César Teixeira, already on AIMA's board, will replace Pedro Portugal Gaspar as president this year. The minister told Parliament the backlog phase is over, with integration and action against illegal immigration networks next, and gave his own figures.
The Instituto para o Ensino Superior counted 100,922 grant applications for 2026-27 by 6 October, and 35,427 cannot be assessed until missing information arrives. How to answer a request on BeOn, the late-application rules, and which residence permits qualify.
Clearance tests began on 6 October on the 3 km line from Casa da Música to São Bento. Driver trials and approvals follow, and Metro do Porto still expects passengers by the end of March 2027, with fares and timetables not yet published.
Where you may pick wild mushrooms in Portugal, the rules in parks and on other people's land, selling, the deadly species, and the poison line.
Infarmed has approved SNS hospital funding for Kaftrio in patients aged 2 and over without the F508del mutation, and for Vertex's newer once-daily Alyftrek from age 6. Who qualifies, how they get it and what is still unknown.
Lisbon council has approved the transport plan for closing the Blue Line between Terreiro do Paço and Santa Apolónia. Público says works start in early November and run into 2028; there is no shuttle bus, and the city pays the Metro 2.8 million euros.
IPMA says September 2026 was mainland Portugal's hottest since 1931: a mean of 23.41 °C, maximums 4.21 °C above normal, a national heatwave at 72 percent of stations and only 12.7 mm of rain. What it means for drought, reservoirs and the weeks ahead.
