The government has dropped its pledge to bring in a new Local Finance Law by 2027, with Prime Minister Montenegro calling the target unrealistic. A working group set up in April has met twelve times but fixed no date, leaving 308 municipalities funded by a decade-old 2013 formula as local elections
President António José Seguro says Portugal is finalising a €100 million credit line for companies investing in Cape Verde, unveiled as he opened a Portugal–Cape Verde business forum in Praia. Portugal was the archipelago's largest investor in early 2026, targeting renewables, digital services and t
Good morning. Here is what Portugal woke up to on Wednesday, 22 July 2026 — six stories shaping the day for residents, expats and observers of the country: * The ICNF placed 23 municipalities
The Casa-Museu Amalia Rodrigues on Rua de Sao Bento opens a year of 25th-anniversary events on 23 July with a fado-and-poetry session on what would have been the singer's birthday. The Lisbon house has drawn over 150,000 visitors from 150 nationalities.
Alzheimer Portugal is urging the state to reimburse lecanemab and donanemab, the first drugs shown to slow early Alzheimer's, which currently cost patients up to €40,000 out of pocket while INFARMED weighs whether the SNS should fund them.
ANAC has excluded the Iberia-linked Union South consortium from the seven-year ground-handling tender at Lisbon, Porto and Faro, saying it failed to prove it could mobilise the resources it promised, and has called Menzies-owned SPdH to advance instead.
Labour Minister Maria do Rosario Palma Ramalho says the government 'neither opens nor closes the door' to a 2027 minimum wage above the agreed €970, as the UGT pushes for €1,000 and a junior minister urges faster rises ahead of autumn Social Concertation talks.
