Decree-Law 201/2026 confirms 200, 150 or 100 euros with the December pension for anyone on up to 1,611.39 euros a month. Nothing to apply for, no tax taken at source, and the CSI top-up is left untouched.
Social Security says you can give a bank, council, university or company direct access to your declarations through its portal or app, instead of printing them. You set an expiry date and can revoke access at any time. How it works, and what is still unclear.
INE's Labour Force Survey found 281,300 people aged 65 or over in work in the second quarter, up 16.8 percent in a year, and Social Security counted almost 129,000 still paying in. What the data show, and the rules for working past pension age.
Who can foster a child in Portugal, how to apply and get approved, the monthly support of €644.56 per child, and what daily life as a foster family involves.
The CGA says a system fault overvalued retirement pensions awarded from May to August by counting years beyond a 40-year career. Pensioners have ten days to contest, and it is not yet clear whether the extra money must be paid back.
The UTAO puts the citizens' bill at about 230 million euros a year, against 445.2 million from the Government and 115.9 million from Social Security, and says the Government assumes parents will switch to sharing in numbers its own data do not show.
The special supplement and complement for veterans arrive automatically with the October pension. The 2026 budget raised both, phased over two years: what each band gets now, what follows in 2027 and how to apply if nothing arrives.
