At the informal Ecofin in Dublin, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento said Portugal has no absolute red lines on the own resources meant to fund the 2028 to 2034 EU budget. On the 200 billion euros of frozen Russian assets, he said there is a line the euro cannot survive crossing.
A draft Council of Ministers resolution would approve a National Strategy for Active Mobility running to 2036, with targets of 20 percent of commutes on foot and 2 percent by bicycle. It allocates no money and no staff, and revokes the two strategies it replaces.
The PSP counted 27 infractions in the lorry ban's first 48 hours on the VCI, Pedro Duarte says a new parking policy lands before the year is out, and both mosque-site auctions went deserted. Plus five runners still in hospital, a fire on the Aliados and tonight's clássico.
Good morning. Here is your Sunday briefing for 20 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a
Requests for a CITE opinion on parental dismissals fall on women ten times more often than on men. The pay transparency directive was due in force on 7 June and Portugal's bill has not reached the Council of Ministers.
Two deliberations published this month say the same thing in different words: the record belongs to the patient, it is free, and no provider may route the decision through an insurer or an employer.
Three thousand two hundred more applicants than the whole of last year's second phase, and the official vacancy list starts at roughly one place for every two of them. Results land on 30 September.
