Spending on oncology medicines in Portugal's public hospitals has more than tripled in ten years. In the first four months of 2026, hospitals spent EUR915.1 million on medicines, of which EUR320.1 million - about 35% - went on cancer drugs, raising fresh questions about how the SNS funds costly inno
Lisbon's city council will move to sell 10 municipal properties across seven parishes at public auction, with a combined base price of EUR59.2 million, to help fund its investment plan through 2030. Eight of the sites exceed EUR920,000 and also need approval from the municipal assembly, where Mayor
EasyJet has agreed a roughly GBP5.2 billion (EUR6.06 billion) takeover by US investment firm Castlelake, and Portuguese analysts say the deal signals healthy investor appetite for European airlines just as the government courts buyers for a 49.9% stake in TAP.
The 2025 party accounts show the governing PSD nearly doubling its surplus to EUR2.4 million, helped by state subsidies, while the Socialists and the Left Bloc were the only parties to end the year in deficit. Chega slipped to second on profit and the small Livre quadrupled its result.
A wildfire in the Caramulo mountains burned more than 13,000 hectares across the Viseu and Aveiro districts, the country's largest so far this summer. Portugal activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, drawing Canadairs from Italy and a Spanish military unit before the blaze was brought under con
The European Commission expects EU olive-oil output to fall in 2026 even in a broadly favourable farm year. For Portugal — the world's fourth-largest exporter, powered by irrigated Alentejo groves — the projection sharpens a deferred question about water and climate.
The Tax and Customs Authority has ruled that buying a property classified as a ruin does not count as reinvestment for the IRS capital-gains exemption, because a ruin cannot be a permanent home at the moment of purchase. Here is what the rule requires — and how to avoid the trap.
