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DCIAP Files Terrorist-Organisation Charges Against Nine Movimento Armilar Lusitano Members — Lisbon Municipal Police Agent Bruno Gonçalves Named Recruiter, Grenade Attack on Montenegro's Estrela Apartment Discussed

DCIAP Files Terrorist-Organisation Charges Against Nine Movimento Armilar Lusitano Members — Lisbon Municipal Police Agent Bruno Gonçalves Named Recruiter, Grenade Attack on Montenegro's Estrela Apartment Discussed

DCIAP's 18 June accusation charges nine Movimento Armilar Lusitano members with terrorist organisation; Lisbon Municipal Police agent Bruno Gonçalves identified as recruiter who fed PM Montenegro's Estrela address into the cell, which discussed throwing a grenade into the apartment.
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The Palácio de São Bento in Lisbon — seat of the Assembleia da República, where the PS-Chega-AD parliamentary balance tested by the June 2026 Intercampus barometer plays out.

Intercampus Tags PS at 24.3% Ahead of Chega's 20.3% as AD Drops 3.4 Points to 19.5% — Medialivre's June Barometer Reads Carneiro at 33.8% on the Prime-Minister Preference Cut Against Montenegro's 22.3% and Ventura's 22.2%

Intercampus's June barometer for Medialivre puts PS on 24.3%, Chega on 20.3% and the PSD/CDS-anchored AD coalition on 19.5% — a 3.4-point AD drop that lifts José Luís Carneiro to 33.8% on the prime-minister preference cut, ahead of Luís Montenegro (22.3%) and André Ventura (22.2%).
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CGTP Buses Algarve Workers Into Lisbon for the 13:30 São Bento Rally Against Trabalho XXI — 100+ Código do Trabalho Articles Ease Dismissals, Widen Subcontracting and Harden the Strike Minimum-Service Frame Ahead of Friday's Vote

CGTP Buses Algarve Workers Into Lisbon for the 13:30 São Bento Rally Against Trabalho XXI — 100+ Código do Trabalho Articles Ease Dismissals, Widen Subcontracting and Harden the Strike Minimum-Service Frame Ahead of Friday's Vote

Algarve, Alentejo and Norte locals are busing into Lisbon for CGTP's 13:30 rally outside the Assembleia da República, the last public push before Friday's parliamentary vote on Trabalho XXI — a 100-plus-article rewrite of the Código do Trabalho.
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Nuno Melo Joins the Brussels NATO Defence Ministerial Ahead of the Hague Summit — €6.12 Billion 2025 Spend Lands the 2% GDP Bar Four Years Early as the €5.8 Billion SAFE Loan Application Frames the Frigate-Armour-Satellite-Drone Stack to 2030

Nuno Melo Joins the Brussels NATO Defence Ministerial Ahead of the Hague Summit — €6.12 Billion 2025 Spend Lands the 2% GDP Bar Four Years Early as the €5.8 Billion SAFE Loan Application Frames the Frigate-Armour-Satellite-Drone Stack to 2030

Defence Minister Nuno Melo lands in Brussels for the 18 June NATO Defence Ministerial with Portugal's 2025 spending at €6.12 billion (2% of GDP) — four years ahead of schedule — and a €5.8 billion SAFE-loan file covering frigates, armour, satellites and drones through 2030.
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Palácio de São Bento, the Portuguese Parliament, Lisbon

Luís Neves Rebuffs Super-Esquadra Model at Wednesday's Parliamentary Debate — PSP Reorganisation Frees Roughly 500 Agents for Street Patrol and 360 Airport Reinforcements Hit the Tarmac From 3 July as Rato Torture Probe Accelerates Closure Roadmap

Interior Minister Luís Neves told Parliament on 17 June the PSP reorganisation under review in Lisbon, Porto and Setúbal redeploys ~500 agents to street patrol — no super-esquadras — and 360 extra officers reinforce airports from 3 July as the Rato torture probe accelerates the closure roadmap.
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