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Stacking the Complemento Solidário para Idosos (CSI) on Top of a Low Portuguese Pension in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the €8,040 Reference Value, the 66Y9M Threshold, the Six-Year Residence Rule and the Benefícios Adicionais de Saúde Auto-Attachment

Stacking the Complemento Solidário para Idosos (CSI) on Top of a Low Portuguese Pension in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the €8,040 Reference Value, the 66Y9M Threshold, the Six-Year Residence Rule and the Benefícios Adicionais de Saúde Auto-Attachment

The Complemento Solidário para Idosos (CSI) top-up to low Segurança Social pensions runs at €8,040 a year / €670 a month in 2026 under Decreto-Lei 232/2005 — 66Y9M threshold, six-year Portuguese residence rule, BAS free-prescription auto-attachment, 239,771 beneficiaries on the latest March read.
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Walnut Plantation Erases Two 5,000-Year-Old Antas and a Roman Vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros — Câmara Opens Inquérito Interno and Tutela Refers Case to the Ministério Público

Walnut Plantation Erases Two 5,000-Year-Old Antas and a Roman Vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros — Câmara Opens Inquérito Interno and Tutela Refers Case to the Ministério Público

Two 5,000-year-old antas and a Roman vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros, Évora were destroyed for a NOGAM walnut plantation — the Câmara opens an inquérito interno, the tutela refers to the Ministério Público, with a 2020 Vale da Moura precedent in the same parish.
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