News and developments from Porto, Portugal's second city.
Portugal play Norway at the Dragão tonight with Ronaldo gone from the squad, Pedro Duarte keeps a VCI congestion charge off the table for now, and the north's chief prosecutor says no court had its legal minimum of staff. Plus the river ferries, Custóias and what's on.
Most of the total is the estimated value of media exposure; the economic output is put at 57.3 million euros. Porto, Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos put in 5.3 million between them.
Since 1 October tuk-tuks can no longer pick up passengers at the Ribeira or Clérigos, and coach stops have moved too. Porto is also testing a platform that approves access to the centre automatically.
The SNPVAC union says 80 percent of flights from Lisbon, Porto and Faro are off until Tuesday. easyJet expects to fly 55 percent of its schedule using crews from other bases. What passengers on cancelled flights are owed.
Brazil's presidential first round is on Sunday, 4 October. Voters in Portugal cast ballots from 8:00 to 17:00 at three University of Lisbon buildings, at ISEP in Porto and in Faro. Here is what to bring and why voting is compulsory.
The food hall beside São Bento station says the metro building site cost it sales, advertising money and its image. Metro do Porto blames its contractor, says access was never cut and argues that disruption from public works gives no automatic right to compensation.
A Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation survey finds 70 percent of Portuguese city dwellers satisfied, against 86 percent in EU cities. Housing and health top residents' priorities.
