General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
Media rankings of the 2025 national exams put private schools on top again and the best public school 38th, while public schools improved. Each outlet uses its own rules; here is what the tables show and how to check any school on the Ministry's InfoEscolas portal.
The cabinet approved about 8.5 million euros so Social Security can keep paying pensions and benefits by postal order until 2029 to people with no IBAN on file. How postal orders work and the three ways to switch to bank transfer.
Judges at the São João Novo court found the tax-fraud charge unproven and cleared Mário Ferreira and two of his companies over the 2015 sale of the Atlântida via a Maltese company. What the prosecution alleged, what the defence argued, and what comes next.
The cabinet approved new limits and a special programme for Portugal's only national park. The text is not yet public, but the 2024 draft shows what it governs: camping, drones, forest roads, foraging, and a boundary that could take in Vieira do Minho.
The cabinet has rescheduled the Red Line extension's 405.4 million euros, now to be paid by Metro loans from the EIB and Sustentável 2030 after it left the PRR. Why the Court of Auditors has held up the works, and what comes next.
The Council of Ministers adopted the decree-law that puts the amended Nationality Law fully into practice. Its text is not yet public, it still needs the President's signature, and pending applications stay under the old rules.
Courts that hear immigrants' cases against AIMA had about 89,000 pending in September, down from 124,793 in January. The judges' council says 23,945 urgent files have had no judge since July, and its special team now runs until at least 30 January 2027.
