Your weekly roundup from the capital: the final report on the Elevador da Glória disaster slips to early 2027, Amadora-Sintra's emergency department stays invisible on the SNS portal, the AMT puts the Tagus ferries on a monthly report card, and Kalorama closes the Lisbon summer.
Good morning. Here is your Saturday briefing for 22 August 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a
The nurses filed the escusa de responsabilidade in late July over overcrowding, thin medical cover and waits reported as long as 26 hours. The Ordem dos Enfermeiros calls the hospital's 13-nurse reinforcement an important response but not a fix.
Consolidated net profit came in at €12.1 million against nearly €43 million a year earlier, when a bank refinancing added a non-recurring €46.5 million. Turnover rose 25.1% to €401 million and EBITDA more than doubled to €58 million.
Thursday's Conselho do Governo approved regulation covering mobility and comfort equipment, a home carer and a companion subsidy. The archipelago has the world's highest prevalence of the disease, concentrated on Flores and Sao Miguel.
ANTRAL and the Federacao Portuguesa do Taxi say letting a licensed taxi also work as a TVDE vehicle breaches the framework law of the land transport system. They cannot petition the court directly, so they are pressing the Ombudsman and the AMT instead.
IPMA expects rain along the whole western coast on Sunday and heavier, thundery showers in the North and Centre on Monday, with gusts to 60 km/h and maximum temperatures down to 22 to 26 degrees. Its meteorologist calls the system more autumn than summer.
