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Claiming Subsídio de Doença (Sick Pay) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the CIT Digital Certificate, the 6-Month Prazo de Garantia, the 55-60-70-75% Reference-Remuneration Bands and the €5.37 IAS Floor

Claiming Subsídio de Doença (Sick Pay) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the CIT Digital Certificate, the 6-Month Prazo de Garantia, the 55-60-70-75% Reference-Remuneration Bands and the €5.37 IAS Floor

Subsídio de Doença — the cash benefit paid by Segurança Social when a registered worker is medically unable to work — is one of the load-bearing social-protection payments in the Portuguese system. The 2026 régime sits on the Decreto-Lei 28/2004...
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Council of Ministers Approves a Bill Creating a National Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and Carving Out Non-Punishment for Trafficking Victims — Lisbon Transposes EU Directive 2024/1712 Onto a 355-Registo OTSH Caseload

Council of Ministers Approves a Bill Creating a National Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and Carving Out Non-Punishment for Trafficking Victims — Lisbon Transposes EU Directive 2024/1712 Onto a 355-Registo OTSH Caseload

The Council of Ministers approved a Government bill on Wednesday 3 June 2026 that transposes Directive (UE) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims, sending the...
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Algarve Reservoirs at 95% Don't Cancel the Fire Risk — DECIR Charlie's 13,335 Operatives and 78 Aircraft Step Onto a 2,780-Fire Run That Already Doubles 2025 in the Same Five-Month Window

Algarve Reservoirs at 95% Don't Cancel the Fire Risk — DECIR Charlie's 13,335 Operatives and 78 Aircraft Step Onto a 2,780-Fire Run That Already Doubles 2025 in the Same Five-Month Window

Portugal entered the official fire season with the Algarve reservoir system at 95% of usable capacity — and Civil Protection deploying 13,335 operatives, 78 aircraft and two Black Hawks. The two readings are not contradictory: a wet winter is exactly what feeds a hot fire run.
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The OECD–Brussels Pincer Frames Portugal's 2030 Fiscal Math — 1.8% Growth, Zero Budget Balance and a 15.1%-of-GDP Pension Trajectory Land on the Same Day Brussels Asks Lisbon to Rebase the IMI Patrimonial Values

The OECD–Brussels Pincer Frames Portugal's 2030 Fiscal Math — 1.8% Growth, Zero Budget Balance and a 15.1%-of-GDP Pension Trajectory Land on the Same Day Brussels Asks Lisbon to Rebase the IMI Patrimonial Values

Three macro letters reached Lisbon on the same Wednesday: OECD trimming growth to 1.8%, Brussels projecting pension spending at 15.1% of GDP by 2045, and Brussels nudging an IMI patrimonial rebase. Read together, they cinch Portugal's fiscal corset for the rest of the decade.
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Portugal's 3 June General Strike Lands at 100% Lisbon Metro and 98% Carris Workshops — Hospitals São João, Santa Maria and IPO Porto Run Central Surgical Blocks at Zero as Trabalho XXI Hardens Toward the Parliamentary Vote

Portugal's 3 June General Strike Lands at 100% Lisbon Metro and 98% Carris Workshops — Hospitals São João, Santa Maria and IPO Porto Run Central Surgical Blocks at Zero as Trabalho XXI Hardens Toward the Parliamentary Vote

End-of-day read on the 3 June 2026 CGTP general strike: Lisbon Metro at 100% participation, Carris workshops at 98%, Transtejo at 85% — and central surgical blocks shuttered at São João, Santa Maria, IPO Porto, Braga and Viana do Castelo.
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