Politics CGTP Calls a National General Strike for 3 June Against the Pacote Laboral — Tiago Oliveira Drops the Date at Lisbon's 1.º de Maio Rally as UGT Holds Off Until 7 May Concertação Social Meeting 1 May 2026
Business EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement Begins Provisional Application on 1 May 2026 — Port Wine, Olive Oil and Metalomechanics Get Day-One Tariff Cuts as Beef and Rice Producers Brace for Quota-Driven Pressure 1 May 2026
Braga The Braga Brief — Week of May 1, 2026: Theatro Circo Turns 110, Bosch Doubles Radar Lines, and Enterro da Gata Loads Up Eight Nights 1 May 2026
News Sintra Pulls the Trigger on Paid Beach Parking for the 2026 Season — €4 Up to Four Hours at Praia Grande and Praia das Maçãs From 1 June to 30 September, EMES at the Meter 1 May 2026
Economy March Budget Surplus Shrinks to €209 Million as €1.06 Billion in SNS Debt-Regularization Hits the Books — IRC Drops 25.4%, Investment Spending Climbs 53.6%, and the Headline Hides a Real Improvement 1 May 2026
Politics €60 Million for Casa Branca-Beja Electrification, €80 Million for Alentejo Farmers, a 12-Month Credit-Moratorium Rollover and Aqua SA Under Macário Correia — Inside the Beja Council of Ministers Package 1 May 2026
News Carris's Tourism Arm Walks Out for Twelve Hours on 2 and 9 May — STRUP Calls Two Saturday Strikes at Carristur Over Pay, the 35-Hour Week and a Stalled Acordo de Empresa, With Hop-on Hop-off Buses, Historic Trams and Tagus Cruises Exposed 30 April 2026
Economy Government Cuts 2026 Growth Forecast to 2% and Drops the Surplus Plan as Iran War Pushes Brent to $85.9 — Inside the Programa de Estabilidade Revision Heading to Brussels 30 April 2026
Economy INE's March 2026 Tourism Read Posts 5.6 Million Overnight Stays as Irish and Spanish Visitors Surge — Brazilian Demand Slips 7% While Oeste e Vale do Tejo Crashes 15.7% 30 April 2026
Civil Protection Ten Commanders Gone in 18 Months — Civil Protection Heads Into a 'Terrible Summer' With a Hollowed-Out Senior Cadre 30 April 2026
Education Universidade Nova's Rector Election Collapses for the Second Week Running — Quorum Failure Drags Lisbon's Top Business School Into Open Institutional Crisis 30 April 2026
