Two Douro river ferry crossings between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia begin permanent service today, doubling last year's pilot. Folded into the Andante pass, they cost €3 one-way or €5 return and are free for Porto and Gaia residents. The 2025 trial carried nearly 26,000 passengers.
ANA has priced Portugal's new Lisbon airport, Luís de Camões, at €7.9–8.9 billion and released the first renderings of the terminal planned for Alcochete. It targets a 2037 opening — the government wants 2035 — with a 5,000-page environmental study due by month's end.
Almada's Municipal Assembly rejected a PSD censure motion against Socialist mayor Inês de Medeiros after a summer water-supply crisis hit Costa da Caparica. The non-binding motion failed on party lines, but it hands the opposition a campaign theme months before the 2026 municipal elections.
The government has dropped its pledge to bring in a new Local Finance Law by 2027, with Prime Minister Montenegro calling the target unrealistic. A working group set up in April has met twelve times but fixed no date, leaving 308 municipalities funded by a decade-old 2013 formula as local elections
President António José Seguro says Portugal is finalising a €100 million credit line for companies investing in Cape Verde, unveiled as he opened a Portugal–Cape Verde business forum in Praia. Portugal was the archipelago's largest investor in early 2026, targeting renewables, digital services and t
Good morning. Here is what Portugal woke up to on Wednesday, 22 July 2026 — six stories shaping the day for residents, expats and observers of the country: * The ICNF placed 23 municipalities
The Casa-Museu Amalia Rodrigues on Rua de Sao Bento opens a year of 25th-anniversary events on 23 July with a fado-and-poetry session on what would have been the singer's birthday. The Lisbon house has drawn over 150,000 visitors from 150 nationalities.
