General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
GDP grew 0.2 percent on the quarter between July and September, down from 0.9 percent in the spring, INE's flash estimate shows. Annual growth eased to 2.4 percent, still almost twice the euro area's 1.3 percent.
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Most lawyers in Portugal are women and work alone, and 58 percent of those who disclosed their pay earn under 2,157 euros a month gross. Here is what the Bar Association's survey found, and how to get legal aid or check a lawyer is registered.
The minister says the 30 November deadline for councils to claim Municipal Emergency Fund aid for storm-damaged roads, schools and public buildings will move to at least 31 December. It is not yet in the Diário da República. Here is what it covers and what residents can do.
The Montalvo plant went for 40 percent of its 10 million euro asking price after a failed auction. The buyer, a cutlery firm from the Leiria district, has not said what it plans; about 192 former workers expect to recover 40 to 50 percent of their claims.
The GNR's "Todos os Santos 2026" operation puts extra patrols and checks on the mainland's busiest roads from Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November. What it is targeting, what earlier operations found, and what it means if you are driving to family this weekend.
The Council of Ministers approved the decree-law cutting IRS rates on the first six brackets by 0.3 to 0.5 points for all of 2026. It still needs the President's signature. November withholding is halved; the rest is settled in the 2027 return.
