An Automóvel Club de Portugal survey finds 67% of Greater Lisbon residents prefer the car and 59% use one daily, even though the flat €30 Navegante pass has held for seven years — evidence that frequency and convenience, not price, keep the region on the road.
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For the first time since 2015, the Alentejo town of Campo Maior stages its UNESCO-listed Festas do Povo from 8 to 16 August, with thousands of residents making paper flowers to blanket up to 100 streets in a festival held only when the townspeople decide.
Portugal's Inovacao Produtiva call, run under Portugal 2030 with Compete 2030 leading, offers €182.5 million in non-refundable grants to SMEs until 30 September 2026, with up to 60% cover in low-density areas and priority for exporters and digital and climate projects.
As the Community of Portuguese Language Countries turns 30 on 17 July, Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel says its full potential is nowhere near exploited, presses for suspended founder Guinea-Bissau's return, and reports progress on the CPLP Mobility Agreement that shapes Lusophone migration to Portuga
The week's most important Portugal stories, curated from our daily coverage — a rental-law overhaul and record home prices, a new labour code and minimum-wage path, the Treasury's ten-year savings certificate, the Vouzela wildfire, and Jorge Jesus taking charge of the national team.
Your weekly roundup from the Invicta: free public transport finally arrives for Porto Card holders, the Câmara decorates nearly thirty figures and salutes Rui Moreira's legacy, FC Porto decamps to England for pre-season, and Pedro Abrunhosa plays a solidarity concert at the Casa da Música.
