On 2 May the diploma promulgated by President António José Seguro on 22 April brings cancer survivors, people living with HIV, hepatitis C patients and diabetics inside the right-to-be-forgotten regime for housing and consumer credit.
Parliament passed the nationality law 152-64 on 1 April, doubling the residency requirement from five to ten years. The decree now sits with President Seguro. He can sign it, veto it, or refer it to the Constitutional Court. Each path carries political risk.
The government has raised the PRR allocation for energy storage from EUR 160 million to EUR 180 million and added EUR 11.9 million for hydrogen and renewable gases — a quiet but consequential revision that reflects the urgency of stabilising a grid now running on 80 per cent renewables.
President Seguro convened his first Council of State at Belém Palace on Friday to debate security and defence — placing Venezuelan political prisoners, the Lajes Base, and Europe's strategic independence from Washington at the centre of the agenda.
Strasbourg Asks Whether Portugal Violated a Former Prime Minister's Right to a Fair Trial The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) took the unusual step on Monday of formally questioning the Portuguese state over the conduct of Operasção Marquês,...
The April World Economic Outlook Paints a Sobering Picture for Small Open Economies The International Monetary Fund released its April 2026 World Economic Outlook on Tuesday, titled "Global Economy in the Shadow of War," and the headline number for...
