Motorhome and Campervan Rules in Portugal
The law on overnight stops, the 48 hour rule, the coastal ban most people miss, and fines from 30 to 600 euros.
The Portugal Brief
Residents Clocked 220 km/h on the Marginal's 50 km/h Limit, and Their Petition for Radars Has Passed 1,700 Names
A Cascais residents' association wants speed cameras, coordinated policing and fines of €1,000 to €2,000 on the coastal road from Lisbon. Hours before they described the campaign, a car left the EN6 at Praia da Parede and a man of about 50 was found dead on the rocks.
Coimbra Redraws 26 Bus Lines for a Metrobus That Starts Serving Praça da República on 10 September
The city executive approved the package on Monday by six votes to five. Twenty-six SMTUC lines change route on 10 September, through-traffic is squeezed out of Rua da Sofia, and SMTUC expects about 14 percent of daily passengers to be affected.
Portugal's New Single Social Payment Lasts 12 Months, and the Unemployment Subsidy It Absorbs Lasted Up to 24
The CGTP wants the social unemployment subsidy taken back out of the Prestacao Social Unica before it starts paying on 31 December, setting out where duration, value and the crediting of contributions all move against the claimant.
One Abandoned Suitcase in Porto Held More Fake Euros Than Portugal Seized in All of 2025
More than seven thousand counterfeit 200-euro notes, face value 1,470,000 euros, were left beside recycling bins on Rua do Almada. The 2025 Annual Internal Security Report puts the whole year's euro seizures at 952,725 euros across 19,366 notes.
Quercus Opposes Renewing the Panasqueira Mine Licence, Citing More Than a Century of Waste Above Lisbon's Water Supply
The public consultation on a revised environmental licence for Portugal's only working tungsten mine closed on Monday. Quercus filed against it, arguing the file cannot support a decision and that the catchment runs down to the reservoir EPAL treats for 2.6 million people.
Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Renews Its April High, Six Capitals Push a Windfall Tax, Savings Certificates Cap Out
📋 In This Edition
* Lisbon Renews Its April High on One Very Large Grocer
* Six Finance Ministers Ask Dublin to Put an Energy Windfall Tax Back on the Table
* Euribor's Climb Pushes Savings Certificates Into Their Legal Ceiling
* Fidelidade Picks Up a French Construction Book That QBE Is Walking