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Applying for the Pensão de Velhice (State Old-Age Pension) at Segurança Social in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 66Y9M Threshold, 15-Year Carência, 0.8237 Fator de Sustentabilidade and Three-Month Filing Window

Applying for the Pensão de Velhice (State Old-Age Pension) at Segurança Social in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 66Y9M Threshold, 15-Year Carência, 0.8237 Fator de Sustentabilidade and Three-Month Filing Window

Reaching pensionable age in Portugal is a moving target. Idade normal is 66 anos e 9 meses in 2026, lifting to 66 anos e 11 meses in 2027. Fator de sustentabilidade carves 17.63% off early pensions. Apply 90 days before the date you want the cheque to start.
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Portugal Approaches the 7 June 2026 EU Pay-Transparency Directive Deadline Without a Published Lei de Transposição — Diretiva 2023/970 Tilts the Country Into Article 258 TFEU Infringement-Risk Territory

Portugal Approaches the 7 June 2026 EU Pay-Transparency Directive Deadline Without a Published Lei de Transposição — Diretiva 2023/970 Tilts the Country Into Article 258 TFEU Infringement-Risk Territory

Directive (EU) 2023/970 — the EU Pay-Transparency Directive — must be transposed into Portuguese law by Sunday 7 June 2026. Lisbon has not yet tabled a diploma. ACT is already enforcing on Directive spirit; Article 258 TFEU infringement-risk territory opens on Monday.
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President António José Seguro Warns the 15th National Misericórdias Congress That Demographic Ageing Is Portugal's 'Time Bomb' (Bomba-Relógio) and Names Immigrants as the Social Sector's Load-Bearing Input

President António José Seguro Warns the 15th National Misericórdias Congress That Demographic Ageing Is Portugal's 'Time Bomb' (Bomba-Relógio) and Names Immigrants as the Social Sector's Load-Bearing Input

President António José Seguro opened the 15th National Misericórdias Congress in Braga on 4 June 2026 by branding Portuguese demographic ageing a 'bomba-relógio' and crediting immigrant workers with holding the 388-strong, 52,000-worker network together.
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Claiming Subsídio Parental (Parental Leave Pay) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 120/150/180-Day Initial Subsidy, the 28-Day Father's Exclusive Leave, the 80/100/83% Reference-Remuneration Bands and the Decreto-Lei 91/2009 Eligibility Frame

Claiming Subsídio Parental (Parental Leave Pay) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 120/150/180-Day Initial Subsidy, the 28-Day Father's Exclusive Leave, the 80/100/83% Reference-Remuneration Bands and the Decreto-Lei 91/2009 Eligibility Frame

A practical guide to Portugal's subsídio parental in 2026 — the 120/150/180-day initial modalities, the 28-day father's exclusive leave, the 100/80/83% reference-remuneration bands, the 6-month prazo de garantia, the alargado top-up at 25% and the Segurança Social Direta filing flow.
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Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Voids the Juízo Local Criminal's July 2025 Acquittal in the PAN Email-Blackout Case and Sends Cristina Rodrigues Back to First Instance With a Fundamentação Order on the Evidence Nullity Question

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Voids the Juízo Local Criminal's July 2025 Acquittal in the PAN Email-Blackout Case and Sends Cristina Rodrigues Back to First Instance With a Fundamentação Order on the Evidence Nullity Question

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa annulled the July 2025 acquittal of Cristina Rodrigues — now Chega, ex-PAN — over the 2020 PAN email-deletion case. The 4 June 2026 acórdão ruled the first-instance judgment insufficiently reasoned and ordered a retrial alongside co-defendant Sara Fernandes.
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Kaja Kallas Sends Sofia Moreira de Sousa to Tirana and Francisco André to Brasília in the EEAS's 33-Ambassador Rotation — Two Portuguese Names Anchor the South-East Europe and Brazil Files

Kaja Kallas Sends Sofia Moreira de Sousa to Tirana and Francisco André to Brasília in the EEAS's 33-Ambassador Rotation — Two Portuguese Names Anchor the South-East Europe and Brazil Files

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas names Sofia Moreira de Sousa as EU Ambassador to Albania and Francisco André as EU Ambassador to Brazil in a 33-post EEAS rotation announced on 4 June 2026 — Moreira de Sousa moves from the Commission's Lisbon Representation, André transfers from Mexico City.
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