OesteCIM asked the Environment Agency on Thursday for a negative impact statement on the 101-hectare open-pit concession in Peniche. Its objection is not extraction as such, but this project at this location, at this size, for twenty years, for twelve jobs.
Your weekly roundup from the capital: a protocol takes the meter out of the Lisbon airport taxi rank from 15 October, the city executive would make a café sweep five metres of pavement, Web Summit's contract runs out in 2028 with rival suitors, and two Rato officers go on trial.
Good morning. Here is your Saturday briefing for 12 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a
Nuno Brito, ambassador to London since 2022, will preside over the commission monitoring defence investment and the European SAFE instrument. A second body audits the money separately.
Two hours from Lisbon can pass 500 euros return. Four hours from Praia sits near 218. The chamber stops short of alleging collusion and asks for an in-depth look at capacity management.
The plenary rejected the party's appeal in a ruling dated 8 September. The national bodies were chosen by a structure the judges say was not competent to choose them.
The education minister announced the total in Beja while inaugurating two of them, and put the overshoot at about 40. Against a target of 365, the arithmetic gives 37.
