IPMA lifts the ultraviolet-radiation index to very high across every Portuguese district through Friday 13 June, with Faro maxing at 34°C and twelve concelhos in Santarém, Portalegre, Castelo Branco, Évora and Faro on top-tier wildfire alert.
A 1,041-adult survey run 8–24 May by Bárbara Gomes' team at the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra finds 67.1% want palliative care to be the SNS's maximum priority, with home-death preference up from 51% in 2010 to 65.4%.
ANA — Aeroportos de Portugal logged more than 50 cancellations between arrivals and departures at Madeira's Cristiano Ronaldo airport across 8 and 9 June after gusts hit 77 km/h, forcing Lisboa, Manchester, Bristol and Ponta Delgada flights to divert.
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Parliament rejected on 3 June PCP and Bloco de Esquerda proposals for a formal inquiry into the Government's authorisation of US use of the Lajes airbase during the Iran operation — PSD, Chega, PS, Iniciativa Liberal and CDS all voted against, leaving political scrutiny to the standing committee.
AIMA received 643 complaints from immigrants between January and April 2026, up 8.4% year-on-year — with 41.3% citing slow residence-permit processing, 37.8% concentrated in Lisbon, only 15.4% of cases resolved and just 14.7% receiving any AIMA response.
Chega leader André Ventura confirmed on 8 June that the party could let the Prestação Social Única pass at generalidade if PSD accepts a five-year contributory wall on immigrant access — and announced a 'final meeting' with PM Montenegro on the labour-reform package on Thursday 11 June.
