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Sunlit Alentejo hillside with olive trees under a hot sky — IPMA's Saturday outlook calls 35°C in the Alentejo Sun-Tue under a North African air mass.

IPMA Forecasts 35°C in the Alentejo and Tejo Valley From Sunday Through Tuesday as a North African Air Mass Drives the First Sustained Heat Spell of 2026 — DGS Reissues the Mid-Day Sun Advisory and Hydration Note Into the Long Weekend

IPMA's Saturday-evening outlook calls 35°C across the Alentejo and Tejo Valley between Sunday and Tuesday as a North African air mass with Saharan dust drives mainland Portugal's first sustained heat spell of 2026 — DGS reissues the hydration and mid-day sun advisory ahead of the long weekend.
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Infarmed Reads SNS Medicine Spend at a Record €4.417 Billion in 2025 — Hospital Drugs Cross €2.5 Billion for the First Time as Oncology Adds €864.5 Million at +16% and Ambulatory Comparticipação Lifts to €1.894 Billion at +12.4%

Infarmed Reads SNS Medicine Spend at a Record €4.417 Billion in 2025 — Hospital Drugs Cross €2.5 Billion for the First Time as Oncology Adds €864.5 Million at +16% and Ambulatory Comparticipação Lifts to €1.894 Billion at +12.4%

Infarmed's 2025 monitor puts SNS medicine spending at a record €4,417M — +60% above the 2020 baseline. Hospitals carry €2,523M (+11.2%), ambulatory €1,894M (+12.4%), families €966M (+4.9%). Oncology adds €864.5M (+16%), orphan drugs +34.1%, and Q1 2026 hospitals already +7.6%.
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