General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
Both laws come from PAN bills and were approved over the votes of PSD and CDS-PP. What they say, the 90 days the Government has to regulate, and what is not known until the texts are published.
The mayor will put a tenfold property-tax rise on empty buildings in the Centro Histórico into the 2027 budget. What the IMI Code allows, who decides, and the 33 million euros developers paid instead of building affordable homes.
The regulator says many households are still on older, dearer contracts, while 20 to almost 40 percent of 2025's offers beat the regulated price. What a switch could save, and how to ask for regulated prices.
The CDS-PP measure raises the deduction for each child from the third, with half the increase in 2027 and all of it in 2028. What families deduct now, what the bill promised, and what changes for lower-income households.
A Portuguese builder drew more than 600 applicants in São Tomé and Príncipe for 100 jobs paying over 1,000 euros, Lusa reported. How the fast-track work visa protocol and the 2025 and 2026 law changes work, and what rights hired workers have.
ANEM surveyed about 700 students at Portugal's 11 medical schools: 36 percent are considering working abroad, and most want shorter hours and better pay. Official data show 469 specialist training places went unfilled this year.
Residents of Portugal made 5.9 million tourist trips from April to June, 1.5 percent fewer than a year earlier and the first fall since 2024. Domestic trips dropped 3.8 percent while trips abroad rose 10 percent, INE says.
