Changes in Portugal's public data, ranked by what actually moved: legal thresholds crossed, series records, accelerations and deviations from the norm. Every item carries its comparison inside the sentence and links to the data behind it. No language model: arithmetic over official sources only.
01 · BUDGET · DGOACCELERATION
The State spent €5.8 billion more than it collected in January–June 2026.
Spending rose 13.7% year on year while revenue grew 5.2%, meaning spending is growing 2.6 times faster. That 8.5-point gap is what widens the balance. Public accounting, DGO.
Covilhã municipality granted a €29,901.35 direct award for street‑repair works
The contract, signed on 2026‑07‑29 and published on 2026‑07‑31, amounts to 99.7% of the €30,000 ceiling, invoking Artigo 20.º, n.º 1, alínea d) of the Public Contracts Code.
€29,901 direct award, no public tender, 99.7% of the €30,000 ceiling above which the law requires a more competitive procedure. · Source: BASE/IMPIC
04 · HEALTH · SNS TRANSPARENCYOFF THE NATIONAL NORM
At Unidade Local de Saúde de Loures-Odivelas, 64.9% of surgery patients wait beyond the legal deadline; the national share is 31.3%.
It is the worst SNS unit in May 2026: only 35.1% of surgery-list patients were within the legally guaranteed maximum, 33.6 points above the national share. Source: SNS Transparência.
% BEYOND THE LEGAL WAIT
ULS Loures-Odivelas64.9
National share31.3
Unidade Local de Saúde de Loures-Odivelas: 35.1% within the surgery deadline · national 68.7% · May 2026. · Source: SNS Transparência
Surgery waits beyond the legal deadline rose from 31.0% to 31.3% in a month.
In May 2026, 87,246 of the 278,394 patients on SNS surgery lists had waited beyond the legally guaranteed maximum, against 86,414 in April 2026. Source: SNS Transparência.
% BEYOND THE LEGAL WAIT
Oct29.6
Nov30
Dec31.7
Jan31.9
Feb30.9
Mar30.4
Apr31
May31.3
31.3% beyond the surgery deadline (+0.3 pp in a month) · May 2026. · Source: SNS Transparência
This brief gathered 6 candidates from DGO, BASE/IMPIC, SNS Transparência and published the 5 highest-scoring. The score weighs the type of change (threshold crossed > record > acceleration > movement > deviation > standing state), magnitude and freshness; a fact older than its source's publication cadence is ineligible, which is why a 2020 figure can never appear in a 2026 brief.