The Delta level of Portugal's rural firefighting force ends on 30 September. Almost 8,000 fires burnt 74,267 hectares, 72 percent less than last year, with the North taking 44,046. A smaller Charlie force covers the next 15 days.
Good morning. Here is your Wednesday briefing for 30 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, immigrants and anyone keeping an eye on the country, with two new
Groups with revenue of 750 million euros or more must file the Modelo 63 information return by 30 September, three months later than first planned. It lets the tax office check that they pay at least 15 percent.
The Integrar para a Construção programme pays a grant for four months of training and a work placement in trades from plumbing to plasterboard. Its second intake, planned for September, still has no date.
Seven people and six companies are accused of 44 counts of subsidy fraud and one of money laundering, over rural development grants paid by IFAP between 2011 and 2015 for projects from Grândola to Ponte de Sor.
The organiser, the ACP, says the WRC promoter reshuffled the calendar at the last minute and dropped the May round. It hopes to return in 2028; tourism bodies in the north and centre want to know what went wrong.
Only 13 percent of Portuguese lower secondary teachers are satisfied with their salary, the OECD finds, and 38 percent of secondary teachers are 55 or older. Three in four of the empty timetables are in the Lisbon region.
