About 100 private patient transport vehicles gather in Almada at 07:00 on Monday and cross the 25 de Abril Bridge at 08:00, ending at São Bento with a memorandum. What the league wants, and how SNS non-urgent transport works if your trip is affected.
Repairs to the POL NATO fuel depot in Almada, which holds part of Portugal's strategic petroleum reserves, will cost up to 5.96 million euros and finish by the end of 2026, after an inspection of its underground pipelines found extra work was needed.
Companies that carry about half of the SNS's non-urgent patient journeys say the October fuel decree helps taxis, fire brigades and charities but not them, and are weighing a slow-drive protest in Lisbon. What the law says about who gets free transport, and who to call if it fails.
Exports rose 6.8 percent, but only 2.8 percent without fuel, whose export prices were up 37.7 percent. The INE also finds Brazil now supplies half of Portugal's crude oil imports.
Gulf Med Aviation Services says its 77.5 million euro contract has no price review clause, while its four medical helicopters flew 1,285 hours and carried 635 patients in eight months.
A decree-law in force from Saturday lifts the licence-free limit for gas bottle stores at filling stations to 1.560 cubic metres, saying the old cap left households short where stations are the main supplier.
Road fuel sales fell 2.7 percent on August 2025 and diesel 4.7 percent, DGEG figures show. Sector estimates point to a cut of about three cents a litre next week, despite a smaller tax discount.
