Four foreign nationals were detained after the Polícia Judiciária, the Navy and the Air Force boarded a high-speed launch carrying roughly 2,627 kilos of cocaine off the coast south of Lisbon.
APEGAC wants the law changed so a whole building carries a single policy, arguing this winter's €5 billion storm season exposed how badly the current one-policy-per-fraction model handles common-area damage.
High summer brings heat and crowds to the capital: a government alert padlocked 13 of Lisbon's parks, Sintra's tourist-coach ban landed in court as operators sued to freeze it, and Moedas's executive bankrolled the autumn festival season — plus a first affordable-rent draw reserved for the over-60s.
Good morning. Here is your Portugal briefing for Saturday, 25 July 2026: * President Seguro has signed off a weekday ban on heavy goods lorries using Porto's inner ring road from
Portugal is buying three FREMM EVO frigates from Italy's Fincantieri for €3.9 billion, its first SAFE-programme contract. The Defence Ministry says Portuguese firms will build combat systems, simulators and a floating dock, with €150-200 million more for the Arsenal do Alfeite.
On 21 July the State transferred 21 properties to 16 municipalities, tied to some €16 million of rehabilitation, for social housing, museums, tourism and sport. A Porto nightclub becomes a sports hall and an Évora seed factory an urban-art museum. Since 2024: 95 properties, €80 million.
Job offers registered at Portugal's IEFP rose 22.8% to 134,100 in 2025, led by services and construction, with 69.2% of vacancies filled. The report also found foreign workers now make up more than a fifth of Social Security contributors.
