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CGTP Sounds the Wednesday 3 June Greve Geral One Week Out — CP Trains, TAP Cabin Crew, Autoeuropa Workers and Frente Comum Sign On as Rosário Palma Ramalho's 12-Proposition Labour Reform Sidelines the Confederation

Seven days out from the Wednesday 3 June greve geral, the CGTP's adhesion list has lengthened to CP rail, TAP cabin crew, Autoeuropa workers, AIMA mediators and Frente Comum — the most broadly subscribed labour stoppage Portugal has lined up in more than a decade.

27 May 2026

Society

Q1 2026 RASI Tape Marks a Casas-Abrigo Demography Shift — 684 Children Outnumber 678 Women for the First Time as the Rede Nacional Holds 1,383 Acolhidos and 8 Lives Are Lost to Domestic Violence

The CIG's Q1 2026 RASI tape flips a long-standing demographic fact about Portugal's domestic-violence shelter network: 684 children now sit inside the 38 casas abrigo against 678 women — the first quarter on record where minors outnumber adult female victims.

27 May 2026

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Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Climbs on Galp Rebound, TAP Q1 Loss Narrows 63% to €40M, CTT Pays €0.17 Dividend Thursday

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27 May 2026

News

Belém Promulga the Category-B Tutor Driving Diploma at 12:52 on Wednesday — Ten-Year Licence Becomes the Tutor Threshold, Schools Lose the Mandatory First Twelve Lessons and ANIECA Brands the Reform a Road-Safety Step Backward

President Seguro promulgated on Wednesday 27 May the diploma allowing category-B learners to take their first 12 practical lessons with a ten-year-licensed tutor instead of a driving-school instructor; ANIECA opposes the reform.

27 May 2026

News

UGT Banking Federation Escalates the Reformas dos Bancários Standoff to Minister Rosário Palma Ramalho — Lenders Accused of Off-loading Pension Burden onto Segurança Social as SNQTB Files a Parallel Parliamentary Petition

UGT-bank federation asks Min. Trabalho Rosário Palma Ramalho and the Director-General of Segurança Social to intervene on bankers' pension calculations; SNQTB filed a parallel petition heading for Assembleia plenary.

27 May 2026

News

Banco de Portugal Lobbies the Government to Bind the DSTI Macroprudential Recommendation by Law as Álvaro Santos Pereira's May Estabilidade Financeira Brands Housing-Price Correction the Top Systemic Risk

Governor Santos Pereira used the 27 May Financial Stability Report to ask the Government to convert the DSTI macroprudential recommendation into a binding rule, one week after opening a consultation on cutting the cap from 50% to 45% or 40%.

27 May 2026

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Conselho Superior da Magistratura Faults the Government's Heranças Indivisas Reform as a Potential 'New Source of Judicial Litigiousness' — Two-Year Forced-Sale Trigger Heads to Parliament Without Norm-by-Norm Clarification

The Conselho Superior da Magistratura (CSM) has handed down a critical parecer on the Government's proposal to overhaul the heranças indivisas regime, warning that the bill — designed to unblock estates stuck for years between disagreeing heirs —...

27 May 2026