The European Court of Auditors estimates 3.8 percent of 2025 EU budget spending broke the rules. It found no problems in the 30 Portuguese recovery plan milestones it checked, but one Portugal 2020 project is now with the European prosecutors.
César Teixeira, already on AIMA's board, will replace Pedro Portugal Gaspar as president this year. The minister told Parliament the backlog phase is over, with integration and action against illegal immigration networks next, and gave his own figures.
The Instituto para o Ensino Superior counted 100,922 grant applications for 2026-27 by 6 October, and 35,427 cannot be assessed until missing information arrives. How to answer a request on BeOn, the late-application rules, and which residence permits qualify.
Clearance tests began on 6 October on the 3 km line from Casa da Música to São Bento. Driver trials and approvals follow, and Metro do Porto still expects passengers by the end of March 2027, with fares and timetables not yet published.
Infarmed has approved SNS hospital funding for Kaftrio in patients aged 2 and over without the F508del mutation, and for Vertex's newer once-daily Alyftrek from age 6. Who qualifies, how they get it and what is still unknown.
