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PM ‘guarantees’ he will clarify doubts about ‘single social’ PSU benefit

5 June 2026 at 18:15
Primeiro-ministro Luís Montenegro na conferência de imprensa após reunião do Conselho de Ministros

Prime minister Luís Montenegro has ‘guaranteed’ today that he will ‘clarify parties’ doubts’ on the single social benefit (PSU) which the government appears to be trying to bring in at

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President calls out spiralling costs of old people’s homes

5 June 2026 at 16:41
Elderly person (Danie Franco-Unsplash)

President Seguro has called out the spiralling costs of old people’s homes in a country where old people already vastly outnumber the young. Just in the last 12 months, monthly

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Notaries/ conservatories/ Citizens’ spaces on major go-slow

5 June 2026 at 15:59

Just as people thought it was ‘safe to go back into the fully-functioning world’ (afer the double whammy of a general strike, followed by a national holiday), STRN – the

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Sixteen year old stabbed to death by boyfriend, later run-over by truck

5 June 2026 at 13:50

A 16-year-old girl has been brutally murdered after ostensibly telling her boyfriend that she wanted to put an end to their relationship.  The horror that unfolded this week in an

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Livestock farmers in desperation over wolves

5 June 2026 at 13:11

UPGALL (the union of Livestock Farmers Affected by Wolves) is at the end of its tether over the government’s approach to ‘conservation of the Iberian Wolf’. Spokesperson Orlando Gonçalves tells

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Lisbon Metro expansion: completion date slips back even further

5 June 2026 at 12:17

Originally presented as being ready by the end of 2023, Lisbon’s long-awaited expansion of the underground (Metro) network, should now be coming on track during the first quarter of 2027.

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‘Car dependency’ undermines good environmental performance

5 June 2026 at 11:13
Portuguese car dealers accuse European study of ‘demonising new diesel vehicles’

Portugal has one of the lowest per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Europe and generates a ‘high amount’ of renewable energy – but this performance is undermined by its

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