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Conselho de Ministros Approves Three SNS Doctor Decree-Laws on 7 May — Tarefeiro Contracts Made 'Excecional', Urgência Bonus Reaches 80.5% Above the 250-Hour Cap, INEM Reorganised as a Special-Regime Institute

Conselho de Ministros Approves Three SNS Doctor Decree-Laws on 7 May — Tarefeiro Contracts Made 'Excecional', Urgência Bonus Reaches 80.5% Above the 250-Hour Cap, INEM Reorganised as a Special-Regime Institute

The 7 May Council of Ministers approved a three-decree-law SNS package: prestação de serviços becomes excecional, the urgência bonus reaches up to 80.5% of base pay above the 250-hour annual cap in 48-hour blocks, and INEM is reorganised as a regime-especial institute.
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IGAS Confirms Ex-SNS Director Gandra D'Almeida Breached Accumulation Rules at INEM and DE-SNS — 200k Euros at 50€/Hour, 70-Plus Weekly Hours, Payments Through His Own Company — No Sanction Because Military Status Sits Outside the LTFP

IGAS Confirms Ex-SNS Director Gandra D'Almeida Breached Accumulation Rules at INEM and DE-SNS — 200k Euros at 50€/Hour, 70-Plus Weekly Hours, Payments Through His Own Company — No Sanction Because Military Status Sits Outside the LTFP

IGAS's 8 May report concludes ex-SNS executive director António Gandra D'Almeida breached public-function accumulation rules at INEM and at DE-SNS — 200k+ euros earned, 70+ weekly hours, payments to own company. No sanction: military status keeps him outside the LTFP.
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Inside the Trabalho XXI Bill That Lands in Parliament This Week — The Banco de Horas Grupal Falls Out, the SME Reintegration Bar Goes Up, Outsourcing After Collective Dismissal Drops to Six Months and the Caducidade Path Gets Wider

Inside the Trabalho XXI Bill That Lands in Parliament This Week — The Banco de Horas Grupal Falls Out, the SME Reintegration Bar Goes Up, Outsourcing After Collective Dismissal Drops to Six Months and the Caducidade Path Gets Wider

The labour-reform bill walks into the Assembleia this week with the banco de horas grupal repealed, fixed-term grounds widened, the SME reintegration bar lifted, post-dismissal outsourcing halved to six months, and the caducidade path widened. CGTP general strike locked for 3 June.
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Comissão Nacional de Eleições Slips Into a Quorum Crisis — Five Members From the Government, PSD and CDS-PP Suspend Plenary Participation, Accusing President Trindade of Withholding Financial Information, as Both Sides Now Demand Tribunal de Contas Audits

Comissão Nacional de Eleições Slips Into a Quorum Crisis — Five Members From the Government, PSD and CDS-PP Suspend Plenary Participation, Accusing President Trindade of Withholding Financial Information, as Both Sides Now Demand Tribunal de Contas Audits

The Comissão Nacional de Eleições — the constitutional body that oversees Portuguese elections — has slipped into the most serious internal crisis since its 1971 establishment. Five members representing the Government, PSD and CDS-PP have suspended...
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Portugal's Week Ahead 11-17 May 2026 — Wednesday's IGCP €1.5 Billion OT Auction and Mota-Engil Q1, Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament, Fátima's 109th-Anniversary Pilgrimage, and the Bolsa's Final Q1 Earnings Wave

Portugal's Week Ahead 11-17 May 2026 — Wednesday's IGCP €1.5 Billion OT Auction and Mota-Engil Q1, Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament, Fátima's 109th-Anniversary Pilgrimage, and the Bolsa's Final Q1 Earnings Wave

Portugal's working week of 11-17 May 2026 packs the IGCP €1.5 billion OT auction and Mota-Engil Q1 on Wednesday, the Trabalho XXI anteprojeto walking into Parliament, the 109th-anniversary Fátima 12-13 May pilgrimage, and the United Newark-Faro restart on Friday.
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Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

The cerimónia oficial of the Dia da Europa lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto on Saturday 9 May 2026 for Portugal's 40 years in the EU. Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho lead the 11:00 session; the noon flag-raising and the free Aliados concert open the public day.
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