Lisbon's urban tree-canopy coverage sits at 16.8% on the European Environment Agency tally cited in a peer-reviewed analysis published in Acta Médica Portuguesa , and at 21.28% on the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa's own internal file — both materially...
DBRS Morningstar shifted the rating outlook on the Autonomous Region of the Azores from stable to positive on Friday 22 May 2026, holding the long-term rating at BBB and the short-term rating at R-2 (medium) . The Canadian-anchored rating agency...
A reform of Portugal's civil-aviation contraordenação regime reset on Friday 23 May 2026 lifts the headline-fine ceiling that the Autoridade Nacional da Aviação Civil (ANAC) can apply to large airlines for a light infringement from €3,000 to €65,000...
The Volta beverage-container deposit-return scheme operated by APED — Associação Portuguesa de Empresas de Distribuição recovered roughly 400,000 plastic bottles and aluminium cans across the first four weeks of operation between 10 April 2026 and the...
The Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários (OMV) opened a national petition on Friday 23 May 2026 to force a plenary debate in the Assembleia da República on the value-added tax applied to companion-animal medical services. Bastonário Pedro Fabrica...
How to renew a Portuguese Citizen Card online, by phone, automatically, or at a counter: who can use each route, the fees, delivery, and lost cards.
Mesão Frio vitivinicultores told Jornal de Negócios on 23 May that production costs have climbed 'absurdamente' — green diesel doubled to €1.60/L, tractor repairs at €700, treatment passes at €500 — while pipa-of-Porto stays frozen at €1,000 and pipa-of-Douro DOC at €300.
