Official SNS data show 30.5 percent of the 284,210 people waiting for planned surgery are past the legal maximum, up from 28.2 percent a year ago. In the north it is under one in five; in the Algarve, one in two.
The Cultural Heritage Institute has published a draft decision to inscribe the corrida in the national inventory, five years after aficionados asked. How to comment, what listing would mean, and who opposes it.
The council of Santa Comba Dão says the centre in Vimieiro will study the regime and those who fought it, not honour the dictator. Its first exhibition, curated with the Ephemera archive, is about censorship.
The SNPVAC union says 80 percent of flights from Lisbon, Porto and Faro are off until Tuesday. easyJet expects to fly 55 percent of its schedule using crews from other bases. What passengers on cancelled flights are owed.
Brazil's presidential first round is on Sunday, 4 October. Voters in Portugal cast ballots from 8:00 to 17:00 at three University of Lisbon buildings, at ISEP in Porto and in Faro. Here is what to bring and why voting is compulsory.
Your weekly roundup from the Minho: Guimarães rents jump 20.7 percent as its mayor admits wages lag, Fibrenamics readies a defence hub, Braga's weekend clinic moves to Carandá, Barcelos backs a 2 euro tourist tax, and Braga's fake lawyer is sentenced.
Good morning. Here is your Friday briefing for 2 October 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, immigrants and anyone keeping an eye on the country, with two new
