ULSBA confirmed on Monday 18 May 2026 three epidemiologically-linked measles cases across the Concelho de Beja since early April, with nearly 500 risk contacts identified, 120+ post-exposure vaccinations administered, and Bruno Pinto Rebelo classifying the cluster as a surto.
AIMA confirmed on Monday 18 May 2026 that a dedicated submission track for the residence-authorisation requests of babies and minors born in Portugal to foreign-resident parents is now live at contactenos.aima.gov.pt, with a six-month deadline from the assento de nascimento.
On Friday 15 May, families of prisoners who died in custody handed Rita Alarcão Júdice a five-demand letter. The minister pledged 'tolerância zero' for deaths unrelated to illness. DGRSP logged 64 in-custody deaths in 2025 with 14 suicides as overcrowding returned at 12,981 reclusos.
Benfica confirms on Sunday 17 May that Nicolás Otamendi leaves at season end after six years, four trophies and a Saturday-night 3-1 farewell over Estoril at the Luz. River Plate awaits after the 2026 World Cup and Mourinho enters the summer market without a senior captain.
João Abel Manta — architect, painter, ceramicist and Portugal's most influential political cartoonist of the late-Salazar and post-25-de-Abril decades — died at home on Friday 15 May 2026 aged 98. President Seguro called him 'a historian in motion'.
TdC's Auditorias de Apuramento de Responsabilidades Financeiras land at the Ministério Público: 49 Oeiras directors held posts past the 90-day substituição cap, Seixal ran its leadership em substituição for six-plus years, and the financial-responsibility door is now open.
Less than a third of the public buildings and private homes financed by Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan to install disabled-accessibility works have actually been completed, according to the latest monitoring report from the Comissão...
