Social trends, demographics, and community issues in modern Portugal.
Almost 3,300 teachers retired from Portugal's public schools this year while around 2,000 delayed retirement, many drawn by a €750 monthly supplement. The government is now limiting that bonus to eight shortage zones — 235 school units in Greater Lisbon, Setúbal and the Algarve — as the secondary ye
Complaints about urban waste logged on Portal da Queixa rose 10.5% over the past year, to 220 by 30 July, with Lisbon accounting for the largest single share at 17.73%. Residents report overflowing containers, missed collections and summer pests.
Nearly a year after the Universidade Nova de Lisboa first elected Paulo Pereira as rector, its board of trustees is preparing to refuse to ratify the vote, citing four grounds. With ten lawsuits and a criminal complaint in play, one of Portugal's top universities still has no confirmed leader.
A daylight shooting on the edge of Lisbon's busiest tourist streets has prompted the government and police to reinforce a downtown security operation that has been running since June.
Portugal's oldest environmental group, Quercus, is contesting the Volta a Portugal's route through the Mata da Albergaria, the protected core of the country's only national park. It warns the ICNF-approved crossing sets a 'serious precedent' for staging major events in the most sensitive zones.
Portugal has created a dedicated SNS career for dental doctors, published Tuesday in the Diário da República after a unanimous parliamentary vote. It gives the roughly 150 dentists in the public system proper grades and contracts for the first time, ending years of recibos-verdes precarity.
Wild boars have been wandering onto the beaches of the Arrábida Natural Park and into Setúbal, damaging gardens and grabbing food from beachgoers. Residents say the species is out of control; the ICNF says the seasonal surge in sightings is largely expected and managed through periodic culls.
