SPEA-BirdLife and Madeira's forest institute ask residents and businesses to switch off outdoor lights from 20:00 to 23:00 on 27 September, so juvenile Zino's petrels are not drawn into towns on their first flight to sea.
Porto's council votes on Tuesday to start revising its tourist tax. The proposal names no figure, but Pedro Duarte has said 4 euros a night, up from 3. The tax raised 32.3 million euros in 2025, up 54.5 percent.
The ten-year Treasury bond yield peaked at 4.0141 percent on Friday before closing at 3.971. It was 3.20 percent in January. Economists blame a global bond sell-off, not Portugal, but the 2027 interest bill was already rising.
The Central Alentejo health unit confirms influenza A in an outbreak at a Veiros care home, where 20 of 38 residents have symptoms. Only one of the four deaths has lab-confirmed infection, RTP reports. The free vaccine campaign opens on 30 September.
Opinion No. 54 of the Ordem dos Médicos ethics council calls such a prescription possible and appropriate. It rests on medical confidentiality, the 1984 family planning law and the duty not to cause harm, while urging family conversations where possible.
The Commission's September transposition package names Portugal on six overdue directives. Lisbon has two months to reply before a reasoned opinion. Portugal is not cited on the electricity market or anti-trafficking rules.
She was struck by a large falling tree on Thursday night in Barrô and died at Lamego hospital. The President and the Prime Minister paid tribute. The Odemira fire, which reached Silves overnight, is now in its resolution phase.
