President Antonio Jose Seguro has referred Parliament's asylum-and-return overhaul to the Constitutional Court for preventive review, citing doubts over child welfare, longer immigration detention and weaker appeal rights. The decree is frozen until the judges rule within 25 days.
The E-Lar programme has handed out €66 million and 52,940 vouchers worth up to €738 each to move Portuguese kitchens off gas. But €42.2 million went to middle-class households against €23.7 million for vulnerable families — exposing the tension between fighting energy poverty and decarbonising the w
Eighteen of the 60 members of Portugal's government have declared business holdings, rising to 44% among ministers. The Transparency Entity, meanwhile, has verified just 10.24% of the 8,620 declarations filed since March 2024 — turning disclosure into something closer to an honour code.
Brussels has wired Portugal the ninth PRR instalment of €2.32 billion, lifting total drawdown to 78.67% of the €21.9 billion fund. But only 74.54% of milestones are met, and every remaining target must be cleared by 31 August to secure the last tranche before year-end.
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Portugal is raising the monthly per-pupil payment to private special-education colleges by 16% to €836.60 from September, part of a batch of diplomas that also writes accessibility for students with special needs into the Basic Law on Education.
Diesel is forecast to fall about 12 cents a litre next week and petrol 12.5 cents, one of the sharpest drops in memory, taking simple diesel to roughly €1.931 and 95-octane petrol to €1.855, according to ACP estimates as global oil prices cool.
