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The stone walls and keep of Abrantes Castle beside a white church with a red tiled roof, on a grassy hilltop under a blue sky with thin clouds

Portugal's Stroke Survivors Mark Ten Years of Their Own Association by Warning That Rehabilitation Still Comes Too Late

Portugal AVC now runs 25 mutual help groups and meets in Abrantes on Saturday. Emergency stroke treatment has grown sharply in a decade, but survivors say the therapy that follows is patchy and carers fill the gap.

The main building of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon, a six-storey concrete block with ribbon windows behind lawns, paths and trees under a blue sky

The Government Declares Católica's New Lisbon Business School Campus a Project of National Public Interest, With Room for 5,000 More Students

Resolution 184/2026 backs Campus Veritati, two buildings for the business school and an 800-seat conference centre, plus a pedestrian garden over Avenida Lusíada. It gives no cost, no timetable and no public funding.

Close-up of an Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, with black and white striped legs and body, against a blurred green background

Lisbon's Final Batch of Sterile Tiger Mosquitoes Goes Out in Alvalade Today, With a Controlled Trial Pencilled In for May

The releases complete a first phase that tracks how far sterile males spread and how long they live in a city. If results are good, a May 2027 study will compare a release zone with a control area.