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IPMA Forecasts 35°C in the Alentejo and Tejo Valley From Sunday Through Tuesday as a North African Air Mass Drives the First Sustained Heat Spell of 2026 — DGS Reissues the Mid-Day Sun Advisory and Hydration Note Into the Long Weekend

IPMA's Saturday-evening outlook calls 35°C across the Alentejo and Tejo Valley between Sunday and Tuesday as a North African air mass with Saharan dust drives mainland Portugal's first sustained heat spell of 2026 — DGS reissues the hydration and mid-day sun advisory ahead of the long weekend.

Justice

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Reclassifies Former SEF Border Director's Sentence to Abuso de Poder and Trims the Term to One Year and Ten Months — Ihor Homeniuk Case File Reopens the Justice Conversation on Lisbon Airport Detention

The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa has reclassified former SEF Borders director António Sérgio Henriques's conviction from denegação de justiça to abuso de poder, trimming his sentence from 2.5 years suspended to one year and ten months — the latest Ihor Homeniuk case footnote in the SEF-AIMA reset.

Energy

Fundo Ambiental Reopens the €20 Million Veículos de Emissões Nulas Cheque Window Between Late May and Early June — €4,000 to €5,000 Per Light Passenger EV, €1,500 Ceiling for Cargo Bikes, Mopeds and Electric Quadricycles

The Fundo Ambiental will reopen the EV purchase cheque between late May and early June 2026 with a €20M envelope — €4,000–€5,000 per light passenger car, €1,500 ceiling for cargo bikes, mopeds and quadricycles. December 2025's €8.8M round exhausted in hours.

Housing

State Auctions Eight Vacant Lisbon Office Buildings That Could Have Held 450 Public Homes — Avenida Visconde Valmor Closes at €15.7 Million as Resale Tickets Run Below the Per-Metre Cost the Government Pays Private Landlords

Eight vacant Lisbon office buildings worth roughly 450 public-housing dwellings are being auctioned by the State, with the Avenida Visconde Valmor lot closing at €15.7M — below open-market references the same government pays private landlords for the public-housing pipeline.

Weekly Digest

Weekly Digest — May 17 to May 24, 2026

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. Conselho de...