The transport regulator has fixed 14 October as the start of Portugal's new national taxi tariff. As published in June, it sets a 2 euro flag fall, per-kilometre and per-minute prices capped for 2026, and higher time rates at night and weekends.
Filipa Urbano Calvão says she may refuse to apply parts of the Government's Court of Auditors reform in court cases, sending them to the Constitutional Court, unless the President seeks a review first. The bill, which lifts the prior-approval threshold to 10 million euros, is still in committee.
How to share solar power with neighbours in Portugal: energy communities and shared schemes, who can join, your bills, the 2 km rule, and how to leave.
The EU's DiscoverEU round is open to anyone born in 2008 who lives in Portugal, whatever their nationality. A five-question quiz decides who gets the 942 passes, and the scheme even pays visa costs.
The European Commission sent Portugal four reasoned opinions and eight letters of formal notice in packages on 25 September and 1 October. Its own scoreboard already ranked Portugal 25th of 27 on overdue Single Market directives.
Chega forced a 25-member inquiry into the interior minister's eight years running the Judicial Police. Its leader will chair it, and under the inquiries law his party's evidence requests cannot be voted down.
Portugal's tourist lodgings earned 4.6 percent more in August on 1.7 percent more nights, as room rates rose and occupancy fell for a 13th month. Greater Lisbon's revenue per room dropped 6.3 percent.
