Social trends, demographics, and community issues in modern Portugal.
Almada has extended its formal water-supply alert to 31 August, carrying July's restrictions across the peak of summer: overnight cut-offs between 10pm and 6am, a ban on watering gardens and washing pavements, and reserves at 78% as consumption runs near double the national average.
The government has confined the €750 monthly bonus for teachers who delay retirement to the eight zones where schools are hardest to staff — Greater Lisbon, Setúbal and the Algarve — and scrapped fixed hiring rounds for a rolling competition, both under its '+ Aulas + Sucesso' plan for the new schoo
On 1 August Portugal shuts down SIGIC, the 20-year-old system that managed surgical waiting lists, and moves every record to a new AI-driven platform, SINACC. The government calls it a transparency upgrade; the Ordem dos Médicos and the PS warn it could shrink the backlog on paper without treating a
As fires burned across Portugal and southern Europe, the Movimento Floresta do Futuro accused the government of still bankrolling flammable eucalyptus over native woodland, demanding incentives be redirected to fire-resistant species and rural communities.
Portugal fought fires on several fronts on 28 July, with the most stubborn blaze at Rochoso in the Guarda district. Seven firefighters were hurt, the A25 motorway was cut, and Portugal activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, prompting Italy to send two Canadair water-bombers.
Portugal's tax authority (AT) has warned self-employed workers about fake emails, sent in its name, claiming they have 'missing' recibos verdes to issue and pushing them to a malicious link built to steal Portal das Finanças logins. Here is how the scam works and what the AT advises.
Half a year after Storm Kristin battered central Portugal on 28 January, insurers have settled 80 percent of housing claims and public aid tops €3.5 billion. Yet only a quarter of the €5.3 billion in damage was insured, businesses in Marinha Grande remain shut, and a labour shortage is stalling the
