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Claiming the Subsídio de Desemprego in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 360-Day Carência, the 65%-of-RR Rate, the 5-to-26-Month Duration Ladder, the IEFP Inscrição and the Segurança Social Direta Application Flow

Claiming the Subsídio de Desemprego in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 360-Day Carência, the 65%-of-RR Rate, the 5-to-26-Month Duration Ladder, the IEFP Inscrição and the Segurança Social Direta Application Flow

Practical 2026 guide to Portugal's Subsídio de Desemprego — 360-day carência, 65%-of-RR rate, 5-to-26-month duration by age and contribution record, €537.13 floor and €1,342.83 cap on the IAS, IEFP centro-de-emprego inscrição and the SS-Direta application flow.
The Portugal Brief
Pordata's Wednesday 27 May Read off Eurostat Sets the Portuguese Working Week at 37.4 Hours — 1.5 Hours Above the 35.9-Hour EU Average and Sixth Among the 27 Member States as the Reforma Laboral and 3 June Greve Geral Reopen the Carga-Horária File

Pordata's Wednesday 27 May Read off Eurostat Sets the Portuguese Working Week at 37.4 Hours — 1.5 Hours Above the 35.9-Hour EU Average and Sixth Among the 27 Member States as the Reforma Laboral and 3 June Greve Geral Reopen the Carga-Horária File

Pordata's Wednesday 27 May read off Eurostat 2025 data fixes the Portuguese working week at 37.4 hours — 1.5 hours above the 35.9-hour EU-27 average and sixth-most among the 27 Member States. Bulgaria leads at 39.0h, the Netherlands sits at 32.1h. Adjacent reads also bracket the file.
The Portugal Brief
ACI Europe Pegs Schengen EES Border Waits at Up to 3.5 Hours Across a 45-Airport Survey Released Wednesday 27 May — Henna Virkkunen Offers Brussels Support to Portugal as DECO Mounts a Passenger-Compensation Push

ACI Europe Pegs Schengen EES Border Waits at Up to 3.5 Hours Across a 45-Airport Survey Released Wednesday 27 May — Henna Virkkunen Offers Brussels Support to Portugal as DECO Mounts a Passenger-Compensation Push

ACI Europe's Wednesday 27 May statement pegs Schengen EES border waits at up to 3.5 hours across 45 surveyed European airports — a 70% processing-time lift naming Portugal alongside France, Germany, Italy, Greece and Spain. Henna Virkkunen offers Commission support; DECO opens a compensation push.
The Portugal Brief
Getting Your NISS (Número de Identificação de Segurança Social) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the NISS@Inscrição Online Form, the Pre-Trabalho Pedido, the Employer-Triggered Auto-Generation Path and the Segurança Social Direta Activation

Getting Your NISS (Número de Identificação de Segurança Social) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the NISS@Inscrição Online Form, the Pre-Trabalho Pedido, the Employer-Triggered Auto-Generation Path and the Segurança Social Direta Activation

A practical guide to getting your NISS — Número de Identificação de Segurança Social — in Portugal in 2026: the NISS@Inscrição online form, the employer-triggered auto-generation path, the Espaço Cidadão NIF+NISS+NNU one-stop and Segurança Social Direta activation.
The Portugal Brief
Sindicato dos Técnicos de Migração Calls a Four-Day AIMA Strike for 1, 2, 3 and 5 June — Migration Technicians Cite Outsourcing, Career-Path Gap and Persistent Resource Shortages as the Regularisation Backlog Drags

Sindicato dos Técnicos de Migração Calls a Four-Day AIMA Strike for 1, 2, 3 and 5 June — Migration Technicians Cite Outsourcing, Career-Path Gap and Persistent Resource Shortages as the Regularisation Backlog Drags

The Sindicato dos Técnicos de Migração announced on Wednesday 27 May a four-day AIMA strike for 1, 2, 3 and 5 June, citing outsourcing of technical functions, a missing career path and persistent resource shortages. The action dovetails with the 3 June CGTP general-strike day.
The Portugal Brief
INE Bank-Housing Appraisal Median Carries to a Record €2,174/m² in April 2026 — 16.5% Year-on-Year Lift Across 34,483 Valuations, Apartments at €2,546/m² (+21%) and Single-Family at €1,561/m² (+12.7%)

INE Bank-Housing Appraisal Median Carries to a Record €2,174/m² in April 2026 — 16.5% Year-on-Year Lift Across 34,483 Valuations, Apartments at €2,546/m² (+21%) and Single-Family at €1,561/m² (+12.7%)

INE's April 2026 housing-appraisal release on Wednesday 27 May lifts the national median to a record €2,174/m² — €23 above March (+1.1%) and 16.5% YoY across 34,483 valuations. Apartments hit €2,546/m² (+21%), single-family €1,561/m² (+12.7%); Grande Lisboa leads at €3,352/m².
The Portugal Brief
Ministério da Saúde Switches the SNS Heatwave Plano de Contingência to Nível 1 on Wednesday 27 May — INEM Call Surge and the European Cúpula de Calor Stress-Test the March 2026 Mandatory Seasonal-Risk Decree

Ministério da Saúde Switches the SNS Heatwave Plano de Contingência to Nível 1 on Wednesday 27 May — INEM Call Surge and the European Cúpula de Calor Stress-Test the March 2026 Mandatory Seasonal-Risk Decree

Minister Ana Paula Martins switched the SNS heatwave plano de contingência to Nível 1 on Wednesday after an INEM call surge, an IPMA aviso amarelo and a European heat dome pushed inland Portugal toward 40°C — the first stress-test of the four-tier framework set by the 31 March decree.
The Portugal Brief