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Hospital Dona Estefânia Suspends Its External Pediatric Surgery Emergency Until Sunday 20:00 — Anaesthesiology Staff Shortage Strips Lisbon's Main Children's Hospital of Operating-Room Cover Through the May Day Long Weekend

Hospital Dona Estefânia Suspends Its External Pediatric Surgery Emergency Until Sunday 20:00 — Anaesthesiology Staff Shortage Strips Lisbon's Main Children's Hospital of Operating-Room Cover Through the May Day Long Weekend

Hospital Dona Estefânia has suspended its external paediatric-surgery emergency until Sunday 3 May at 20:00, citing an anaesthesiology staff shortage. The general paediatric ER stays open. SNS 24 (808 24 24 24) handles the redirect to other paediatric-surgery centres.

The Portugal Brief 02 May 2026

Chega Files a Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday — Ventura Wants António Costa and His Former Ministers Summoned After a New PJ Wiretap on the Sines Data Centre

Chega Files a Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday — Ventura Wants António Costa and His Former Ministers Summoned After a New PJ Wiretap on the Sines Data Centre

Chega tables a comissão parlamentar de inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday 5 May. Ventura wants ex-PM Costa and his ministers summoned after a new PJ wiretap of a Christmas Eve 2022 call on the Sines data centre. Chega's 60 seats clear the one-fifth potestative threshold.

The Portugal Brief 02 May 2026

Using a Pharmacy in Portugal

Using a Pharmacy in Portugal

Paperless prescription codes, the duty pharmacy rota, the loyalty card, home delivery by app, and what foreign residents need to know at the counter.

The Portugal Brief 02 May 2026

Defence Minister Asks the PGR for a Legal Opinion on the NATO Ammunition Depot at Sesimbra-Seixal — Half a Century of Illegal Construction Inside the Military Servitude Zone, Demolition Orders Pending and Population Relocation on the Table

Defence Minister Asks the PGR for a Legal Opinion on the NATO Ammunition Depot at Sesimbra-Seixal — Half a Century of Illegal Construction Inside the Military Servitude Zone, Demolition Orders Pending and Population Relocation on the Table

Nuno Melo's 2 April letter asks the PGR three questions about the NATO ammunition depot at Sesimbra-Seixal: how to execute pending demolition orders, whether to declare public-utility expropriation, and how to coordinate with the Natura 2000 / REN / ZEC overlay.

The Portugal Brief 02 May 2026

Eurostat's Workers' Day Drop: 19.5% of Portuguese Employees Routinely Work Weekends, Above the EU Average — Services Hit 47.6% and the Self-Employed Climb to 45.8%

Eurostat's Workers' Day Drop: 19.5% of Portuguese Employees Routinely Work Weekends, Above the EU Average — Services Hit 47.6% and the Self-Employed Climb to 45.8%

Eurostat dropped its annual Quality-of-Employment cut on 1 May: 19.5% of Portuguese employees routinely work Saturdays or Sundays, above the EU 18.5% mean. Services hit 47.6%, agriculture 47.2%, and self-employed-with-staff 45.8% — a Workers' Day data point inside the labour-package fight.

The Portugal Brief 02 May 2026

Visiting Fátima, Portugal's Pilgrimage Shrine

Visiting Fátima, Portugal's Pilgrimage Shrine

The six anniversary pilgrimages, the 12 to 13 May international pilgrimage, the shrine programme, the walking routes from Lisbon and Porto, and visitor tips.

The Portugal Brief 01 May 2026

IP Locks the IC2 Down Through 12 May Across Aveiro, Coimbra and Leiria — Reflective Vests, Single-File Berms and Reinforced Signage as 450,000 Pilgrims Walk to Fátima

IP Locks the IC2 Down Through 12 May Across Aveiro, Coimbra and Leiria — Reflective Vests, Single-File Berms and Reinforced Signage as 450,000 Pilgrims Walk to Fátima

Infraestruturas de Portugal has imposed traffic restrictions on the IC2 across Aveiro, Coimbra and Leiria through 12 May 2026 to protect the foot-pilgrim flow to Fátima for the 12-13 May International Anniversary Pilgrimage. Patriarch Rui Valério presides.

The Portugal Brief 01 May 2026

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