Firefighters have brought the summer's biggest blaze under control after it burned more than 16,000 hectares across 14 municipalities around Valpaços, damaging around 20 homes. But a relentless heatwave keeps interior and southern Portugal under a state of alert as the peak fire month begins.
The week's most important Portugal stories, curated from our daily coverage. This week in Portugal: the stories that mattered most, from politics and the economy to housing, health, and culture. If you missed anything, start here. August Mortgage...
Your weekly roundup from the Invicta: FC Porto open the season with a 25th Supertaça, the metro calls off a weekend closure at the last minute, Super Bock agrees a 35-hour week, Lipor turns 186,000 tonnes of Porto's rubbish into electricity, and the Porto Pianofest fills August with free piano.
Good morning. Here is your Sunday briefing for 2 August 2026 — six stories shaping Portugal today, from a rare total eclipse over the north-east to shorter weekend hours on the Lisbon metro,
Through August, Lisbon Metro's Blue Line will close at midnight on Fridays and reopen at 07:30 on weekends so engineers can test a new CBTC signalling system that should eventually allow more frequent trains. Carris is laying on replacement buses.
Simple diesel is set to rise about two cents to roughly €2.045 a litre from Monday while 95-octane petrol eases a cent to about €2.024, according to ACP forecasts, capping a summer of fuel-price swings driven by Middle East tensions.
Half a year after Storm Kristin battered central Portugal, 25 people across six municipalities in the Leiria and Lisbon districts remain in temporary housing. More than 35,900 recovery applications and 179,000 insurance claims are still working through the system.
