Laboratories found 27 of 76 pairs over the legal limit for substances such as phthalates and hexavalent chromium, and eight of ten models sold as safety footwear failed at least one protection test.
Fraudsters are posting cards with personalised letters that push recipients to activate them through a link, number or QR code. A genuine card is activated only at a cash machine or in your bank's own website or app.
The ASAE inspected 30,700 economic operators in eight months, 8,600 of them online, and opened 643 criminal and 2,148 administrative proceedings. Operation Mesa Limpa alone closed 183 restaurants on the spot and seized four tonnes of food.
Luís Montenegro's office has warned of a fraud circulating by WhatsApp and email in his name, asking people to sign a bogus 'confidentiality agreement' — even as a separate SMS scam impersonating the Health Ministry demands payment for fictitious hospital debts.
A new decree-law puts the law behind electricity consumers: cut-offs are barred during peak-demand periods and while a billing complaint is open, vulnerable households gain a right to payment plans, large suppliers must offer fixed-price deals, and the social tariff follows them on switching.
The Banco de Portugal (Bank of Portugal — BdP) has opened a public consultation on a new Estratégia Nacional para os Pagamentos (National Payments Strategy) running through 2030, and the document floats one headline tool that will reshape how the...
The Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE, Authority for Food and Economic Safety) has dismantled a counterfeit auto-parts network spanning three Portuguese districts, seizing 14,629 falsified components with a retail value above...
