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Segurança Social Direta Locks Two-Factor Authentication Into Mandatory Operation on Tuesday 12 May 2026 — NISS-and-Password Logins Now Require an SMS or Email Code, and the Username Migrates From NISS to the Registered Email

Segurança Social Direta Locks Two-Factor Authentication Into Mandatory Operation on Tuesday 12 May 2026 — NISS-and-Password Logins Now Require an SMS or Email Code, and the Username Migrates From NISS to the Registered Email

The Portuguese Social Security portal — Segurança Social Direta, the single online front-door for almost every benefit, contribution and worker-employer transaction that runs through the Instituto da Segurança Social — switches its authentication...
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Husqvarna Group Walks the Rio de Mouro Sintra Factory Into Its End-of-2026 Closure Window — Stone Diamond Tools Exit Cuts SEK 250 Million of Annual Sales Across Portugal, Belgium and Greece in Glen Instone's Portfolio Cut

Husqvarna Group Walks the Rio de Mouro Sintra Factory Into Its End-of-2026 Closure Window — Stone Diamond Tools Exit Cuts SEK 250 Million of Annual Sales Across Portugal, Belgium and Greece in Glen Instone's Portfolio Cut

The Swedish power-tools group Husqvarna has confirmed that its stone-diamond-tools manufacturing operations in Rio de Mouro, Sintra — alongside companion sites in Belgium and Greece — walk into a closure window that completes by the end of 2026. The...
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Exchanging a Foreign Driving Licence (Troca da Carta de Condução) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the IMT Process, the EU vs Vienna-Convention vs Third-Country Tracks, the 90-Day Post-Residence Window and the Two-Year Practical-Exam Exemption

Exchanging a Foreign Driving Licence (Troca da Carta de Condução) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the IMT Process, the EU vs Vienna-Convention vs Third-Country Tracks, the 90-Day Post-Residence Window and the Two-Year Practical-Exam Exemption

Exchanging a foreign driving licence in Portugal runs through IMT under Decreto-Lei 138/2012. This 2026 guide walks the EU, Vienna-Convention and third-country tracks, the 185-day non-resident window, the 90-day post-residence trigger and the two-year practical-exam exemption.
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INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE reads the Construction Cost Index for new housing at +5.8% year-on-year in March 2026 — labour climbs 8.2%, materials 3.7%, and the headline wedge widens 1.0pp from February. The labour-cost trajectory is the structural read inside Portugal's housing-affordability calculus.
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Hovione Names António Almeida and Marco Gil Co-CEOs as Jean-Luc Herbeaux Steps Down on 21 May After Three-Year Run — Both Incoming Executives Carry 19-Year Tenures and the Permanent CEO Search Is Already Open

Hovione Names António Almeida and Marco Gil Co-CEOs as Jean-Luc Herbeaux Steps Down on 21 May After Three-Year Run — Both Incoming Executives Carry 19-Year Tenures and the Permanent CEO Search Is Already Open

Hovione, Portugal's flagship pharmaceutical contract-development-and-manufacturing group, will replace Jean-Luc Herbeaux with a two-person co-CEO bridge on 21 May 2026. António Almeida (CFO) and Marco Gil (SVP Sales & Marketing) take the top job jointly; both joined Hovione in 2007.
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Family Reunification (Reagrupamento Familiar) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the AIMA Process, the Lei 23/2007 Framework, the Spouse, Children and Parent Tracks, and the Documentary Chain to the Cartão de Residência

Family Reunification (Reagrupamento Familiar) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the AIMA Process, the Lei 23/2007 Framework, the Spouse, Children and Parent Tracks, and the Documentary Chain to the Cartão de Residência

Family reunification in Portugal runs through AIMA under Lei 23/2007 and covers spouses, minor and adult-dependent children, parents over 65 and unmarried partners in união de facto. The 2026 guide walks the three tracks, the documents, the wait times and the appeals path.
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