The Health Regulation Authority received 40,895 complaints in the first half of 2026, 5.4 percent fewer, and 7.9 percent more compliments. Emergency waits led in the SNS, unquoted costs in private hospitals. How and where to complain.
Portalegre's central criminal court convicted 55 people in two MB WAY fraud cases on 16 October: 12 to serve prison terms of up to nine years, 43 suspended on condition they repay victims. SIBS and the Bank of Portugal's rules for using the app safely, and what to do if you are targeted.
The #Pub project's AI tracker says 53 percent of influencer posts it classed as advertising were not correctly labelled, and users have sent 40 complaints to ASAE. What Portugal's Advertising Code and the DGC guide require, the fines, and how to report a post.
Creditors of Ovom Care voted to liquidate the Cascais clinic as its chief executive pledged up to 250,000 euros for patients, short of the 332,747 euros they have claimed. The fertility regulator sets out what happens to stored embryos and eggs.
Blocked or closed accounts and unrecovered fraud losses make up 48.7 percent of bank complaints on DECO's platform. The Bank of Portugal saw blocked-account complaints rise 55 percent in 2025. Why banks freeze accounts, the notice rules and how to complain.
A year after the EU's payee check arrived, the Bank of Portugal's service has run 404 million of them. What the warning means, why you can still send the money, when your bank must refund you, and the scams a matching name cannot stop.
The European Commission sent Portugal four reasoned opinions and eight letters of formal notice in packages on 25 September and 1 October. Its own scoreboard already ranked Portugal 25th of 27 on overdue Single Market directives.
