General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
The sirens are a commemoration, not an alert. The Recordar 1755 campaign uses the anniversary to urge preparedness, with purple monuments, school bells, Sintra's drill activities on 5 November and ANEPC's advice.
Amadora has handed over the keys to 48 PRR-funded flats at Cerrado da Mira, its first let at reduced rents set so that no household spends more than 35 percent of its income on rent. Contracts run five years.
INE data show 247,600 homes licensed in seven years and 159,465 completed. Much of the gap is homes still being built, as licences have more than tripled since 2016, but builders also cite labour, financing and stalled projects.
Albufeira's mayor says the plant breaches the council's master plan and wants the brine pumped further out. The minister says the embargo covers the land, not the works. He also sits on the board of the company building it.
Thousands marched in Lisbon and Porto on Saturday, a week after the camps were cleared. The Ombudsman's torture-prevention team was present, and by early evening the question was whether tents would go up again for the night.
President Seguro has promulgated a law making business buyers, not sellers, pay the VAT on petrol and diesel down the supply chain, with a 3 million euro guarantee for fuel traders. He notes the fuel rule needs EU authorisation before it can apply.
From Sunday, people already in opioid treatment in Albufeira, Loulé, Portalegre, Portimão, São Brás de Alportel, Santiago do Cacém and Vila do Bispo can take methadone at a local pharmacy on referral. The state pays pharmacies 30 euros a month per patient.
