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A University of Glasgow Study Finds Portugal's Merged Local Health Units Missed Their Targets While Spending Climbed

A University of Glasgow study by economist Joao Pedro Martins finds Portugal's 39 Local Health Units missed their business-plan targets while spending rose, with no gains in access, capacity or efficiency — echoing family-doctor teams who say the 2024 merger was rushed.

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

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Portugal's First Digital Exam Marking Falters, Delaying 300,000 Secondary Results to July 17

Portugal's first attempt to mark its 300,000 national secondary exams digitally has been hit by platform crashes, mis-scanned papers and a security flaw, forcing grading deadlines back and delaying results to 17 July. Minister Fernando Alexandre dismisses 'alarmism' as a petition and opposition part

The Portugal Brief 08 Jul 2026

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Social Democrats Nearly Double Their 2025 Profit While the Socialists and Left Bloc End the Year in the Red

The 2025 party accounts show the governing PSD nearly doubling its surplus to EUR2.4 million, helped by state subsidies, while the Socialists and the Left Bloc were the only parties to end the year in deficit. Chega slipped to second on profit and the small Livre quadrupled its result.

The Portugal Brief 07 Jul 2026

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Portugal Joins Three of the EU's Five Flagship Defence Projects, From Drones to Seabed Security

Portugal has joined three of the five European Defence Projects of Common Interest unveiled by Brussels on 3 July: the Decoder drone programme, the IMSD maritime and seabed-defence effort, and the EU-FIAMD air- and missile-defence shield — part of a push worth some €190 billion by 2036.

The Portugal Brief 06 Jul 2026

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The Government Adds Another €1.5 Million to Amália, Its Home-Grown Public-Sector AI, and Launches a Gov.IA Portal

Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has added €1.5 million to Amália, Portugal's state-backed Portuguese-language AI, taking total investment to €7 million through 2027. The open-source model scales to 22 billion parameters, runs on the Deucalion supercomputer, and comes with a new Gov.IA portal.

The Portugal Brief 06 Jul 2026

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Portugal's 'Trabalho XXI' Labour Reform Died in Parliament. Here's What Fell With It — and Why AI Is the Next Battleground

On 19 June, Parliament rejected the government's Trabalho XXI package after Chega joined the left to vote it down. The individual hours bank, longer fixed-term contracts and easier dismissals all fell. Experts say the next attempt must finally tackle AI and algorithmic management at work.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jul 2026

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Portugal's Biggest Private Hospital Group Signals It Will Bid to Run Public Hospitals — but Only Under a Better Model

Lusiadas Saude president Vasco Antunes Pereira told Lusa the private group is willing to bid for new public-private partnerships to manage SNS hospitals, but wants a more precise oversight model first — recalling its 14-year Cascais concession as the Government reopens hospital PPP processes.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jul 2026

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