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Public Holidays (Feriados) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 13 National Days, the Movable Easter Cycle, the Municipal Feriado Calendar, the Carnaval Optional Day and the Tolerância de Ponto Despacho

Public Holidays (Feriados) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 13 National Days, the Movable Easter Cycle, the Municipal Feriado Calendar, the Carnaval Optional Day and the Tolerância de Ponto Despacho

Portugal has 13 national feriados in 2026 under Article 234 CT, plus the municipal feriado, the optional Carnaval Tuesday and the Tolerância de Ponto despacho. This guide covers every date, the Easter cycle, the regional days and the working-on-a-feriado pay rules.
The Portugal Brief
INE's Q1 2026 Quarterly LFS Bumps Unemployment to 6.1% After 38,700 Net Job Losses in Three Months — Subutilização Tips to 10.2%, Youth Joblessness Eases to 19.1%, Long-Term Unemployed Reach 35.6% as the Trabalho XXI Debate Opens at São Bento

INE's Q1 2026 Quarterly LFS Bumps Unemployment to 6.1% After 38,700 Net Job Losses in Three Months — Subutilização Tips to 10.2%, Youth Joblessness Eases to 19.1%, Long-Term Unemployed Reach 35.6% as the Trabalho XXI Debate Opens at São Bento

INE's Q1 2026 quarterly LFS lifts unemployment to 6.1% — up 0.3pp on Q4 and the first interruption in a year-long descent. Economy shed 38,700 net jobs in three months, subutilização tipped to 10.2%, 588,000 inside the underutilisation perimeter, youth jobless down to 19.1%, long-term at 35.6%.
The Portugal Brief
Nurses Walk Out on the International Day of the Nurse — SEP Calls a National Strike Across Public, Private and Social Sectors for Tuesday 12 May 2026 as the Ordem dos Enfermeiros Reads a 14,000-Position Shortfall and a 40% New-Graduate Emigration Rate

Nurses Walk Out on the International Day of the Nurse — SEP Calls a National Strike Across Public, Private and Social Sectors for Tuesday 12 May 2026 as the Ordem dos Enfermeiros Reads a 14,000-Position Shortfall and a 40% New-Graduate Emigration Rate

Nurses across Portugal walk into a one-day national strike on Tuesday 12 May 2026 — the International Day of the Nurse — at the call of the Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses (SEP). The strike covers the public Serviço Nacional de Saúde, the...
The Portugal Brief
Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Trabalho XXI walks into Parliament without a Concertação Social signature, the CGTP has locked 3 June for the general strike, private-sector wages are running +6% YoY and the insolvency tape is up 7.8%. The labour-policy summer in Portugal will be busier than the political calendar suggests.
The Portugal Brief
Portugal's 2026 Teacher Recruitment Concurso Lands 32,514 External Applications for Just 8,465 Permanent Slots — A 24% Vacancy Cut as Fenprof Warns the Quadro Gap Will 'Continue to Worsen'

Portugal's 2026 Teacher Recruitment Concurso Lands 32,514 External Applications for Just 8,465 Permanent Slots — A 24% Vacancy Cut as Fenprof Warns the Quadro Gap Will 'Continue to Worsen'

The Ministério da Educação's 2026 quadro recruitment round closed with 32,514 admitted external applications for 8,465 permanent slots — 24% fewer vacancies than 2025. Pre-school and 1st-cycle dominate the demand stack while Fenprof says the offer falls short of actual school needs.
The Portugal Brief