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Lisbon is planning to establish a network of dedicated 'AIMA Spaces' to streamline support services and residency processing for the migrant population.
Passengers at Lisbon airport report shorter waiting times following the government's deployment of additional resources, though some uncertainty persists regarding the efficacy of new automated systems.
Portugal is facing delays or difficulties at the arrival stage.
Lisbon is currently facing a complete halt in scheduling for the renewal of identification cards.
School directors confirm that 300 students in Sintra who were previously without a school placement have now been assigned to schools.
Containers may be the solution. Class sizes in Lisbon have been increased to accommodate around 600 students without a placement. The Minister of Education stated that this increase does not compromise the quality of education and cited significant demographic pressure due to the number of immigrants in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.
The lack of an agreement with Social Security prevents the Residential Structure for Elderly People from beginning operations. The minister downplays the situation, considering it a “normal procedure”.
The minister considers the care home a “happy investment of public funds in a social project”. The provider of the Santa Casa de Mafra acknowledges that the agreement between the Social Security Institute and the State still needs to be signed.
An agreement with the Social Security Institute will allow the State to subsidise 48 of the 60 residents that the new care home will accommodate.
Marco Almeida requests access to the enrollment portal to find out how many students remain without a school. The mayor of Sintra hopes to resolve the placements in today's meeting with the Ministry and the school directors.
Marco Almeida, Mayor of Sintra, says he has been monitoring the issue of students without a school placement “as much as possible”. This afternoon, a meeting will be held between the Ministry of Education, the Municipality, and school cluster directors to assess the situation.
The president of the Association of School Principals considered the administrative placement solution for 600 students in Lisbon schools to be “excellent”, “plausible” and a “good strategy”, but admits that there will be overcrowded classes in Lisbon schools. “There is no other solution in this case. The Ministry is under pressure, the principals are under pressure”, he considers, in an interview with RTP.
A meeting between the Ministry of Education and about 30 school principals from the Lisbon municipality lasted over seven hours and served to administratively place the students who had not yet been assigned a school.
The opening of new classes and an increase in the number of students per class is planned.
Dealing with “unacceptable” waiting times, the Amadora-Sintra administration is preparing a winter plan and acknowledges that “health tourism” is a problem. The “bosses” of AI issue warnings.
Parents of 2nd cycle students are also outraged that the after-school club, managed by the Campo de Ourique parish council, will only open on October 1st, leaving them unsure of where to leave their children in the afternoon.
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, a Wall Street Journal analysis concludes that the resources invested in the so-called War on Terror left the US without the capacity to contain other global threats.
Moedas plans to invest 6.5 million euros in the conservation of pedestrian pavements and street furniture, and 15 million in the digital modernisation and security of municipal systems.
NHS users (who endure everything), José Luís Carneiro (who is rewriting history), and sectarian artists (who do not want to be associated with Jerry Seinfeld) are the Good, the Bad, and the Villain.
A plenary session at the Campus de Justiça in Lisbon brought together hundreds of dissatisfied workers. The next meeting with the Ministry of Justice is scheduled for September 21st.
Three CGTP-affiliated public sector unions have called for a strike of general career staff on October 2nd to demand better pay for the lowest-paid workers in the public administration. The strike, organized by the FNSTFPS, STAL, and STML, covers approximately 350,000 workers across central, local, and regional government sectors. Union leader Joaquim Ribeiro stated that the action serves as an urgent warning to the government of Luís Montenegro, demanding immediate salary negotiations rather than waiting until 2027. A demonstration is also scheduled in Lisbon for the same day, with unions warning of significant disruptions to public services, including schools and waste collection.
The unit in Lisbon has the capacity for 20 youths interned in educational centres. One in five has diagnosed mental health problems.
The juvenile justice system's therapeutic unit with a capacity for 20 youths, located in Lisbon and announced in 2023, is ready and equipped but remains closed due to a lack of human resources.
The Ministry of Justice, through the Institute for Financial Management and Justice Equipment, has signed a contract for the project to modernise and replace the elevators at the Lisbon Palace of Justice. In a statement, it announced that the investment is 551,800 euros, plus VAT, and has an execution period of 150 days.
Residents blame the Odivelas City Council for moving bins. The local authority points the finger at “some residents” who leave rubbish where there are no longer bins.
More than 50 patients who have been medically cleared were waiting this Wednesday for a social care placement to be able to leave the hospital.
The warning is issued by the group of experts who studied the sustainability of the sector. Additionally, the voluntary pregnancy termination service at Garcia de Orta hospital has been suspended.
