The reference value of the Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly goes up 50 euros in the 2027 budget. What it means for a low-income pensioner, and why the government's 870 euro target for 2029 now needs bigger steps.
From Thursday every fire brigade has a protocol with the INEM for a round-the-clock emergency ambulance. Each is paid 10,800 euros a month, and the brigades' associations ran a 125.6 million euro deficit in 2024.
The IPMA's seasonal bulletin puts the June to August average at 23.17 degrees, behind only 2025 and 2005. Mora hit 44.3 degrees, a wet August rescued the rainfall total, and the south is still in drought.
Portugal is one of 16 countries yet to adopt the directive that brings small loans and buy now, pay later under consumer protection from 20 November. The same package targets dolphin bycatch, port security and bank capital rules.
A 10 million euro project led by Dstelecom, 75 percent EU-funded, aims to cover 25 to 50 percent of the mobile shadow zones in the Douro, Tâmega e Sousa, Alto Tâmega e Barroso and Trás-os-Montes regions.
Omnidea has bought Orbex's production equipment and intellectual property, but not its debts or its Scottish spaceport. Its chief executive says a first launch is more likely nearer 2035 than 2028.
INE's National Health Survey finds 45.9 percent of people aged 65 and over have difficulty with shopping, cooking, housework or money, and 16.9 percent with personal care. Only 4.6 percent get weekly home support.
