Healthcare Portugal's RNCCI Waiting List Stretches to 134 Days in the Algarve as the 65+ Cohort Tops 24.3% — €245 Million OE2026 Envelope Lands Behind a 3,000-Bed PRR Target Already Slipping 17 May 2026
Sports Académico de Viseu Climbs Back to the Primeira Liga After a 37-Year Wait — Sérgio Fonseca's Side Holds Sporting B to 0-0 at the Fontelo to Pip Torreense on Goal Difference 17 May 2026
Finance Banco de Portugal Forces Lenders to Refund €8.91 Million to Clients in 2025 as Cobranças Indevidas Drop From the €22 Million 2024 Outlier — Commissions Carry €8.24 Million of the Restitution 17 May 2026
Government Rui Rocha Maps Out €550 Million Firefighter Modernisation Plan Over the Next Decade — PTRR Envelope Anchors Vehicles, Quartéis, Asbestos Removal and Aerial-Ladder Wishlist 17 May 2026
Healthcare STEPH Calls 21 May Vigil at the Ministry of Health Against the Approved INEM Lei Orgânica — Four Ex-Presidents Join the Critique of VMER Inter-Hospital Return and AEM Transfer to Local Health Units 17 May 2026
Business AdC Greenlights Jerónimo Martins, Visabeira and B&B Joint Buyout of Algarve Construction-Waste Operator Europontal on 15 May — Pingo Doce Holding Crosses Into Non-Hazardous RCD 17 May 2026
Transport Carris Adds Six Operating Hours to the Funicular da Graça From 15 May — 3,600 Riders in the First Fortnight, 70% Occasional, Navegante Priority Queue Holds 17 May 2026
Education Fenprof Brings Thousands of Teachers Onto Lisbon's Streets on Saturday 16 May for 'Mais Respeito pela Escola Pública' March — Pay, Career-Length Backlog and Specialist Shortages Top the Demand List 17 May 2026
Environment APA Eases Groundwater-Drilling Ban Across Most Algarve Water Bodies, the Moura-Ficalho Aquifer and the Left Bank of the Tejo-Sado — Faro Plain and Coastal Salt-Intrusion Zones Stay Frozen 17 May 2026
Energy Maria da Graça Carvalho Tells Wind and Solar Developers to Bring Câmaras and Populations Into Projects From the Start — Mogadouro Extraordinary Assembly Hears ENGIE Picote and Tua Hybridisation Plans 17 May 2026
