Prosecutors have asked the Valongo court to convict the town's current and former mayors of abuse of power and strip them of office over a 2020 truck ban that choked access to the Sobrado landfill, costing operators over €1.5 million. A verdict is due 10 September.
The Lisbon Court of Appeal has acquitted Father Ismael Teixeira, the priest known as the 'iron priest,' of sexual coercion against a former São Mamede parish employee, overturning a three-and-a-half-year suspended sentence and dismissing the related civil claim.
The cost of balancing Portugal's grid quadrupled from €4.88 to €20.26 per megawatt-hour since 2023 and now tops a quarter of wholesale electricity bills. Regulator ERSE proposes shifting 40% of technical-restriction charges onto the tariff all consumers pay, phased in from late 2026.
Portuguese homes rose 16.5% in nominal terms in the year to the first quarter of 2026, the fourth-fastest of the 55 markets Knight Frank tracks — behind only Turkey, Hungary and North Macedonia. Lisbon's prime segment climbed a more modest 3.4%, ranking fourth in Europe.
A new ASF study estimates some 121,000 vehicles circulate in Portugal without mandatory third-party cover — a 'significant risk' the regulator says is rising, with the Motor Guarantee Fund's claims up 15% this year and penalties for driving uninsured running to €2,500, a licence ban and vehicle seiz
The Port of Lisbon handled a record 81,735 cruise passengers in June, up 53% on June 2025 and above the previous 2024 high, across 37 ship calls — its busiest June ever — as high-spending turnaround traffic led the first half's steadier 5% growth.
