Carlos Moedas met the PSP's national director on Thursday and the two sides parted without a deal. The Interior Ministry says the reinforcement is already on the street through redeployed Intervention Corps units; the mayor counts none of the 200 officers promised on 12 May.
Portaria n.º 395/2026/1 sets the rules for a per-vehicle, non-repayable support covering April's fuel and AdBlue price rise, for co-operatives, producer organisations, fish processors and aquaculture firms that run their own lorries. IFAP will announce the application window separately.
INE's August surveys put construction and public works confidence at 6.1, the highest since January 2002, on fuller order books and hiring plans. Consumer confidence fell to minus 20.1 after three months of gains, and trade and manufacturing both weakened.
A survey by 31 researchers from 11 Portuguese institutions counts 231 non-indigenous marine species against 133 ten years ago. Shipping is the main route, Sines is a strategic entry point, and MARE says no compliance reports on ballast-water treatment are published in Portugal.
Your weekly roundup from the Minho: a 0-0 in Vienna takes Sp. Braga into a European league phase for the first time, Braga and Guimarães set out what a Minho metropolitan area would do, eight are held over an €80,000 classified-ads scam, and three of UMinho's new double degrees sell out.
Good morning. Here is your Friday briefing for 28 August 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a
Portugal's Consulate General in Caracas is running mobile sessions in La Guaira and will keep doing so until at least the end of the year. Of the 6,509 dead counted after the 24 June double earthquake, at least 138 were Portuguese or of Portuguese descent.
