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Segurança Social Direta Locks Two-Factor Authentication Into Mandatory Operation on Tuesday 12 May 2026 — NISS-and-Password Logins Now Require an SMS or Email Code, and the Username Migrates From NISS to the Registered Email

Segurança Social Direta Locks Two-Factor Authentication Into Mandatory Operation on Tuesday 12 May 2026 — NISS-and-Password Logins Now Require an SMS or Email Code, and the Username Migrates From NISS to the Registered Email

The Portuguese Social Security portal — Segurança Social Direta, the single online front-door for almost every benefit, contribution and worker-employer transaction that runs through the Instituto da Segurança Social — switches its authentication...
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Tribunal de Contas Detects 49 Oeiras Directors Operating 'Without Legal Legitimacy' — Auditoria de Apuramento de Responsabilidades Financeiras Walks Into the Ministério Público, Seixal Adds Six Years of Direção em Substituição Across Two Mandates

Tribunal de Contas Detects 49 Oeiras Directors Operating 'Without Legal Legitimacy' — Auditoria de Apuramento de Responsabilidades Financeiras Walks Into the Ministério Público, Seixal Adds Six Years of Direção em Substituição Across Two Mandates

TdC's Auditorias de Apuramento de Responsabilidades Financeiras land at the Ministério Público: 49 Oeiras directors held posts past the 90-day substituição cap, Seixal ran its leadership em substituição for six-plus years, and the financial-responsibility door is now open.
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Cascais's 'Free Lunch' Walks Into Porto and Viseu — Pedro Duarte Locks a €20.5 Million Free-Transit Contract for 1 July, Viseu Approves a €1 Million Universal Pass on 8 May and the Tribunal de Contas Becomes the Last Gate

Cascais's 'Free Lunch' Walks Into Porto and Viseu — Pedro Duarte Locks a €20.5 Million Free-Transit Contract for 1 July, Viseu Approves a €1 Million Universal Pass on 8 May and the Tribunal de Contas Becomes the Last Gate

Porto signs a €20.5M/year free-transit contract for residents across the entire AMP, targeting 1 July activation pending Tribunal de Contas visto. Viseu adds a €1M universal pass on 8 May. The Cascais Viver model is going national, one Câmara at a time.
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Despacho 5797/2026 Walks the APA and ICNF Restructuring Into a 28 June Diagnostic Deadline — Gonçalo Matias and Graça Carvalho Promise AI-Driven Licensing and a Pivot From Prior Control to Post-Facto Inspection

Despacho 5797/2026 Walks the APA and ICNF Restructuring Into a 28 June Diagnostic Deadline — Gonçalo Matias and Graça Carvalho Promise AI-Driven Licensing and a Pivot From Prior Control to Post-Facto Inspection

Despacho 5797/2026 opens the inter-ministerial restructuring of APA and ICNF with a 28 June diagnostic deadline. Matias and Graça Carvalho commit to AI-driven licensing and a pivot from prior control to post-facto inspection. Zero, Quercus, WWF and SPEA push back.
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IGAS Confirms Ex-SNS Director Gandra D'Almeida Breached Accumulation Rules at INEM and DE-SNS — 200k Euros at 50€/Hour, 70-Plus Weekly Hours, Payments Through His Own Company — No Sanction Because Military Status Sits Outside the LTFP

IGAS Confirms Ex-SNS Director Gandra D'Almeida Breached Accumulation Rules at INEM and DE-SNS — 200k Euros at 50€/Hour, 70-Plus Weekly Hours, Payments Through His Own Company — No Sanction Because Military Status Sits Outside the LTFP

IGAS's 8 May report concludes ex-SNS executive director António Gandra D'Almeida breached public-function accumulation rules at INEM and at DE-SNS — 200k+ euros earned, 70+ weekly hours, payments to own company. No sanction: military status keeps him outside the LTFP.
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