Nikita Melnikov of Nova School of Business and Economics won the only Starting Grant hosted in Portugal, which ties the country with Slovenia, Lithuania and Luxembourg. Germany took 89, from a record 4,807 proposals filed.
The Variante Nascente cost 54.9 million euros of recovery-plan money and could take 30 to 40 percent of traffic out of the walled city. Infraestruturas de Portugal will spend 700 million euros in the Alentejo through 2028.
Norma 004/2026, signed on 2 September, runs the campaign from 16 September to 31 March 2027 and drops the eligibility gap that left some babies uncovered. The catch-up for children born since 1 April closes on 30 October.
The anonymous file described two years of shouting and persecution by the Secretary-General's adjunct, and a rise from 11 to 61 outside appointments to management posts. The legal auditor who proposed closing it had already asked to leave his post.
The MAI112 app put a deaf caller, a sign language interpreter and a CODU dispatcher on the same video call. The service behind it stopped in December 2021. Parliament recommended reactivation in March; the interior minister says he learned of the problem only recently.
The force logged 8,856 alcohol-related road crimes between January and July, an average of 1,265 a month. The heaviest age band is 51 to 64, the risk peaks between midnight and 06:00 at weekends, and four districts account for the bulk of it.
Good morning. Here is your Thursday briefing for 3 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a
