Researchers at Porto's i3S institute have validated a strategy for personalised therapeutic vaccines against colorectal cancer, identifying tumour neoantigens that could train a patient's immune system to attack the disease.
DECO Proteste's 63-item essentials basket has fallen to €253.63, down 1.23% on the week and its cheapest since March. It is now 4.88% lower than in January, though meat prices remain far above 2022 levels.
TAP has switched on new routes this week — Porto to Terceira and Praia, and Lisbon to Athens and Curitiba — as it leans on Porto's airport and formally exits its restructuring plan ahead of a partial privatisation.
OnStrategy's 2026 ranking keeps EDP top at €3.16 billion, ahead of Galp and Jeronimo Martins. TAP posted the fastest growth at 28.5%, while CGD and Millennium bcp led a banking-sector surge of about 25%.
In 'Operação Relax', the Judicial Police detained four people, three of them doctors, over an alleged racket certifying fraudulent invalidity pensions for cash. Social Security has suspended 182 payments, saving an estimated €18.5 million.
The European Commission has approved Portugal's ninth PRR payment — €2,321 million, split €1,859m in grants and €462m in loans — pushing the recovery plan's execution from 61% to 75%. Only the final, toughest cheque remains.
On 2 July, PS and Chega approved a bill forcing the State to pay the long-stalled graduate tuition refund (the prémio salarial de qualificações) and let it stack with IRS Jovem. The PSD says the €300M measure risks a deficit. Bachelor's graduates reclaim €697 a year, master's €1,500.
