Your weekly roundup from the capital: Brazil's biggest polling station opens at the University of Lisbon, the ACP has the signatures for a scooter referendum, the Cascais line moves towards a private operator, and the new airport loses a terminal.
Good morning. Here is your Saturday briefing for 3 October 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, immigrants and anyone keeping an eye on the country, with two new
The October return covers income from July to September and sets your contributions for the rest of the year. It can only be filed online, through Segurança Social Direta. Here is where to find it.
Road fuel sales fell 2.7 percent on August 2025 and diesel 4.7 percent, DGEG figures show. Sector estimates point to a cut of about three cents a litre next week, despite a smaller tax discount.
The draft plan and budget for 2027 forecast a 112 million euro deficit and slower growth as tourism weakens, while nearly doubling the money spent promoting the islands. The regional assembly votes in November.
The friends of cohesion want new EU priorities paid for with new revenue and limited joint debt, not cuts, and an end to rebates for the biggest contributors. The six net payers want hundreds of billions cut.
Lisbon's Court of Appeal found that the decision not to try them failed to set out the facts behind it, and sent the case back to an investigating judge. The ruling was not unanimous.
