The Ordem dos Medicos (Medical Association) wants a nationwide assessment of how well Portugal's hospitals would withstand a major earthquake, plus regular disaster drills, warning that a quake-damaged hospital becomes 'a catastrophe within a catastrophe' just when patients need it most.
The €335.2 million tax dispute over EDP's 2020 sale of six Douro dams to an Engie-led consortium is live again: €99.6m in IMT, €120.9m in stamp duty and €114.67m in corporate tax. Prosecutors forced the Tax Authority to collect, and interior councils are owed more than €3 million in property tax on
Roughly a quarter of Algarve hoteliers expected the 2026 season to fall short of 2025 on occupancy and length of stay, according to the Hotel Association of Portugal. Occupancy is still solid, but the cooling mood highlights the region's heavy dependence on British visitors — around 57% of non-resid
Interior Minister Luís Neves says Portugal's new Highway Code is 70% settled and that driving at 180 or 200 km/h could shift from an administrative fine to a crime. Heavier penalties, easier licence removal, tougher rules for repeat offenders and a revived GNR Traffic Brigade are all on the table, w
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The Portuguese haulier has bought a 500-strong Basque refrigerated-transport specialist, deepening its push into northern Spain and targeting €240 million in consolidated sales this year.
