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Rail passenger transport in the European Union increased by 2.6% in 2025, reaching 457 billion passenger-kilometers, the highest value since data collection began in 2004, with Germany leading in the number of passengers transported. #TransporteFerroviário #UniãoEuropeia #Economia (translated)

The ranking of schools in Portugal reveals that private schools dominate the top positions, which leads to a discussion about the need to consider more criteria, such as the socioeconomic context of students, and to ensure greater data transparency, as highlighted by experts during the analysis of the 2025 results. #RankingEscolas #Educação #EscolasPrivadas (translated)

The article highlights five curiosities about the 9th grade in 2025, including the rise of the school in Espinho in general averages and subjects, and the evolution of institutions in Almada and Amadora, in addition to presenting data on academic performance and the presence of public schools in the top 100. #RankingsEscolares #EducaçãoPortugal #DesempenhoEstudantil (translated)

Angola revealed the existence of more than 31,000 fictitious or ghost public employees in its database, with serious irregularities such as double registration and payments to deceased individuals, according to the Minister of Public Administration. #Angola #FuncionáriosFantasmas #AdministraçãoPública (translated)

The Liberal Initiative councilor in Coimbra warned that traffic in the city has significantly worsened after a recent reform and requested the council data and actions to resolve the situation of long queues at the city's entrances and exits. #Coimbra #Trânsito #Política (translated)

Meta plans to raise 35 billion dollars (about 31.236 billion euros) through the issuance of shares to finance the development of artificial intelligence, with the intention of spending up to 145 billion dollars on data centers by 2026. #InteligênciaArtificial #Meta #Tecnologia (translated)

Hackers attacked the database of the National Census of Portuguese Firefighters, accessing personal data of firefighters, including sensitive information such as full names, identification numbers, and health data, which resulted in the suspension of the application and security alerts from civil protection. #Ciberataque #ProteçãoDeDados #Bombeiros (translated)

Guinter claimed to have tested Quaest's data in his model and said that the result did not hold. According to him, an adjusted version of the survey, with a likely voter filter and weighting by the first round, would indicate 51.94% of valid votes — 0.8 points above the average of polling companies and within Quaest's margin of error. Guinter added that, in his projection, this would change the result from 52.976 to 53.003, a difference of 0.03 points. He concluded with the phrase: “Brazil will win.” #Brasil #Eleições2024 #Política (translated)

Deltan Dallagnol stated that Flávio Bolsonaro filed a request to open 20 years of his banking, tax, and telephone secrecy, as well as the data of family members and companies. According to Dallagnol, in return, Flávio demanded transparency regarding the Lula Institute, a former advisor known as Marcola, the corporate cards of the Presidency, and other information under government secrecy. Dallagnol said that Lula had issued the challenge and conditioned his participation in the next debate on the opening of the data. He questioned whether Lula would accept Flávio's proposal and claimed that the end of the Lula era would be on October 25. The author also stated that Flávio finished the first round ahead and that the PT was betting that voters would relax. He requested votes for Flávio Bolsonaro, number 22, and that the video be sent to people who did not vote or chose another candidate. #Lula #FlávioBolsonaro #Transparência (translated)

Vinicius Carrion stated that Flávio conditioned the release of his own tax and telephone secrecy to the disclosure of information about Marcola, the former chief of staff of the Presidency, and other aides who, according to him, would have used phones in Lula's name. The demands would also include the release of the secrets of the Lula Institute, Lula and Janja's corporate cards, and the bank, tax, telephone, and telematic data of Lula's children, companies linked to them, the Lula Institute, and close persons since 2003. Carrion said that Flávio also requested records of Lula's meetings with Daniel Vorcaro, the banker’s entries into the Palácio da Alvorada, visitors during Lula's imprisonment, and flights of aircraft linked to Vorcaro. The list would also include the release of the secrets of João Vaccari Neto, Roberta Luchsinger, Edson Claro, Frei Chico, and Sindnapi. #Lula #SigiloFiscal #Transparência (translated)

Root Conservative Banido claimed that Flávio Bolsonaro authorized, in a document sent to the TSE, the opening of his banking, tax, and telephone records from the last 20 years. According to the author, the authorization would cover family members mentioned by Lula and four companies of which the senator would be a partner or administrator. He would also have stated that he did not oppose the disclosure of all messages exchanged with Daniel Vorcaro, former owner of Banco Master. The profile stated, however, that Flávio conditioned the measure on the opening, since 2003, of banking, tax, telephone, and telematic data of Lula's children, companies linked to them, the Lula Institute, and close individuals. According to the publication, the senator also requested the breaking of the secrecy of Marco Aurélio Santana Ribeiro, known as Marcola, and other aides who would have used phones in Lula's name. Still according to the author, Flávio requested the disclosure of records of meetings between Lula and Vorcaro, the entrances of the banker to Planalto and Alvorada, visitors during his imprisonment, and flights of an aircraft linked to him. The publication also mentioned requests for the opening of the secrets of João Vaccari Neto, former treasurer of the PT; Roberta Luchsinger, identified as close to Lulinha; Edson Claro; Frei Chico, Lula's brother; and Sindnapi, the union of which he would be vice president. #Lula #FlávioBolsonaro #PolíticaBrasileira (translated)

Kleber Mendonça Filho wrote that, according to him, it circulated in the Bolsonaro bubble as truth the claim that Flávio Bolsonaro had accepted Lula's challenge and opened his bank data, proving that money from Vorcaro — which the author called stolen — had been used to make a film. He questioned whether this was true and also asked if Fernando de Noronha was in Goiás. #Bolsonaro #Política #FatosEFakeNews (translated)