The week's most important Portugal stories, curated from our daily coverage: the new immigration law in force, 800 million euros of tax and pension measures announced from the censure debate, record diesel with a weekly tax handback, and fixed taxi fares from Lisbon airport.
Heavy goods vehicles are barred from the Via de Cintura Interna from Tuesday, the council condemned nineteen trees on the Avenida dos Aliados, and Lusa read the 1.2 billion euro price tag inside Porto's ten-year mobility plan. Plus the Coliseu, Gaia's toll gantries and six wins from six.
Good morning. Here is your Sunday briefing for 13 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from the
Eight consecutive years of growth on the navigable Douro, 113 operators and nearly 17,000 lock passages. The operators say the infrastructure, not the demand, is what limits the next stretch.
One of the Brisa engineers on the final Torres Novas to Condeixa stretch told Lusa what changed: the country stopped being 800 kilometres long and became 300 or 400.
A Roman villa in the Alentejo, an aqueduct at Obidos, the market halls of Olhao, a working winery in Estremoz and a baroque garden in Castelo Branco complete the list voted on Saturday night.
Thirty-two exhibit at Micam, thirty-one at Lineapelle and eight at Simac. What they are showing is the output of two Recovery Plan projects worth about 110 million euros between them.
