Portugal has created a dedicated SNS career for dental doctors, published Tuesday in the Diário da República after a unanimous parliamentary vote. It gives the roughly 150 dentists in the public system proper grades and contracts for the first time, ending years of recibos-verdes precarity.
The Port of Setúbal is planning a €100 million military-and-civilian terminal and preparing to roughly double its roll-on/roll-off capacity — positioning itself to receive the wave of Chinese-made cars entering Europe.
The Portuguese Air Force has contracted home-grown manufacturer Tekever for AR5 surveillance drones to monitor the country's vast Exclusive Economic Zone, with the first systems arriving in September.
Immigration lawyers say AIMA is rejecting residence-permit renewals for self-employed foreigners who contribute the bare legal minimum to Social Security — even when they earn well above the minimum wage.
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Primark will open two more Portuguese stores next month as part of a €45 million plan to add outlets and create some 300 jobs — including its first street-front shop in Portugal, on Porto's Rua de Santa Catarina.
Defence Minister Nuno Melo is suing Chega leader André Ventura, MP Pedro Frazão and the newspaper 24Horas over claims about Portugal's €3.9 billion purchase of three Italian frigates. The ministry says they 'lied premeditatedly'; Chega calls the lawsuit arrogant.
