News and developments from Porto, Portugal's second city.
Camara Municipal do Porto confirmed on 22 May it will cancel 1,413 Alojamento Local registrations for non-submission of civil-liability insurance to the RNAL. ALEP says 50-60% sit inside the historic centre, where the 2023 containment-area overlay prevents reactivation.
Ministério Público on Saturday asked the Porto TIC to impose preventive detention on four of the 14 Operação Águas Turvas suspects at Águas de Gaia, the Vila Nova de Gaia municipal utility — alleged €8 million corruption scheme across procurement contracts, 17-month PJ investigation.
Tribunal de Contas granted visto on 28 May to the amended CP rolling-stock contract, locking the price at €1.064 billion for 153 Alstom-DST trainsets — 98 urban and 55 regional units with ERTMS Level 2 — with first deliveries in 2029 and Guifões as the Matosinhos assembly anchor.
Serralves em Festa marks 20 years with 50 free hours and 650 artists. Diogo Costa renews until 2030 with a €60M clause. The Câmara reclaims €12M from the Government on descentralização. IPDT sizes Porto-and-Norte tourism at €2.4bn VAB and 117,321 jobs.
IPDT's 29 May counterfactual study pins the Porto-and-Norte tourism footprint at €2.4 billion in regional VAB and 117,321 direct jobs (€4.2bn and 195,000 on the expanded read). Alto Tâmega +8.3%, Alto Minho +6.2% and Tâmega-e-Sousa +6.5% outpace Grande Porto on the Q1 dormidas tape.
Portugal's 2026 hotel pipeline brings 58 new properties online — Hyatt triples its footprint with Andaz Lisbon, The Standard Lisbon and Hyatt Regency Vilamoura, while Hampton by Hilton, Debrais Porto and Casa de Sada Algarve test the mid-market. Summer-2026 bookings up 17% in the strongest regions.
Pedro Duarte prepares to pull Francisca Carneiro Fernandes into the executive, narrowing the PS bench to four vereadores. FC Porto women fall 0-2 to Benfica in their first ever Taça final and earn Liga BPI promotion. Farioli opens the 2026/27 build. EDP Corrida da Mulher hits its 20th edition.
