INE's monthly estimates show employment falling every month since May's record high, while unemployment held at 5.7 percent. The gap is people leaving the labour force, and the drop is concentrated among men.
Free visits from 14:30 to 19:00, a piano recital, a children's treasure hunt and a concert, after the City Hall ceremony where Seguro and Moedas speak. What the 5 October holiday means, and how it was lost and restored.
A Council of Ministers resolution pushes the Crato dam's spending calendar from 2027 to 2030 without raising the ceiling. The project left the Recovery Plan in 2025, and four environmental groups have it tied up in the administrative courts.
Between Wednesday and Saturday the GNR arrested ten men at Tavira and Fuzeta, found about 1.5 million doses of cocaine in Loulé and seized some 7,350 litres of petrol at Tavira, Albufeira and Aljezur.
Two men who ran social media groups sharing paid-for papers are indicted for usurpation, a crime carrying up to three years in prison. Impresa prices its loss at 63.16 euros for each of a Telegram group's 10,000 members.
Portugal play Norway at the Dragão tonight with Ronaldo gone from the squad, Pedro Duarte keeps a VCI congestion charge off the table for now, and the north's chief prosecutor says no court had its legal minimum of staff. Plus the river ferries, Custóias and what's on.
Good morning. Here is your Sunday briefing for 4 October 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, immigrants and anyone keeping an eye on the country, with two new
