The Council gave final approval on Monday to the overhaul of EU social security coordination. Most changes, from unemployment benefit to long-term care, apply two years after publication.
The ASF's first report on insurance intermediaries shows banks handled 72.5% of life insurance sales in 2025, and says it is questioning products that gave customers little value for money.
An order published on Monday tells the energy directorate DGEG to draft new rules for the maintenance, inspection, sealing and accident reporting of lifts, escalators and goods lifts, replacing a regime dating from 2002.
Ruling 589/2026 finds that Article 2196 of the Civil Code, applied to gifts, breaches the rights to personal development and privacy. A 1985 gift of land to a man's partner stands, but the rule stays in the Code for now.
Eurostat figures for 2025 put daily drinking in Portugal at 16 percent of people aged 16 or over, against 4.8 percent in the EU. Almost half of men aged 65 or over drink every day, while young people drink less than the EU average.
