📘 New Guide Published Recreational Sea Fishing in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the DGRM Licence, the Fees, the Three-Rod Nine-Hook Rule and the 10 kg Daily Limit An annual shore
Portugal's national university-access competition opened with only 304 first-day applications, down from 10,183 a year ago, as thousands await revised exam grades after digital-marking errors. There are 56,790 places; the first phase still closes on 6 August, with results due 23 August.
Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento told Parliament the state will sell 'absolutely residual' holdings — 71 NOS shares, 0.25% of CTT and other odds and ends — that raise no meaningful revenue. The sale of the Hospital da Cruz Vermelha and the Estoril racing circuit is also being relaunched.
The University of Lisbon will build two data centres — at Oeiras and the Cidade Universitária — for €20 million, due in October 2028, to give researchers high-performance computing and a 'sovereign cloud' for sensitive health, biotech and precision-medicine data. Funded by the Lisbon 2030 programme.
Thursday's Council of Ministers approved a chamber to settle public-contract disputes in about 30 days, plus an administrative route to claim compensation for state-caused physical harm within a year — without going to court. Justice Minister Rita Alarcão Júdice announced the reform.
An overhaul of the SNS's National User Registry now ties family-doctor rights to three conditions — a vacancy, an 'updated' record and SNS use within five years. Emigrants and foreign residents risk losing their doctor and, without an updated record, the state co-payment on their medicines.
Germany's Hennig will build its first large-scale European plant in Figueira da Foz — a €51 million investment with €7.7 million in state support and around 452 jobs, making power-protection systems for data centres, hospitals and public buildings. Production starts in early 2028.
