Law 63/2026 appeared in the official gazette on 19 October. It takes effect 30 days later, public bodies have the same 30 days to remove flags not on its list, and fines run from 200 to 4,000 euros. Private buildings are outside it.
Metro Sul do Tejo drivers strike all day on 20 and 21 October, then for the last two hours of every shift until 27 October. Line 3 runs from 07:00 to 09:00 and 17:00 to 19:00; Line 2 riders should change at Bento Gonçalves.
Clocks go back at 02:00 on Sunday 25 October on the mainland and Madeira, and at 01:00 in the Azores. Lisbon's sunset moves to 17:45. The EU plan to stop the changes is still blocked in the Council, and Portugal has no stated position.
Cards issued up to 2006 with no activity were struck off, and later ones may show the wrong section. Polls in Portugal open 8:00 to 17:00 at the same places as in the first round. How to check, and the TSE's deadlines if you cannot vote.
A Lisbon court sent 56 of the 59 accused in the Tutti Frutti parish contracts case to trial on the prosecution's charges and closed it against three. The criminal procedure code largely bars an appeal. All remain presumed innocent.
APA has given conditional approval to the northern route of a new road around Boticas, paid for by Savannah and required by the lithium mine's 2023 approval. Most of the 1,297 public consultation submissions opposed it.
The Ombudsman says Law 34/2026, in force since 1 September, trades defence rights for speed: confessions as proof in serious cases, witnesses dropped from trial, simplified trials for any crime, and fines for delaying tactics.
