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Brasília's ANP Approves Galp's Berbigão and Sururu Unitization Agreements Eight Years After Submission — The Portuguese Producer Settles at 6.45% in Berbigão and 9.497% in Sururu of the Pre-Sal Block BM-S-11A That Has Been Pumping Since 2019

Brazil's Agência Nacional do Petróleo cleared Galp's eight-year-pending unitization for Berbigão and Sururu on 4 May 2026. Galp's stake settles at 6.45% / 9.497% — and the Lisbon producer says financials already book the change since Q3 2022.

Healthcare

Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia and the Ordem dos Médicos Demand Infarmed Revoke the 13 April Glucose-Sensor Circular — Generic Prescription Treats Two Medical Devices With Different Age Approvals and Different Apps as Interchangeable

SPD president Estevão Pape and Ordem dos Médicos bastonário Carlos Cortes call Infarmed's 13 April circular a 'clinical setback'. The shift from brand-specific to generic prescription treats two CGM sensors as interchangeable — but one is approved age 2+, the other age 18+, and the apps don't talk.

Defence

PSD and CDS-PP Pitch a 'Defender Portugal' Civic-Military Programme to Hand 18-23-Year-Olds €439.21 and a Free Driving Licence — A 3-to-6 Week Internato Aimed at the Forças Armadas' 24,500-Active-Personnel Recruitment Crisis

AD's parliamentary resolution would create a voluntary three-to-six-week 'Defender Portugal' programme for 18-23-year-olds — €439.21 stipend (50% of basic-instruction first-tier pay), free driving licence in military establishments. Aimed at Portugal's 24,500-active-personnel recruitment crisis.

Courts

Ministério Público Charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos for the COVID-19 Deaths of 18 Residents — Six Years On, the Pandemic-Era Care-Home Accountability File Finally Reaches the Penal Code

Ministério Público charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos and its former leadership with propagation of contagious disease aggravated by the result — 18 deaths and 3 serious-injury counts from the April–May 2020 COVID outbreak that infected 109 of the lar's residents. Indictment filed 31 March 2026.