General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
The family reunification subject disappeared from AIMA's online contact form on Friday with no notice. Here is what the law now requires, which relatives are exempt from the two-year wait, and where residents can turn.
The public sector banked 5,064.4 million euros to September, down on 2025 mainly because the SNS paid 1,427.3 million of overdue debts. IRS and VAT drove a 6.5 percent rise in state tax revenue, and storm Kristin support has cost 607.9 million.
Portaria 471-A/2026/1 lifts the ISP discount to 10.99 cents a litre on diesel and 6.46 cents on petrol from 2 November. Forecasts still see diesel up 2 to 2.5 cents and petrol down 2.5 to 3.5. Plus: Seguro signs a law tightening control of fuel resellers.
Farms that lost over 30 percent of their output to fires between 1 May and 15 October can claim grants covering all of the first 10,000 euros of repairs. The new list covers parishes in about 175 municipalities, and applications close on 15 January.
INE puts life expectancy at birth at 81.85 years for 2023 to 2025, highest in the North at 82.31. Life expectancy at 65 is unchanged at 20.19 after the population revision, so the 2027 pension age stays at 66 years and 11 months.
SINACC, which replaces the SIGIC surgery list system, was due on 1 August but was suspended after doctors objected. Its waiting time limits already apply. What changes for patients, what is not yet published, and what to do now.
A despacho published on 30 October tells ACSS to prepare a proposal for a possible PPP to design, build, finance and maintain the new Barcelos-Esposende hospital. The private partner would only handle the building; the public ULS keeps management and patient care.
