General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
Decreto-Lei 207/2026 lets the Prime Minister approve legal positions that bind every public body, and tells the State's lawyers not to drag out cases or appeal rulings that match them. No determination exists yet.
An open letter from ten Trás-os-Montes and Douro councils asks EDP and Movhera to pay the IMT, stamp duty and IMI they say is owed on six dams. Prosecutors put the sale's unpaid tax at 335.2 million euros; EDP says it will not pay until a court rules.
Refrigeration at seven Intermarché supermarkets was tampered with overnight through an outside contractor. Three lost stock, all stayed open, and the Criminal Police and the National Cybersecurity Centre are looking into it as similar attacks hit stores across Europe.
The Environment and Energy Minister says new data centres will need renewable electricity, available water, a share of grid connection costs and environmental clearance. Electricity-intensive industry connects without an auction; data centres must compete.
Applicants found eligible for a Vale Eficiência who never received one can claim 1,300 euros plus VAT per voucher for windows, heat pumps or solar panels. The Environmental Fund emailed them on 30 October; confirmations open on 23 November.
Because a Lisbon judge refused to apply part of the 1974 protest law on constitutional grounds, prosecutors must appeal to the Constitutional Court. What the judges can decide, why one ruling would not scrap the 00:30 rule, and Monday's other developments.
The EU Court of Justice says a bank cannot refuse an immediate refund of an unauthorised payment by blaming the customer's gross negligence. It must pay by the next business day and can claim the loss back only if it proves that negligence.
