Portugal's health ministry has published Despacho n.o 9696/2026, rewriting how the SNS pays doctors for extra urgent work and revoking a criticised 29 June order. The earlier version had excluded some stroke-unit staff tied to the fast-track 'Vias Verdes' for strokes and heart attacks; the Ordem dos
RTP's board has preventively suspended new remuneration supplements after a draft Inspecao-Geral de Financas audit of its 2018-2024 management flagged them as improper. The top-ups reach more than 300 staff and under 2% of personnel costs; RTP disputes the findings, citing its 2006 company agreement
Good morning. Here is your Thursday briefing for 6 August 2026 — six stories shaping Portugal today, from a competition-regulator green light for the sale of the Tróia hotel and casino and a
The 87th Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta opened Wednesday with a 6.5 km Lisbon prologue won by Denmark's Julius Johansen, who took the first yellow jersey. The race runs to 16 August over roughly 1,388 km and ten stages, from Lisbon to Porto, with 119 riders on 17 teams.
The Certificados do Tesouro Série 5 raised about €297.7 million from 8,300 subscribers in July, their debut month. The ten-year product pays a fixed step-up rate rising from 2.35% to 3.35%, with early redemption allowed after year one, and is managed by the IGCP.
First-phase applications to Portugal's universities and polytechnics passed 55,000 — above all of last year's first phase — as the window closes Thursday. A troubled switch to digital marking of some 300,000 national-exam scripts delayed grades and triggered more than 20,000 appeals.
An Indian crew member arrested after the interception of a container ship carrying five tonnes of cocaine was found hanged in a Judicial Police holding cell in Lisbon. A senior officer called it 'on the face of it, a failure'; the prison and reintegration service has opened an inquiry.
