Social trends, demographics, and community issues in modern Portugal.
Legal changes of registered sex and name are climbing back toward their 2024 peak of 606, with Lisbon recording the most, according to Justice Ministry data reported by Expresso. The trend comes as Parliament advances bills to reimpose a medical requirement the 2018 self-determination law had scrapp
A 15-year-old boy has been confined to an educational centre after the death of his 33-year-old mother in Algés. Because he is below the age of criminal responsibility, the case runs through juvenile justice — and reports the family was already known to child-protection services have renewed scrutin
Finlay Tarling, a 19-year-old Welsh cyclist, died after being hit by a car on the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal near Ponte de Lima. The GNR later clarified the vehicle was in its correct lane but travelling opposite to the race, which was suspended.
INE's 14 August data show Portugal's tourism cooling: 23.3 million overnight stays in the second quarter, up just 1.2%, even as revenue rose 5.2% to €2.1 billion. Growth is now coming from higher prices rather than more visitors, with the sector showing clear 'signs of slowdown.'
Transparency International Portugal has judged the government's oversight model for the €5.8 billion SAFE defence-loan programme 'clearly insufficient,' warning it reduces scrutiny of frigates, vehicles and drones to a 'mere ex-post control' by bodies that answer to the ministers who authorise the s
The government's administrative-justice reform, now six bills before Parliament, would stop public prosecutors intervening in state lawsuits worth up to €15,000 — one piece of a push to clear courts where cases average 861 days.
The state employed 768,378 people at the end of June 2026, a new high, official DGAEP data show — up 1% on the year, with local councils, health and education driving the growth as public pay outpaces inflation.
