Prime Minister Luís Montenegro used the decentralised Conselho de Ministros in Pombal on Thursday 21 May 2026 to sharpen his attack on the Tribunal de Contas's visto prévio regime, calling for a Portugal com menos burocracia, um Portugal que não...
The European statistical office Eurostat released its 2025 NEET reading on Wednesday 21 May 2026, placing Portugal at 8% for the 15-29 age cohort — three percentage points below the EU average of 11% and the sixth-lowest reading in the bloc. The...
The Lei da Nacionalidade revision that took effect on Tuesday 19 May 2026 raises the residency requirement for ordinary naturalisation from five years to ten for most foreigners — but only to seven for citizens of the Comunidade dos Países de Língua...
A forensic-psychiatric assessment commissioned by the Tribunal Central Criminal de Lisboa and dated 11 May 2026 concludes that 81-year-old former Banco Espírito Santo president Ricardo Salgado cannot compreender o porquê de cumprir uma pena de...
The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa issued a reformulated acórdão on Wednesday 20 May 2026 concluding there are fortes indícios — strong indicators — of active and passive corruption , recebimento indevido de vantagem (improper receipt of advantage),...
The May Aximage barómetro for Diário de Notícias puts the PS roughly ten percentage points ahead of the PSD/CDS-PP coalition, with Chega — at 23.5% — overtaking the governing AD for second place. The lead exceeds the 4.4% margin of error.
