Deadline-Day Charter for the United States Ahead of 17 June Houston Debut — Roberto Martínez's 26-Man Squad Lands in Group K With RD Congo, Uzbekistan and Colombia

Portugal's Selecção Boards FIFA Deadline-Day Charter for the United States Ahead of 17 June Houston Debut — Roberto Martínez's 26-Man Squad Lands in Group K With RD Congo, Uzbekistan and Colombia

Portugal's Selecção flies to Houston on FIFA deadline day with Roberto Martínez's 26-man squad — Cristiano Ronaldo captains a sixth and final World Cup, with Diogo Jota retained as honorary '+1'. Group K kicks off 17 June vs DR Congo, with RTP1, SIC and TVI co-broadcasting free-to-air.
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Avenida da Liberdade Stages 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa Tonight Under 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Banner — 20 Competing Bairros, 3,820 Bleacher Seats and a 40-Year EEC-Accession Tribute Headline the 21:00 Parade

Avenida da Liberdade Stages 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa Tonight Under 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Banner — 20 Competing Bairros, 3,820 Bleacher Seats and a 40-Year EEC-Accession Tribute Headline the 21:00 Parade

EGEAC opens the 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa at 21:00 Friday on Avenida da Liberdade with 20 competing bairros and a 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' banner saluting the 40th anniversary of Portugal's 1986 EEC accession — 3,820 bleacher seats and six giant screens carry the parade.
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IPMA Steps Up Heat Warning to Red for Sunday Across Seven Mainland Districts — Lisboa, Setúbal, Santarém, Évora, Beja, Castelo Branco and Portalegre Face 40°C+ as Saturday Already Tracks Toward Alvega's 42.7°C Peak

IPMA Steps Up Heat Warning to Red for Sunday Across Seven Mainland Districts — Lisboa, Setúbal, Santarém, Évora, Beja, Castelo Branco and Portalegre Face 40°C+ as Saturday Already Tracks Toward Alvega's 42.7°C Peak

IPMA upgrades seven mainland districts from orange to red for Sunday 14 June — Lisboa, Setúbal, Santarém, Évora, Beja, Castelo Branco and Portalegre face 40°C+ as Saturday already prints 42.7°C in Alvega and 42.6°C in Amareleja, with 80-plus municipalities at maximum rural-fire risk.
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