From Friday, anyone lobbying a Portuguese minister must first join a public register (RTRI), and their meetings, letters and documents will be logged and mostly published. No registration, no meeting; unregistered submissions are excluded from decisions.
A new EU regulation on end-of-life vehicles takes effect on 13 August, tightening recycling rules and cracking down on the export of unroadworthy cars from mid-2031. For Portuguese drivers it should mean cheaper second-hand parts, at an estimated lifetime cost of under €70 a vehicle.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who left the presidency earlier this year, was rushed to the Hospital de Faro on Wednesday after fainting during lunch in Monte Gordo. The 77-year-old spent the afternoon under observation in intensive care, underwent tests and was discharged that evening, blaming 'a very in
Between January and May 2026, 50.2% of first hospital specialty appointments in Portugal's SNS were held after the legal deadline, official data show — a marginal improvement on 2025. The Tâmega e Sousa unit (Penafiel) breached the limit in 73.6% of cases; the Hospital de Cascais, the best performer
Good morning. Here is your Thursday briefing for 13 August 2026 — the day's essential Portugal stories, from a rental-law overhaul that could unfreeze the country's oldest rents to
Portuguese emigration has held steady at about 70,000 departures a year for three years, the Observatorio da Emigracao reports, with Switzerland now the top destination after Brexit curbed arrivals to the UK. Portugal still has one of the world's highest emigrant shares.
Savannah Resources has signed new land agreements with the baldio commons communities of Tras-os-Montes for its Barroso lithium project, including community seats, inflation-linked compensation and a €500,000-a-year foundation — as a protest camp nearby drew about a thousand people.
