Brussels proposed 261 million euros for Portugal on Thursday, against winter storms that killed 18 people and left more than 5.3 billion euros of damage. Only 65.37 million has actually been paid so far.
Cabin crew voted 188 to nothing on Thursday to stop work from 2 to 6 October and again from 19 to 23 December. The union blames roster instability, unequal treatment against the pilots and pressure to fly overtime.
A travel-agency association puts 65.6 percent of 2025 foreign trips outside July to September, on a record 3.858 million. Spain took 38.8 percent of them, and the first quarter of 2026 ran 30 percent ahead of the year before.
The ICNF wants the park boundary to follow the whole of the arrife escarpment, bringing in land in Alcanena, Ourem and Torres Novas. Torres Novas council has been asking since 2019. The consultation window closes on 21 September.
The DGS released the Notifica figures for World Patient Safety Day. Falls and pressure ulcers lead both lists, the total has sat near 3,500 a year since 2022, and the system is anonymous and non-punitive by design: it is not the complaints route.
Good morning. Here is your Thursday briefing for 17 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from the
Maria do Ceu Patrao Neves thinks the industry's own call for rules should be taken at face value. She also thinks the geopolitics make a global pact unlikely, and that Europe should try anyway.
