Finance audit finds €4.5m in irregular spending at Interior Ministry
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An inspection by the General Inspectorate of Finance has identified €4.5 million in irregular expenditures within the Secretariat-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration. Ricardo Carrilho, the former Secretary-General, has rejected the findings, though he noted the audit covered his own tenure.
Luís Montenegro has publicized threats made against his home by housing protesters, a move the activists dismissed as an attempt to create a 'straw man'. The Prime Minister maintains the movement is a front for the Left Bloc and the PCP; the protesters maintain they are independent.
The health service is struggling to find takers for its incentives: nearly half of the 'incentive positions' offered to doctors for 2025 remain unfilled. A total of 194 much-needed vacancies were occupied, but only one-fifth of those filled positions were for family doctors.