Battery electric cars took 47.7 percent of Portugal's new-car registrations in September, up from 36.1 percent in August. Diesel fell to 2.7 percent, hybrids stalled, and Tesla registered 2,749 cars.
A decree-law in force from Saturday lifts the licence-free limit for gas bottle stores at filling stations to 1.560 cubic metres, saying the old cap left households short where stations are the main supplier.
A Council of Ministers resolution raises Metro Mondego's spending ceiling by 4.8 million euros, saying last year's sums would not finish the Sobral de Ceira depot or pay for 40 electric buses and their chargers.
After a three-hour meeting, the Health Ministry said it will not push hired doctors out of the SNS and will look for a transition for non-specialists. The order setting their hourly rates, due in October, is still unpublished.
A lower court had cleared Tomás Correia and four others in April. The Lisbon Court of Appeal says the facts can amount to breach of trust and money laundering, and that a trial must decide.
The State's daily price falls short of the cost of care in all three kinds of continuing-care unit, and the gap is set to widen in 2026. Providers say a promised automatic price update never arrived.
The evaluation commission found Lightsource bp's Paiva wind farm would cut an ecological corridor and could drive the wolf from the region. It also said the 324-megawatt project was oversized for its grid connection.
