General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
The Council of Ministers approved the decree letting basic education graduates teach Years 1 to 4 where qualified teachers are scarce, 40 million euros for fertiliser and energy costs, a road safety strategy to halve deaths by 2030, and a new Madeira free trade zone regime.
Carneiro left São Bento accusing Montenegro of intransigence: no fresh start on the rental law and no end to the 2,300 euro moderate rent. He reported openness on a capital gains exemption for second homes and higher IMT for non-resident buyers. What happens next.
Brussels wants 13,956 tonnes of southern hake caught in Iberian waters in 2027, down 20 percent, and 6,563 tonnes of monkfish, up 22 percent. Horse mackerel rises 6 percent and red seabream falls 35 percent. Fisheries ministers decide on 14 and 15 December.
Lisbon's São José Hospital has a new 30-bed unit in its main A&E for patients waiting for a ward bed, plus three doctors, 19 nurses and 12 other staff. Observation rooms rise from five to 14, and 58 patients used the beds in three days.
The Conselho Económico e Social's advisory opinion on the 2027 budget favours structural pension increases over one-off supplements, says the IRS bracket update falls short of 4.5 percent pay rises, and wants a list of empty public buildings published by March.
The man, triaged yellow with a 60-minute target, was found unconscious in the waiting room when he was called at 04:40. IGAS is to open an inquiry; the ULS Algarve says he was frail but never alone, and is holding its own.
Statistics Portugal's revised series, now built from administrative records, counts 782,248 people who left to live abroad from 2021 to 2025, peaking at 188,871 in 2024. Arrivals still outnumber departures, but the gap narrowed sharply in 2025.
