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A hospital ward with rows of empty beds, illustrating INE's 2025 National Health Survey on chronic illness in Portugal

Lower-Back Pain Tops Portugal's Chronic-Illness Ranking, Afflicting 3.2 Million as Hypertension and High Cholesterol Follow

INE's 2025 National Health Survey, published 24 June, finds lower-back pain is now Portugal's most common chronic condition, affecting 3.2 million residents and striking the young as well as the old. Hypertension, high cholesterol and excess weight round out the picture.

A traditional Portuguese whitewashed house with a green door, white-framed window and terracotta pots of pink geraniums on a cobblestone street

Home Insurance (Seguro Multirriscos) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Mandatory Fire Cover, the Mortgage Seguro de Vida, What a Policy Actually Pays and How to Make a Claim

What home insurance you must have in Portugal, what a seguro multirriscos really covers, why the bank also wants a seguro de vida, how reconstruction value (not market price) sets your premium, and the step-by-step for making a claim — explained for expats.

The Portuguese Parliament, the Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, a neoclassical facade with columns and the Portuguese flag flying above

PSD and CDS Move to Double the Residency Bar for Non-EU Newcomers to Two Years for the New Single Social Benefit — PS Brands the Amendment an 'Approximation to Chega' as the Far Right Holds Out for Five

Governing partners PSD and CDS have filed amendments raising the minimum legal residency for non-EU/EEA nationals to claim the Prestação Social Única from one year to two. PS calls it an 'approximation to Chega', which still wants five. Carve-outs protect children and the disabled.