An order published on Monday tells the energy directorate DGEG to draft new rules for the maintenance, inspection, sealing and accident reporting of lifts, escalators and goods lifts, replacing a regime dating from 2002.
More than a billion euros in undue payments were registered and 70 percent has come back, the cohesion agency says. Most of the rest is with the tax authority, and not a euro of the Serrão case has been recovered.
The PSP's largest union, joined by GNR officers, opens a cycle of protests in seven cities, demanding pre-retirement, better pay and the rest of the 2024 agreement. Careers and working time are on Tuesday's agenda.
A transitional rule in the new cybersecurity law gave the 2023 decision 180 days, which run out on 30 September. The authorities have not said whether the required new security assessment exists.
An AICEP adviser sees "immense opportunities" in construction, machinery, food and power services, but urges caution. Portugal's ambassador calls the ministerial visit "very advanced".
The Botija Solidária covers up to two gas bottles a month for households on the social electricity tariff or a minimum social benefit. Road hauliers and bus companies can now recover up to 70 percent of the fuel increase.
The former finance minister and Bank of Portugal governor says the surplus only exists thanks to Social Security, that Portugal squandered its cushion, and that politics needs a new "three-legged table".
