General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
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The IEFP is assessing 12 months of support, instead of six, for the internships that give access to professional orders such as the bar, probably at a lower rate than today's 65 percent. Nothing is in force yet. What the rules say now and what to do.
Portaria 480/2026/1 extends the CNIS social-sector agreement to about 49,600 charity staff on the mainland: pay tables from 920 to 1,462 euros, Sunday pay, a birthday day off, effective from 1 July. Who is covered, who is not, and what to check on your payslip.
SESARAM says four people in a residential area of Câmara de Lobos have tuberculosis and are isolated, with an investigation under way. Here is how contact screening works, the warning signs, and Madeira's SRS24h line.
The transport regulator has set 2027 taxi prices above the transitional figures in October's rules: 2.05 euros to start, 0.60 euros a kilometre and 0.37 euros a minute by day. Meters must switch by 21 January; check the fare sticker in the rear window.
Porto's executive voted on 3 November to undo the 20 October decision letting seven developers pay about 1.39 million euros instead of providing affordable homes. The mostly tourism projects will be licensed only if they deliver affordable rentals in the historic centre.
CTT has started selling a controlling stake in Banco CTT and says nine-month profit fell 39.8 percent to 19.8 million euros after EU customs changes hit cheap parcels from outside the EU. Deposits stay covered up to 100,000 euros, and nothing changes for customers yet.
