Industry Portugal's Industrial Output Drops 3.8 Percent in August, a Fourth Annual Fall in a Row, as Capital Goods Production Slumps 12 Percent 2 October 2026
Scams That New Bank Card in Your Letterbox Could Be a Fake, the Bank of Portugal Warns, and a Real One Never Needs Urgent Activation 2 October 2026
Unemployment Benefit Losing a Job Costs More Than It Did: Unemployment Benefit Now Covers 64 Percent of a Lost Wage, Down From 70 Percent in 2015 2 October 2026
Strikes About 350,000 Civil Servants Strike Today, and Schools, Social Security Counters and Bin Rounds May Not Open 2 October 2026
Housing Homeowners in Planned Areas Can Now Start Building Work on a Filed Notice, as Portugal's Permit Overhaul Takes Effect With 20-Day Licence Deadlines 2 October 2026
Beaches Thirty People Died on Portugal's Beaches and Rivers This Bathing Season, Eight of Them in September, as Lifeguards Made 1,418 Rescues 2 October 2026
Electricity Portugal Used More Electricity Than Ever From January to September, and Imported a Record Nine Terawatt-Hours From Spain 1 October 2026
Immigration Free Legal Advice for Immigrants Comes to 17 Councils as the Bar Association Staffs Lawyer Rotas at Gulbenkian-Backed Projects 1 October 2026
Recovery Plan Portugal Declares Its Recovery Plan Complete, While Unfinished Works Run On to December 2027 With Up to 200 Million Euros of Budget Money 1 October 2026
Immigration EU Ministers Clear the Way for Return Hubs Outside Europe, and Let Detention Before Removal Run to Two Years 1 October 2026
Pensions Portugal's Poorest Pensioners Will See Their Income Floor Rise to 720 Euros a Month in 2027, the Fourth Increase Since 2024 1 October 2026
