Statistics Portugal published its second-quarter building figures on Friday. Permits are still falling and completions with them, but the number of dwellings in each one keeps rising, and renovation is the weakest line.
A protocol signed on Friday by the city council, the two taxi bodies, the tourism association and ANA takes the meter out of journeys leaving the arrivals rank. The city is split into two price bands, and Baixa is in the dearer one.
The Ordem dos Medicos presented its study on retaining doctors in sparsely populated territories in Guarda on Friday. It names eleven areas, Faro and the islands among them, and asks for tax breaks, housing and loyalty payments.
Your weekly roundup from the Minho: the national team books the Estádio Municipal for 14 November, Sp. Braga win in Alverca and lose there four days later, four councils take on an invasive weed in the Ave, and a heritage association takes Viana's new market to court.
Good morning. Here is your Friday briefing for 11 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from an
IPMA cites the persistence of high maximum temperatures. Evora is forecast at 37.9 degrees on Sunday, Lisbon at 36.4, and Lisbon's overnight minimum climbs from 17.5 to 21.2 across the weekend.
The main defendant faces 29 charges including six of torture and five of rape; the second faces seven. Prosecutors say images of the abuse were shared in WhatsApp groups with dozens of other PSP officers.
