General news and current affairs from across Portugal.
Collective self-consumption projects and energy communities in operation rose from 879 to 2,127 between January and September, the ministry says. What Decree-Law 130/2026 changed, the 2 km rule, and the seven-year exemption from bill charges.
The Housing Secretary of State told MPs the law replacing the RGEU, the 1951 building regulation, enters drafting in November. It then goes to cabinet. Until it takes effect, the old rules apply, and no draft has been published.
Lisbon's housing camp voted 163 to 6 to pitch tents on the Rossio again on Tuesday and to meet President Seguro. Porto protesters raised 14 tents after 00:30. The Council of State's official note made no mention of the protests.
Battery electric cars made up 44.9 percent of new passenger cars registered in Portugal in October, ACAP figures show, down slightly from September's record. Total registrations rose 2.4 percent in the month and 9.9 percent for the year, to 241,293.
The EU cohesion programme now holds 315 million euros for social housing, 256 million for affordable rent and 85 million for student and staff homes, and councils in the North, Centre, Alentejo and Algarve are already applying.
Montenegro and Lufthansa's Carsten Spohr sign the deal for up to 49.9 percent of TAP today. The President has promulgated a special governance decree for the airline, and the European Commission's competition review comes next, with Lufthansa to bear any remedies.
The DGAV counts seven equine outbreaks in Portalegre, Santarém and Setúbal. Europe has 2,009 human cases, including 149 in Spain, three of whose affected provinces border Portugal. Portugal has reported none.
