Infraestruturas de Portugal wants to finish four-tracking the Linha de Cintura, add three tracks at Oriente and link a new Chelas station to the Olaias Metro, preparing for high-speed trains. The environmental study is open for comment until 25 November.
The IGAS could not confirm that ten Santo António heart patients referred to Gaia between 2022 and 2025 died for lack of timely surgery, Público reports, and has ordered a full inspection. What the law guarantees heart patients, and how transfers work.
Government Bill 103 passed its general vote on 30 September with Chega abstaining and now sits in committee. Nothing changes until a final vote, a decree-law and two presidential signatures. What the PSD promised Chega, and what the bill would let the Government change.
The Judicial Police have arrested a 28-year-old man suspected of persuading at least 12 girls he met on social networks to send sexual images, then threatening to spread them. What APAV advises parents to do, and the free lines that take reports.
The head of ULS Coimbra's perinatal palliative care team says more mothers now continue a pregnancy after a life-limiting diagnosis. The team, running since late 2022, has had more referrals in 2026 than in the three years before. What it offers, and what the law allows.
Infraestruturas de Portugal can apply until 19 March 2027 for up to 65.98 million euros of Cohesion Fund money to fit European train control between Granja and Gaia, rail radio from Campanhã to Entroncamento, and prepare Entroncamento to Souselas.
The SNS filled 194 of its 322 incentivised doctor posts in underserved areas in 2025, leaving 128 empty. Family medicine took the largest share. This year's order offers 332 posts, with a monthly bonus of 40 percent of a new specialist's base pay for six years.
