Lisbon council has approved the transport plan for closing the Blue Line between Terreiro do Paço and Santa Apolónia. Público says works start in early November and run into 2028; there is no shuttle bus, and the city pays the Metro 2.8 million euros.
IPMA says September 2026 was mainland Portugal's hottest since 1931: a mean of 23.41 °C, maximums 4.21 °C above normal, a national heatwave at 72 percent of stations and only 12.7 mm of rain. What it means for drought, reservoirs and the weeks ahead.
A dispatch in Wednesday's official gazette sets the deadline for the report parliament needs before it can vote on the bill. Fátima's parish backs the split; Ourém council has withheld an opinion.
The Douro council's new First Steps scheme, in force from Thursday, refunds receipts for food, clothes, furniture and health care bought in local shops. Four parishes published smaller birth grants of their own on the same day.
A new Sustentável 2030 call lets councils and public water companies upgrade wastewater plants and lay pipes to deliver reusable water. The first phase closes on 20 May 2027, the second on 20 September 2027.
More than 40 arrest warrants were issued in an operation centred on Porto, reportedly built on Operation Admiral, the EU's biggest VAT carousel case, which began with a Coimbra tax inspection. Detainees go before a Lisbon judge on Thursday.
The October Economic Bulletin credits a strong spring, EU recovery money and the pension and IRS measures. Jobs growth slows to 0.3 percent by 2028 as migration eases, and imports push the trade balance into deficit.
