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The Arithmetic of Abandonment: Why 90% of Storm Kristin Victims Still Wait for Reconstruction Aid

The Arithmetic of Abandonment: Why 90% of Storm Kristin Victims Still Wait for Reconstruction Aid

Four months have passed since Storm Kristin tore through northern Portugal in late November 2025, killing 23 people and causing an estimated €850 million in damage. The government announced emergency reconstruction funding within days. Yet as of...

The Nova Split: Why a University Rector's Decree Triggered Portugal's Biggest Academic Crisis in Decades

The Nova Split: Why a University Rector's Decree Triggered Portugal's Biggest Academic Crisis in Decades

The crisis engulfing Universidade Nova de Lisboa this week appears, on its surface, to be about administrative reorganization. A rector issues a decree. A business school protests. Faculty take sides. But the real story is more fundamental: it's...

Portugal to Lose 12% of EU Funding as Brussels Merges Cohesion and Agriculture Budgets

Portugal to Lose 12% of EU Funding as Brussels Merges Cohesion and Agriculture Budgets

Portugal faces a 12% cut to its national envelope in the European Union's next multi-year budget framework (2028-2034), according to internal European Parliament documents reviewed by Público. The reduction stems from a fundamental restructuring...

Portuguese Startup Uses AI to Predict Urban Flooding 24 Hours in Advance — and It's Already Saving Cities

Portuguese Startup Uses AI to Predict Urban Flooding 24 Hours in Advance — and It's Already Saving Cities

When December 2022's floods paralyzed Lisbon, three engineers from Instituto Superior Técnico realized their sensors—initially designed to monitor Iberian lynx migrations—could do something far more valuable: predict urban flooding before it...