Justice More Than 200 Inmates of Lisbon's Estabelecimento Prisional Refuse to Return to Cells in Peaceful Protest Against Conditions in Ala B — GISP Intervention Unblocks the Stand-Off as Director António Leitão Promises an Afternoon Hearing 5 May 2026
Courts Operação Fundo Perdido Confirms €3.2 Million State Loss as Three Are Arrested for Subsidy Fraud Across Évora, Santarém and Setúbal — Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 Programmes Both Hit, 23 Counts of Subsidy Fraud and a Criminal-Association Indictment 5 May 2026
Economy Trump Lifts EU Auto Tariff to 25% on Truth Social After Merz Iran Comments — ACAP Says Portugal's Direct Exposure Is Limited but Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Continental Lousado and the Component-Supplier Stack Hold the Indirect Channel 5 May 2026
Business CaetanoBus' Japanese Shareholder Mitsui Cuts Its Stake to 19.7% as British National Express Cancels 60% of Coach Orders — Ovar Plant Books a 2025 €13.8 Million Loss and 88-Worker Layoff Through June 5 May 2026
Porto Porto's Assembleia Municipal Approves Free Public Transport for the City's 252,687 Residents — €20.5 Million-a-Year Cartão Porto Will Cover the Whole Andante Network From January 2027, With a Pedro Duarte Push to Pull the Start Forward to This Summer 5 May 2026
Business Brasília's ANP Approves Galp's Berbigão and Sururu Unitization Agreements Eight Years After Submission — The Portuguese Producer Settles at 6.45% in Berbigão and 9.497% in Sururu of the Pre-Sal Block BM-S-11A That Has Been Pumping Since 2019 5 May 2026
Economy Portugal's Car Market Expands 14.4% in April 2026 to 24,969 Registrations — Peugeot Locks the Month and the Year-to-Date Lead, Mercedes-Benz Holds Second, but Tesla's April Volume Falls 32.8% to 203 Cars 5 May 2026
Healthcare Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia and the Ordem dos Médicos Demand Infarmed Revoke the 13 April Glucose-Sensor Circular — Generic Prescription Treats Two Medical Devices With Different Age Approvals and Different Apps as Interchangeable 4 May 2026
Defence PSD and CDS-PP Pitch a 'Defender Portugal' Civic-Military Programme to Hand 18-23-Year-Olds €439.21 and a Free Driving Licence — A 3-to-6 Week Internato Aimed at the Forças Armadas' 24,500-Active-Personnel Recruitment Crisis 4 May 2026
Courts Ministério Público Charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos for the COVID-19 Deaths of 18 Residents — Six Years On, the Pandemic-Era Care-Home Accountability File Finally Reaches the Penal Code 4 May 2026
Media Visão's Newsroom Sends an Open Letter to Trust In News and Its Creditors — Portugal's Newsweekly Asks That the Title's Future Be Considered, Not Just Its Balance Sheet 4 May 2026
