Good morning. Here is your Saturday briefing for 19 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from the
Twenty-five years after the idea was first put to the town, and five after the national commission rejected the first attempt, the bid now belongs to the Portuguese State rather than to the council.
The health unit says three of the four were already absent and the fourth worked part time, and that it has hired ten people since June. The doctors' body puts the national shortfall at 600 anaesthetists.
General João Cartaxo Alves says the law is in final drafting and reaches Parliament this year. It will state the money, not the manufacturer, and the choice between three aircraft comes separately.
The government will classify it as a public crime of fraud, which means prosecutors can act without a complaint from the tourist who was sold a bag of pressed bay leaf and has already flown home.
Nine point one kilometres from the Trindade metro station to Leça do Balio, in two lots that may go to different contractors. Bids close at midnight on 31 October.
More than 19,000 free places since April 2024 and capacity above 141,000 children. The State now pays 551.50 euros a month for each free place, and the recovery-plan funding behind the expansion is spent.
