Your first weekly roundup from the Invicta: FC Porto start the title defence with two 2-0 wins and top spot, the second phase of the Boavista metrobus races a 31 August deadline, Sá Carneiro airport keeps breaking passenger records, and the north stays cool while the interior burns.
Good morning. Here is your Sunday briefing for 16 August 2026 — the day's essential Portugal stories, from fresh wildfires in the northern interior that injured five firefighters to confirmed European
A 15-year-old boy has been confined to an educational centre after the death of his 33-year-old mother in Algés. Because he is below the age of criminal responsibility, the case runs through juvenile justice — and reports the family was already known to child-protection services have renewed scrutin
Finlay Tarling, a 19-year-old Welsh cyclist, died after being hit by a car on the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal near Ponte de Lima. The GNR later clarified the vehicle was in its correct lane but travelling opposite to the race, which was suspended.
The arts directorate DGArtes will open its four-year Sustained Support competitions within about ten days, dispensing €72.84 million. New rules under Decreto-Lei 164-A/2026 widen eligibility to comic books, traditional crafts and digital arts, and tie grant values to inflation.
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro says he is convinced the TAP sale will fully recover the roughly €3.2 billion the state sank into the airline. Air France-KLM and Lufthansa filed binding bids for up to 49.9%, and a preferred buyer could be chosen by September.
Eurostat's confirmed second-quarter figures held Portugal's growth at 2.5% year on year, above the euro-area average — but after other countries' data was revised upward, Portugal slipped out of the top three EU performers it had briefly led in July's flash estimate.
