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 · Direct award · healthContract flag
€54,884 direct purchase of colistimethate sodium by Coimbra health unit
The Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra awarded a direct regime contract for 1 000 000 U.I. of colistimethate sodium to Zambon, signed on 2026‑10‑07 and published the next day, a medical supply often justified without tender.
€54,884 health/pharma purchase awarded with no public tender. Sole-source is often legitimate in medical supply, but the scale is worth a public look. · Source: BASE/IMPIC
Initiative from PAR: Suspensão dos trabalhos das Comissões Parlamentares durante o processo orçamental.
Initiative from PAR, tabled on 14 October, XVII Legislature. Official title: "Suspensão dos trabalhos das Comissões Parlamentares durante o processo orçamental".
Eleven councils remain over the debt ceiling; Vila Real de Santo António at 2.82 times the limit.
2024 accounts: 11 of 307 municipalities exceed the ceiling (1.5 times three-year average current revenue). Furthest over it is Vila Real de Santo António, with €125.2 million. Fourteen sit in the municipal rescue fund.
% of the legal ceiling · worst 5
11 municipalities over the ceiling · 2024 accounts. · Source: DGAL
This brief gathered 6 candidates from BASE/IMPIC, Assembleia da República, DGAL and published the 3 highest-scoring. A fact that ran in an earlier brief only returns when its value changes; a standing fact repeats at most once a fortnight. 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.