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Ministério da Educação Brings 19,172 Teachers Into the 2026/27 Quadros via External Competition and Internal Mobility — 4,776 New Permanent Posts and 14,396 Internal Moves Anchor the September Start

Ministério da Educação Brings 19,172 Teachers Into the 2026/27 Quadros via External Competition and Internal Mobility — 4,776 New Permanent Posts and 14,396 Internal Moves Anchor the September Start

The Ministério da Educação placed 19,172 teachers for 2026/27 — 4,776 new permanent entries plus 14,396 internal moves — with 5,454 directed to shortage zones; QZP 45 (Greater Lisbon) took 2,814 and QZP 46 (Setúbal) 1,124, and 3,090 went to primary teaching.
The Portugal Brief
Lisbon's Chelas-Beato Drainage Tunnel Slips to 2029 as Santa Apolónia Metro Faces an Eight-Month Shutdown — Câmara Awaits LNEC Calculations to Open the Second Bore of the €250 Million Plano Geral de Drenagem

Lisbon's Chelas-Beato Drainage Tunnel Slips to 2029 as Santa Apolónia Metro Faces an Eight-Month Shutdown — Câmara Awaits LNEC Calculations to Open the Second Bore of the €250 Million Plano Geral de Drenagem

Lisbon's Chelas-Beato drainage tunnel — the second of two storm-water bores in the €250 million Plano Geral de Drenagem — now completes in 2029, with Santa Apolónia metro facing an eight-month shutdown once LNEC releases the structural calculations.
The Portugal Brief
Lisbon's 27th Pride March Pulls Thousands Down Avenida da Liberdade on 6 June — Seventeen LGBTI+ Associations Push Back on 2018 Gender-Identity Law Repeal Bills and Conversion-Therapy Decriminalisation Proposals

Lisbon's 27th Pride March Pulls Thousands Down Avenida da Liberdade on 6 June — Seventeen LGBTI+ Associations Push Back on 2018 Gender-Identity Law Repeal Bills and Conversion-Therapy Decriminalisation Proposals

The 27th Marcha LGBTI+ de Lisboa drew thousands down Avenida da Liberdade on Saturday 6 June behind the slogan 'Nem Silêncio, Nem Medo' — targeting Lei 38/2018 repeal attempts, conversion-therapy decriminalisation bills, and bans on Pride flags in public buildings.
The Portugal Brief