Social trends, demographics, and community issues in modern Portugal.
FEPONS provisional data puts drowning deaths 15 percent above last year and past the 2022 record of 88. Rivers took 35 lives and the sea 27, with the rest spread across dams, domestic pools, wells and flooded roads.
The CGTP wants the social unemployment subsidy taken back out of the Prestacao Social Unica before it starts paying on 31 December, setting out where duration, value and the crediting of contributions all move against the claimant.
Metro figures cover 234 escalators, 133 lifts and 10 travelators across 46 stations. February 2026 was the worst month yet, with 38 lifts and 40 escalators stopped at once. One set at Cais do Sodré has not moved since 2019, stranded by a dispute with Infraestruturas de Portugal.
The Council of Ministers approved the revision on 30 July, creating a national inclusion support system, local support teams, a single development plan per pupil and a named manager for each case. Directors report shortages of speech therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists.
The PCP's festival runs from 4 to 6 September in Amora, Seixal, built as always by volunteers. Carolina Deslandes, Ney Matogrosso, António Zambujo and Carlão are on the bill, alongside a symphonic Ninth. The chosen theme is opposition to the government's labour package.
Astro Power, run at NOVA's Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, turns muscle activity into sound so the user can hear their own power output. Trials with 23 people aged 63 to 78 recorded faster squats and higher peak force. A month in orbit costs about a year of muscle ageing.
The target was 500 places to move people out of psychiatric hospitals. The tender took three years to open, its deadline was extended eight times, and approvals reached 598 at the end of July. Of four inpatient-unit projects in general hospitals, one is finished.
