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Lisbon Airport Border Control Hits Two-Hour Peak as Easter Travel Tests Infrastructure Limits

Lisbon Airport Border Control Hits Two-Hour Peak as Easter Travel Tests Infrastructure Limits

Passengers arriving at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport faced waits of up to two hours at border control this morning, in the latest episode of congestion at an airport long operating beyond capacity. The peak was recorded around 8:30 AM on Sunday,...

Portugal to Lose 12% of EU Funding as Brussels Merges Cohesion and Agriculture Budgets

Portugal to Lose 12% of EU Funding as Brussels Merges Cohesion and Agriculture Budgets

Portugal faces a 12% cut to its national envelope in the European Union's next multi-year budget framework (2028-2034), according to internal European Parliament documents reviewed by Público. The reduction stems from a fundamental restructuring...

Public Transport Companies Warn of Service Cuts as Fuel Costs and State Debt Crisis Deepens

Public Transport Companies Warn of Service Cuts as Fuel Costs and State Debt Crisis Deepens

# Public Transport Companies Warn of Service Cuts as Fuel Costs and State Debt Crisis Deepens Portugal's public transport operators are facing a financial squeeze that could force service reductions across the country, as soaring fuel costs and...

Alcochete Airport: Government Confirms Location but Questions ANA's Traffic Forecasts

Alcochete Airport: Government Confirms Location but Questions ANA's Traffic Forecasts

The decades-long saga of Lisbon's new airport took another step forward this week, but the government's confirmation of the Alcochete site came with a notable caveat: it does not trust the traffic projections submitted by airport operator ANA. In a...

Portugal Pivots to Defence Manufacturing as Government Courts Industrial Heartland

Portugal Pivots to Defence Manufacturing as Government Courts Industrial Heartland

In a small city in northern Portugal known as the "capital of stainless steel," the Defence Minister stood before representatives of 54 companies and made an unusual pitch: your factories, which have spent decades making precision metalwork for...