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Cartão de Cidadão and Chave Móvel Digital for Expats in 2026: How Foreign Residents Get Portugal's Digital ID, Set Up the CMD, and Sign Anything Online

Cartão de Cidadão and Chave Móvel Digital for Expats in 2026: How Foreign Residents Get Portugal's Digital ID, Set Up the CMD, and Sign Anything Online

How foreign residents in Portugal get the Cartão de Cidadão and Chave Móvel Digital in 2026 — the IRN appointment, CMD activation at any Espaço Cidadão, and the qualified electronic signature that gives you the same legal weight as a wet signature on any document.

UGT Unanimously Chumba the Trabalho XXI Overhaul — Palma Ramalho Pegs 7 May as Concertação's Last Day, Then the Diploma Heads Straight to Parlamento

UGT Unanimously Chumba the Trabalho XXI Overhaul — Palma Ramalho Pegs 7 May as Concertação's Last Day, Then the Diploma Heads Straight to Parlamento

UGT's Secretariado Nacional voted unanimously on 23 April to reject the Government's final labour reform draft. Minister Palma Ramalho gave UGT 15 days. The 7 May CPCS meeting is now the deadline before the package goes to Parliament without a concertation agreement.

Council of Ministers Triggers Third Stage of TAP Sale — PARPUBLICA Now Has the Green Light to Ask Lufthansa and Air France-KLM for Binding Bids by End of July

Council of Ministers Triggers Third Stage of TAP Sale — PARPUBLICA Now Has the Green Light to Ask Lufthansa and Air France-KLM for Binding Bids by End of July

The Council of Ministers on 23 April authorised PARPÚBLICA to invite Air France-KLM and Lufthansa to submit binding offers for 44.9% of TAP. Pinto Luz wants invitations out by end of April, binding bids by end of July, and the privatisation closed by early September.

Reading Your Portuguese Pay Slip in 2026: The Recibo de Vencimento, TSU, IRS Retention, Subsídios, and Duodécimos Explained

Reading Your Portuguese Pay Slip in 2026: The Recibo de Vencimento, TSU, IRS Retention, Subsídios, and Duodécimos Explained

Your first Portuguese pay slip looks nothing like the one you had back home. Here is what each line of the recibo de vencimento means — base salary, meal subsidy, IRS withholding, the 11% TSU contribution, 13th and 14th month pay, duodécimos, and the net you actually see hit your IBAN.

Eve of Friday's Prosecutor Strike — SMMP Report Pegs the Ministério Público's Staffing Hole at 162 Magistrates and 267 Court Officials

Eve of Friday's Prosecutor Strike — SMMP Report Pegs the Ministério Público's Staffing Hole at 162 Magistrates and 267 Court Officials

Paulo Lona's union goes public with a region-by-region staffing map on the eve of Friday's national walkout. Lisbon is short 47 first-instance prosecutors, Évora 36, Porto 26, Coimbra 26, and the superior courts 27. One magistrate in Alenquer is carrying 2,700 open inquiries.