General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
Carris's insurer told a Lisbon court the sum sought by a victim's family is excessive, that courts award 50,000 euros to 90,000, euros and that the case should wait for the criminal inquiry. The family's lawyer calls it an admission.
Amadeu Guerra says he did not challenge Parliament to change the 1974 right of assembly law, opposes rewriting laws in reaction to events, and sees no grounds to send it to the Constitutional Court. What the law says on notice, the 00:30 limit and stopping protests.
The Ombudsman has asked the CGA to explain why it is cutting 2,937 pensions awarded from May to August, after 50 complaints, three of them collective. What the dispute is about, and how affected pensioners can contact the CGA or complain.
A Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos study finds car-owning lower-middle earners carry the heaviest fuel-tax load relative to income, counts 781 tax breaks with 39 percent never costed, and says IRS is less progressive than it looks.
Parliament votes on the 2027 budget at first reading today. On day one, Montenegro refused to drop his rental law, the PS kept its abstention and asked for IHRU homes to go to councils, and Chega restated its terms. Comments on the bill can go to Parliament until 4 November.
From 10:00 on 3 November a barrier at Lisbon airport's arrivals taxi rank lets in only accredited taxis. Fixed fares into the city run from 16 to 28 euros by zone, time and group size; drivers may not refuse a fare or a card.
Banks made mortgage standards slightly stricter from July to September, the Bank of Portugal's lending survey shows, and this time named its 45 percent repayment cap as one reason. Demand held steady; no further tightening is expected this quarter.
