Environment Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho confirmed a new €20M EV purchase notice opening May–June via the Fundo Ambiental. Cars €4,000–€5,000 with a €38,500 price cap (€55,000 for 5+ seats); bikes €500–€1,500; mopeds up to €1,500.
Former PS Secretary of State Tiago Antunes pulled out of the Provedor de Justiça race on 24 April, citing a 'vile campaign of falsehoods' after the 16 April vote gave him only 104 of the 154 needed. PS wants the dossier closed by end of May.
Saturday, 25 April 2026 is Dia da Liberdade — a full national public holiday marking 52 years since the Carnation Revolution of 1974 and 50 years since the first free legislative elections of 1976. The date defines modern Portuguese democracy in a...
Portugal's transmission operator REN (Redes Energéticas Nacionais) on Thursday published its Q1 2026 bulletin, and the headline number is a record: electricity consumption from the beginning of January to the end of March reached 14.6 TWh , 3.8%...
Banco de Portugal governor Álvaro Santos Pereira is preparing the first meaningful tightening of the central bank's macroprudential framework for mortgages since the original recommendation went live in July 2018. According to reporting this week by...
Braga reactivates its Municipal Security Council after 27 years, clears €8.6M for the Flávio Sá Leite handball pavilion, and prepares for a Europa League semi-final against Freiburg at the Pedreira on 30 April. Plus Grupo Casais crosses €1bn, UMinho's PATTERN project wraps, and your weekend picks.
Lisbon court acquits Luís Filipe Vieira and Benfica SAD in the Saco Azul tax-fraud case; MP appeals. Galp reroutes Portugal's jet-fuel imports away from the Gulf. ERSE launches a real-time fuel and botija comparator with a top-10 cheapest board.
