The government has rewritten the rules on how livestock farmers are compensated when the lobo ibérico (Iberian wolf) kills their animals, closing several gaps that producers had long complained left them out of pocket. The changes, reported at the...
Portugal saw more weddings in 2025 than in any year since 2010, the Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE, Statistics Portugal) has reported — a modest but clear rebound that public broadcaster RTP flagged at the weekend as a “record.”...
New INE data show tourism consumption slipped to 16.1% of GDP in 2025, just below its 2023 peak, as the sector grew a touch slower than the wider economy for the first time since the pandemic rebound.
Luís Neves refused to pay a €2,550 penalty over travel from his Judicial Police days, opting for a Court of Auditors trial — as the opposition demands his resignation and the prime minister stays silent.
President António José Seguro says the €155 million promised after the 2022 fire remains almost entirely unspent — a warning about Portugal’s disaster-recovery record as 40 councils sit under maximum fire risk.
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Since 22 July, an infrasound station on Faial has joined sensors on Graciosa, São Jorge and Terceira, feeding the IVAR–CIVISA network that in 2022 detected the Hunga Tonga eruption more than 16,000 kilometres away.
